aircruiser

so as some of you may know, monday, 12/13/10, i rolled my 99 cherokee. i was traveling home in the right lane on a 4 lane road when an old lady was taking a left out of a michaels craft store on the left side of the road. she came across the opposite side of traffic and started to turn onto the road i was on and i just figured she was turning into the left lane like a normal, legal turn. well, she went all the way into my lane and by the time she was in my lane, my bumper was almost at her roof. without thinking, i cut hard right which threw me into the snow and it just pulled me right up the snow bank.

the jeep climbed it and rolled over onto the roof. i have a bad ignition cylinder on my jeep so i went to turn the engine off (instinct), and they keys werent there. now the jeep is running, i look up, my keys are on the roof so i grab them and turn it off. i had my seatbelt on and was hanging upside down, i heard people yelling but i was in shock so i ignored it for the time being. i pushed off the roof, unbuckled myself and fell onto the roof. i called 911, told them where i was and then tried to figure a way out. the drivers door was smashed shut so the only way out was to crawl out the passengers side. i got cut up pretty good from glas, neck hurts but other than that, i am ok. the lady stopped, but took off before anyone could get any info on her. she was completely oblivious to what happened.

so thats where the jeep is now. tonight, 12/20/10, its in my garage, took off the sliders, bumpers, doors, front end, flares and a few other things to sell to make money to buy a new jeep.

as it sits:
1999 cherokee sport 2 door
4.0/AX-15/NP231/D30HP/C8.25

mods:
-IRO 8.5" lift, 8" coils, 5.5" full packs w/ 2.5" AAL, 1.5" shackle
-IRO long arms
-IRO OTK HD steering
-IRO HD tracbar
-IRO SYE
-IRO brakelines
-35" KM2s
-IRO AA tabs
-tb spacer and bored tb
-IRO 2.5" exhaust
-SOLID D30 cover
-riddler 8.25 cover

and a bunch of other stuff.

the plans right now:
-drop it to 6.5" of lift
-cut roof off, weld in donor roof
-cut up current doors to make half doors
-score a set of donor doors for rainy days
-lock both axles
-build interior cage and possible exo cage
-build front winch bumper
-make rear tow points
-paint it
-undecided on tires, not sure if i want to stay 35s or go bigger or possibly smaller

this jeep will be a long process. i start college january 10th so money will be tight.

im picking up a zj too to daily drive. that will also be getting some mods to hold me over until i can work on the xj. the jeep will be going up north to my girlfriends dads place where he has a welder and his step son has built multiple 4runners with cages so it shouldnt be to hard to get this done..its doable. either way, they live in duluth which is a good 3 1/2 hours away so ill only be able to work on it during weekends when i can go up there.

heres some pictures of the jeep in its past to give you an idea of what im working with and what its been through













the crash





damage really isnt that bad..body is tweaked, hatch is effed, windows blown out





underneath took no damage at all (ofcourse)



and here it is torn apart in my garage



so there you have it, the project has been dubber high roller just because ofcourse the roll over jokes are never ending now. a few buddies came up with the name since i said im keeping it but pepper 2.0 has also been used alot but the jeep wont be staying chili pepper red anymore so it kind of defeats the purpose.

and here is a link to the original thread

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f46/my...-wheeler-3087/

bikerider

Oh man, i'm sorry dude. I really like your Jeep too. That's rough.

OverEasy

Glad to see that your going to continue on with the build of your XJ! I'm sorry for the way your having to go about it but I'm sure you'll be happy in the end.

Good luck with the new build on your older build. LOL! Be sure to keep us posted on progress! I can't wait to see what all goes on.

projectmayhem

im interest in this tread

ztcherokee

oh man im sorry. i loved your earlier build thread. glad youre keepin optimistic. cant wait to see the new finished project. good luck

aircruiser

thanks guys well the old build was when it was a DD so i figured a new build was in order haha

hitstick8

im excited to hear your starting a new project. looking forward to your work..good luck

X1994J

THAT BLOWS MAN. I would have let the broad bounce off my tires before i lanched my junk off a snow pile onto its roof. Of course it's all instinct when it's actually happening. I say leave it together, cut the top off and cage it... XJUGGY!

1ABrian

Good that your OK. Bad its wrecked. I'm gonna follow your "new" build though. Cant wait to watch the progress on this build.....no doubt

By the way, you got the ladied plate number and car ID, did the police ever get ahold of her? I may have missed that part

cherokeeaddiction23

im glad to see your gonna keep going with it even after its been rolled, i cant wait to see what you do to it now

aircruiser

thanks guys yeah it was all instinct, i was one to say too that i would never swerve haha. but im going to put a donor roof on mainly because here in minnesota, half the time we wheel its raining haha. but its definitly getting a cage, dunno on a hatch yet since the body is tweaked in the back so its either run tail lights or a hatch. the spare is going to sit at an angle in the back so it would be kind of sick with not hatch like a race truck. its all still up in the air, same with paint too..im thinking orange or purple open to suggestions.

oh, and the project did come also from the fact that im kind of addicted to the casino haha..but i usually end up ahead which is how im able to afford this LMAO

aircruiser

thanks man i havent heard anything if they got her yet..were still trying and when i can get my other jeep to DD, im going to go to the station and see what they can do for me.

projectmayhem

i just hope it works out for you bud, its a shame that you put that much work into it and not get anything back out of it, good luck hoss

aircruiser

thanks man yeah it does suck but on the bright side i can finally pay over $500 for a nice DD haha

XJeeper193

niceee... cant wait to see this thread!
good job on everything cant wait to see the beast grow up again!