jeepjerry

I talked my girlfriend into buying this '89 XJ a few months after i started dating her. 6 years later it is pretty much a beast and she wanted it to be this big. I have no pics of when it was stock but a couple throughout its life since we've had it.

The first mod i did to it for her was a 2" budget boost and 31" tires on stock rims. After that, we picked up a built up XJ with for parts that had a 6.5" lift on it with all sorts of other goodies. This was about 3 years ago.

Parts XJ....body was very rusty.



Tore the lift and flares off, put them on her '89. Picked up a almost new set of 33" kumhos.

jeepjerry

Took it down to the Badlands and romped on it!




Did some flex testing with it.

jeepjerry

She rolled it over the winter...

jeepjerry

Decided it was time for bigger tires and more off road duty for it.
Picked up 35" bfgoodrich km2's to roll on it.

jeepjerry

Shortly after the 35"s went on it started overheating and had a head gasket problem or cracked head. Parked it until i got the jeep with the donor motor for it which was the black one pictured above. After i pulled the lift and flares off, i gave it to her parents to drive and took it back when i needed the engine.



Dual outlet headers!!!!






And tonight, i started tearing hers apart to change the motor. Put it on the smaller tires to make it a little easier to access.

jeepjerry

Also ordered a Lock Right lunchbox locker to put in the rear Dana 44. The black jeep has a Dana 44 in it which will be going into the blue one as well.

Destination XJ

nice!

What was the damage from the roll, and how did it happen?

jeepjerry

It was a few days before christmas of '09. The roads were clear, but there was black ice on a road outside of our neighborhood where it went from 25mph to 45mph. She went to speed up and it fishtailed out of control. The ditch had slushy ice/snow beneath the snow cover which caught the drivers front tire and caused it to roll.

There wasnt a whole lot of damage luckily. These things are strong! The left front bushwacker was shattered and the fender bent up. Light bar and lights done for. The windshield got cracked and roof shifted maybe 1/4" over. I was worried about the roof, but when i put the new windsheild in, it lined up fine. The roof didnt cave in at all! It was still square.

jeepjerry

Motor out today.

cherokeeaddiction23

i dont think you understand how much props for getting your girl to get one too haha

xjmuddigger

looks good,goodluck with the build

jeepjerry

hahahaha....yeah, she loves the thing. shes been driving my 05 unlimited for a couple months since hers had the motor problems and she keeps asking when im gonna fix her cherokee. she isnt afraid of wheeling the xj either.....

jeepjerry

pics from a couple wheeling trips we went on. she drove her xj both times while i had my xj. i had a spooled rear end and she was open front and rear and stayed right behind me the whole time on both trips.....she can work the skinny pedal...




The drivers front flare was patched together and put back on, but she tore it off right away on this Cliffs trip...





Thats me spotting her on the tires.


Dang tree kissed the mirror and dented the door along with the roof rail.

xjmuddigger

looks fun!

JeepCoMJ

this cherokee sucks!


just kidding bro. wish I had your ambition...