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Old 05-11-2010, 05:00 PM
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I'm new here and to the Jeep community. What is the difference between an xj and a zj, and how do I know which one I have?
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xj = cherokee sport
zj= grand cherokee (older)
wj= grand cherokee (newer)
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Originally Posted by shadowlm15
xj = cherokee sport
zj= grand cherokee (older)
wj= grand cherokee (newer)
I'm taking it from that, mine would be considered a zj.
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WK= newest grand Cherokee?
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How do I find out which one I have?
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Yes I have a 97 grand chrokee and it's a zj. Once they change the body style is when it changes the name. So my brothers jeep is a 2002 grand cherokee and it's a wj I think I dont know what a wk is...
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'93- '98 Grand Cherokee: ZJ.
'99- '04 Grand Cherokee: WJ.
'05- '10 Grand Cherokee: WK.
'11-'16 Grand Cherokee is being called the WK2. http://www.wjjeeps.com/jmenu.htm
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Originally Posted by ZeeJay95
WK= newest grand Cherokee?
No that would be the WK2, the '11-'16 Grand Cherokee. http://www.wk2jeeps.com/
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Does my 1995 jeep grand cherokee Laredo 5.2L 4 wheel drive have a obd or not?
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Originally Posted by Kaleb Horsefield
Does my 1995 jeep grand cherokee Laredo 5.2L 4 wheel drive have a obd or not?
Not OBDII

1993-1995 ZJs were OBD1
1996-1998 ZJs and every grand Cherokee after that were OBD2

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The EASIEST way to tell an XJ from a ZJ is look underneath it. an XJ has rear leaf springs and a ZJ has coils.
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To put it simply, an XJ is a regular Cherokee from 1984-2001. A ZJ is a Grand Cherokee from 1993-1998.
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