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Old Jul 13, 2015 | 01:33 AM
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well had some money wanted a second daily driver found this on ebay



a 1997 2 wd

drove it for a few months and decided i liked it so off to paint it went












the day i got it back


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Old Jul 13, 2015 | 01:41 AM
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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





and paint had tons of orange peel that took me weeks and weeks of wet sanding and buffing
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Old Jul 13, 2015 | 01:47 AM
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bought me a set of these rims 17x9.5 and some Sumitomo Tires <br/>





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




wayyy too much work


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








rides and handles great!!
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Old Jul 13, 2015 | 02:22 AM
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now this is where it gets fun i just ordered a momentum motor sports m90 supercharger kit

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AEM (30-3300) V2 1-Gallon Water/Methanol kit
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Old Jul 13, 2015 | 02:39 AM
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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
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I Dont care for non 4x4 Cherokees but I like your build. Looks clean.
thank you for a 4x4 i have this to play with
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Sweet
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looks like supercharger will be here saturday any one here ever use a momentum motor sports supercharger kit? what belt did you use?
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Buy me one and I can give you the feedback. Lol
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Originally Posted by 93_xjcherokee
Buy me one and I can give you the feedback. Lol
lol ill get right on that!
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ok iwant to install electric fans what temperature switch do i need the fans to turn on at for a 1997?
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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
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