I've had her for about 3-4weeks now. waiting on taxes to get some money spent on er.
this is my second Cherokee, wont be my last either.
my first was a 1993 sport 4.0 high output 4x4. threw a rod bearing at 282k miles. just wasn't at all worth fixing, body was beyond shot.

So onto the new. my red 1998 xj. paid 2500$ got it with 192k miles. Its really clean inside and out aside from a few random rust spots that will get attention this summer.
Bought her with a budget lift already installed and crager d windows with 30x9.50-15 all terrains.

plans:
3more inches of lift.
31x10.50s
aftermarket front bumper.
some bedlining.
aftermarket intake.
multiple spot lights.
and down the road, front and rear lockers.



first bath.

first mod purchase: pulled a hitch from a local JY for 20 bucks.

 

Nice Jeep and nice plans. Looks very familiar to mine lol

 

thanks

 

So I got my new to me hitch all repainted. Going to start pbing all my bumper bolts before i take it off.
also I bought red an XJ sticker as well as my self a shirt from allthingsjeep.




Hopefully getting my tax return, going to take her to a shop to see if my carrier bearings are the cause of my hum. depending on what it really is I will most likely end up fixing it myself. and hopefully have enough to get a decent set of rear tires for now and a 3in rough country lift.

 

looks like mine minus lift tires and adding trim and flares and roof rack looks good

 

thanks. hopefully getting in the shop to pinpoint a rear whine noise today.
i really like your xj. im in need of more lift and bigger tires asap lol

 

lil mud on the tires was a good lil time. drove up a muddy incline it was STEEP! she handled it like a champ. not even wheel spin in 4wd. reminded me how amazing these are offroad

 

yea. im going to be getting a low mileage JY axle. mechanic said my pinion bearing is probably shot and the carriers aren't going to be to great either. estimated 700$ in labor... so JY axle it is! lol. and while i do that im going to put an add a leaf in.

so parts list:
low mileage JY 8.25. new brakes for it etc.
and rough country 3in lift
better rear tires for the time being.

Unless i can score another xj! Theres been a red xj sitting in this guys yard behind some shrubbery for at least the last 5 years and hasn't moved once. so plan is to stop by and see if i can score it on the cheap which would be great. its probably broken but if I can get it for cheap and fix it I would for sure make a profit if i sold it. fingers crossed.
also going to attempt getting my hitch on tomorrow.

 

So I got my hitch in today, but also finally found out how bad my cancer spot(s) were =/
looks like ill be going cut and fold this summer.

So I cleaned it up a lil and slapped on some por-15 for the time being.

and the hitch. waiting till I buy new bolts tomorrow before putting the bumper back on. I don't want to deal with the rusty bolts later on when I finally get an aftermarket bumper.


In other news. I will be getting a twin to my xj for cheap. its been sitting for atleast 6years. I drive past it everyday.
plan is to swap out the rear axle into my daily and have the other one rebuilt and get twin running. I'm not sure what ill end up doing with the twin. i may fix'er up and resell it and make a lil money or even keep it. who knows.

 

Got my bumper back on today. repainted it with spray on bedliner. looks really good now.
I'm picking up a 98 4dr se xj for 500bucks, been sitting for atleast 6 years in the same spot. im going to swap out the axle and probably rebuild my current one. may fix up the 500$ cherokee and resell or keep or scrap it idk yet. idk how bad it is. and tomorrow im having my exhaust done. - another $170 pocket emptying continues..

 

keep up the good work, gotta keep it up for the red xj's

 

got my flowmaster 40 put in today. im sooooooo much happier! lol

 

So I repainted my bumper with rattle can bedliner and put it back on the heep. then got my flowmaster 40 exhaust done a few days ago.
also bought new headlights. new housings with replaceable bulbs, I'm not impressed. I don't even think they're brighter.


and then today i got these

I bought the add a leaf cause I'm going to swap out my axle soon cause the bearings are bad and rebuilt my old one cause I need my jeep its my dd so it cant be down for over the day.

List of parts still to buy for lift:
front sway bar drop
transfer-case drop
shocks
3" front coil springs
tracbar bracket
lower control arms
drop pitman arm

 

im picking up my 3rd xj tomorrow. today i stopped by and took off the flat so i could air it up an put it on when we winch it on the trailer.
I also found brand new jumper cables, couple quarts of oil, some 12g shells and some barrel cleaning parts lol.
I pulled out the spare and put in in my xj already, it was brand new on a aluminum rim that matches the other four on the one im picking up. im pretty happy with it cause it looks nice now. new spare, tire cover, and even a cargo area cover

Also i installed my a/c bypass pulley today

 

3 XJs?
The government will probably pass a law limiting how many of our 16 mpg "clunkers" we can own, like they wanted to do with guns during the Clinton administration. Lol...or permits, really expensive permits, to "allow" ownership of such fuel inefficient vehicles.

What is the 3rd one? We have an '88 a '96 and a '97. The '88 with no lift and 235-75-15s gets wheeled the most, lol. Only gave $800 for her and runs likes a champ!