Ferrar Jeep Cherokee Build
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From: 614 Ohio
Year: 98
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
Originally Posted by ORFXJ
No worries bud! They're just giving you a hard time...you would have to read the whole build up to understand how much is really in the heep..I'll post up the build sheet when i get back home and let you guys guess the math. Who ever guesses the rightish amount gets a free hat! Lol!
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From: Prescott, AZ
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: ATK Performance 4.0L
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From: Farmersville, TX
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Do you know the actual brand of bedliner used on your XJ ? I read that Duplicolor has the kevlar as well. The company you used would be a little far for me to travel to do the bedliner
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From: Farmersville, TX
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Would you tell me if the Corbeau seats you have flip forward. Trying to find a set of seats for my two door but they have to flip forward (damn near impossible to find a set)
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From: SoCal
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
I'm guessing he has way more than $4K into those axles, plus beadlocks (and powder coating), Kevlar MTRs, Ferrari red paint, mil-spec bedliner, under coat, crate engine, mani-back exhaust, 2-speed Atlas, rear quarter armor, front fender armor, sliders, transfer case parking brake, roof rack, LEDs everywhere, front and rear bumper, hydro assist, front and rear lockers, racing seats, hood vents, 3-core rad, winch and (of course)... all those stickers. I'm guessing around $37K plus a couple grand for the XJ to start with so $39K-ish, all-in, not counting the labor and fab work he did because that's why we work on our own rigs is so we don't have to write a check to someone to do it for us.
Now that I'm done rehashing everything I've just spent the last hour reading let me congratulate you on an awesome build. It turned out spectacular and I have much respect for someone who will invest so much in a rig for the pure enjoyment of it. We all know that you'll never recoup the money or sweat you've put into it but from the sounds of it, you don't care. I like that. Enjoy.
Now that I'm done rehashing everything I've just spent the last hour reading let me congratulate you on an awesome build. It turned out spectacular and I have much respect for someone who will invest so much in a rig for the pure enjoyment of it. We all know that you'll never recoup the money or sweat you've put into it but from the sounds of it, you don't care. I like that. Enjoy.
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From: Snowville, PA
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6 torque monster w/ a supercharger
(-Side Note- This build took me about 4 months to complete...between ordering all the components and finding the time to work on it after work...I think it went fairly quick & smooth...)
Well lets get started with the details then...I bought the XJ just before Thanks Giving, Nov of 2011, I got started on the tear down the following week...placed the XJ on some stands and dug right into her...striped down and gutted the entire XJ exterior, interior, motor, transmission, etc...I kept the axles in for the time being so i could get her on and off the trailer and mover her around the shop until all the body work was done...
Well lets get started with the details then...I bought the XJ just before Thanks Giving, Nov of 2011, I got started on the tear down the following week...placed the XJ on some stands and dug right into her...striped down and gutted the entire XJ exterior, interior, motor, transmission, etc...I kept the axles in for the time being so i could get her on and off the trailer and mover her around the shop until all the body work was done...
Last edited by bpas328xi; Dec 18, 2012 at 01:24 PM.
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From: Prescott, AZ
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: ATK Performance 4.0L
FINALLY!
Well...now that I'm back from sema and had a chance to catch my breath...I went back to work on the XJ... I upgraded a few more thing before we head out wheeling this weekend. It seems to never stop...it's sickness i tell you!
New 37" Kevlars and ATX Wheels:
New True Hi 9:
Finally ready to go get her dirty after sema! Can't hardly wait!
New 37" Kevlars and ATX Wheels:
New True Hi 9:
Finally ready to go get her dirty after sema! Can't hardly wait!