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A NOTE FROM THE CHEROKEE FORUM ADMINISTRATION:
On September 21, 2011, 21-year-old Brian "96_XJ" Perrine, a fellow CF moderator and long-time forum member, tragically took his own life in his jeep outside of his home town of Las Cruces, NM. The build thread of his beloved Jeep Cherokee is immortalized here so that his spirit and character will live on in the community and continue to inspire us all to be "Selfless over Selfish".
Originally Posted by fantic238
(Post 1214800)
He was one of those guys i regularly communicate with and I have had the chance to know his open and juvenile character and spirit, a guy who demonstrated much more maturity despite his young age, a loyal and generous friend always willing to help and with a healthy passion for the mechanical arts.
I want to remember him for all the funny posts and the innumerable pictures he shared with us, always with a smile, a guy by the sound principles, a sportsman, a talented student with an infinite curiosity for everything that was taught to him on the forums and in life. His beloved Jeep Cherokee that he built and modified piece after piece, always on the budget that led him to do the most of the work on his own, like a real built jeep should be, I want to think that he chose his jeep as the final place to commit this desperate act because it was the only place where he could feel understood, his only real friend. I am sure that if this mass of cold steel could have spoken it would have screamed and squeaked its junctions in an attempt to stop him from what he was doing, just as i screamed in my jeep while I drove home after work today. Brian, Rest In Peace and Forgive Us for not having perceived your pain, you will continue to live in our thoughts whenever we look at our rigs and we will never forget you. A fellow jeeper. https://www.cherokeeforum.com/attach...21573869_n.jpg __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Alright so since i just reached 1000 posts i figured i should probably create a build thread. Well back in aug. 2006 I bought my cherokee from my cross country coach for $2000. It was bone stock with 123,xxx and had every receipt from anything done on the jeep. 1996 jeep cherokee, HO 4.0, HP D30/CHRY 8.35, NP231, 3.07's http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/a...6522989ae8.jpg first thing i did was tint the windows from the AZ sun Attachment 393945 and got a sound system! Diamond Audio HEX components in the doors, and Rockford Fosgate Subs in the rear with a very nice kenwood deck! http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...7da7cf2323.jpg http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...86fdabf6db.jpg then i had the front done in the 5% as well and had to test the flex out. http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/a...0109081533.jpg Attachment 393946 Attachment 393947 Attachment 393948 Then it was time to wheel it! Attachment 393949 Attachment 393950 Attachment 393951 Attachment 393952 i needed a new cat, so i redid my entire exhaust. Attachment 393953 Attachment 393954 Attachment 393955 I took it to an exhaust shop to have the cat replace, i got a 2.5" magnaflow cat welded to the 2.5" glass pack, welded to a custom bent 2.5" mandrel bent tail pipe https://www.cherokeeforum.com/attach...606001132c.jpg https://www.cherokeeforum.com/attach...606001132d.jpg https://www.cherokeeforum.com/attach...606001132b.jpg https://www.cherokeeforum.com/attach...0606001132.jpg |
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after that it was time to upgrade tires (265/70r15)
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i got tired of not having a tach so i mounted one!
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i got tired of having to store all of my camping gear inside when we went camping so i built my first roof rack!
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I wheeled it for a while then i realized i wanted to redesign my rack..
this time it was al welded directly to the thule load bars, and was 6'2"x4'2"x8" Attachment 394019 Attachment 394020 Attachment 394021 Attachment 394022 Attachment 394023 https://www.cherokeeforum.com/member...-roof-rack.jpg works good to haul up to 600lbs. http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/a...0507001507.jpg Attachment 394024 and i wheeled it like this for a while, and made many trips towing from school to home and what not Attachment 394025 And then i wanted to build a bike carrier! so i did.... Attachment 394026 Attachment 394027 Attachment 394028 then i realized i had built an amazing rack!! https://www.cherokeeforum.com/member...-roof-rack.jpg |
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Then i got new tires!!! (33x10.5r15) super swamper radial TSL's
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and some misc project have been...
my sound bar Attachment 394048 Attachment 394049 Attachment 394050 Attachment 394051 my rear cargo area false floor, mounting a fire extinguisher and a 4 D-cell mag Attachment 394052 Attachment 394053 Attachment 394054 and i remounted my gauges Attachment 394055 Attachment 394055 then i gave myself an upgrade=] https://www.cherokeeforum.com/attach...0514001626.jpg https://www.cherokeeforum.com/attach...0514001627.jpg https://www.cherokeeforum.com/attach...514001627b.jpg https://www.cherokeeforum.com/attach...0514001628.jpg |
sweet jeep man, hows the wheelin down in las cruces??
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most recently i have built a new bumper!
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Originally Posted by n_csmith
(Post 563634)
sweet jeep man, hows the wheelin down in las cruces??
and they are great! here is a few links you should really check out! photos http://www.lascrucesfourwheeldriveclub.com/coppermine/ trials http://www.lascrucesfourwheeldrivecl...rs/trails.html |
this is so nice!!
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Originally Posted by jeepman13
(Post 563812)
this is so nice!!
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keep it coming im hooked on your jeep its awesome!!!
more more more!!! :popcorn: |
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