yup another race jeep build 1997 xj
 

well had some money wanted a second daily driver found this on ebay
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a 1997 2 wd

drove it for a few months and decided i liked it so off to paint it went
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the day i got it back


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paint has a very little bit of blue metal flake can only notice it when up close or the sun hits it just right


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and paint had tons of orange peel that took me weeks and weeks of wet sanding and buffing

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bought me a set of these rims 17x9.5 and some Sumitomo Tires <br/>


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and ended up with this


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than after all the buffing things looked a lot better. and i also painted the bumpers end caps and flairs with monster liner


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wayyy too much work


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was a easy lower just cut the front coils and removed a rear leaf


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rides and handles great!!

now this is where it gets fun i just ordered a momentum motor sports m90 supercharger kit
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and a
AEM (30-3300) V2 1-Gallon Water/Methanol kit
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I Dont care for non 4x4 Cherokees but I like your build. Looks clean.

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i have a header an accel tune up kit and a msd coil and a flow master clone muffler thats about all i have for now .hopefully will have it all installed in a few weeks:thumbup::clover:

thank you for a 4x4 i have this to play with
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Sweet

looks like supercharger will be here saturday any one here ever use a momentum motor sports supercharger kit? what belt did you use?

Buy me one and I can give you the feedback. Lol

lol ill get right on that!:whistling2:

ok iwant to install electric fans what temperature switch do i need the fans to turn on at for a 1997?

I just hooked mine to a relay and a switch. I turn it on whenever I need and I have the hot hooked up to the ignition so it can only run if the jeeps on