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Nemx735
21
14.29%
JakeWI
15
10.20%
xXWhiteXjJeepXx
22
14.97%
builtnotbought89'
23
15.65%
96_xj
30
20.41%
jeep bandit
2
1.36%
adamk
3
2.04%
odgreen89on35s
31
21.09%
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Old May 21, 2011 | 09:23 AM
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From: Gilbert AZ/Las Cruces NM
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 upgraded
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Nemx735

1999 Cherokee Classic
4.0 Auto 30HP Front/8.25 Rear 231J

Suspension:
RE 5.5" Coils, RE 3.5" Full Leafs, Warrior Products 1" Shackles, Rough Country Quick Disconnects, RE 3.5" Lower Control Arm with stock Uppers, Iron Rock Offroad Double Sheer Track bar with Mount, Rough Country 2.2 Series 4.5"-6.5" Shocks, Teraflex Front and Rear BPE's, Rustys Offroad SS Extended brake Lines, Rancho RS5000 Steering sabilizer

Bumpers:
JCR Front Winch Pre Runner Bumper Covered In Line-X, Warn M8000 Winch, 3/4" D Rings
JCR Stage 1 rear Bumper Covered In Line-X, 3/4" D Rings

Engine:
784 Injector Upgrade, Airflow Snorkel System, Custom Flowmaster 40 Exhaust

Exterior:
Bushwacker Flat Fender Flares, CB Antenna Mounted on tailight, 20% Tint Front Windows, Delta H4 Conversion headlights with Sylvania Bumbs

Drivetrain
33" Goodyear Duratracs on Cragar Soft 8 15x8" rims, Advanced Adapters SYE Kit, Tom Woods Rear DriveShaft,Rustys Transfer case Skidplate






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JakeWI


-1996 Jeep Cherokee Sport
-4.0 H.O/AW4/231
-AA SYE, wide chain

-Front Axle
-HP Dana 30
-4.56 Motive gears
-JCR UTK 1-ton steering
-Rancho steering stabilizer mount
-Rough Country quick discos
- Solid Diff. Cover

Rear Axle
-XJ D44
-4.56 Motive Gears
-Aussie Locker
-Solid Diff. Cover
-Disk brake Conversion (ZJ D35 parts and Rubicon D44 parts)

Suspension
-Rough Country Long Arm kit
-6.5" RC coils
-4.5" RC leafs
-1.5" RC shackles
-RC braided brake lines
-RC 2.2 performance shocks
-HD Engineering Shackle Relocation Brackets

Tires/Wheels
-33x10.5x15 BFG KM2's
-Procomp black D window wheels

Armor
-My own custom front bumper
-C4x4 rear bumper
-JCR stage 3 sliders
-Rough Country tcase skid
-oil pan skid

Misc
-Custom rear driveshaft
-Smittybuilt XRC8 winch
-Cobra CB radio
-Motion Offroad CB antenna mount
-River Raider Hi-Lift mounts
-Hella 500's
-Safari Snorkle
-Rustys steering box brace
-M.O.R.E motor mounts
-Durango steering box
-Pontiac GTX hood vents
-Optima Red Top
-v8 ZJ front sway bar
-Kenwood cd player
-Mossy Oak headliner
-99+ Door seals
-99+ Side Mirrors

To Do
-New shocks (Bilstein remotes)
-Custom D30 Axle Truss
-Some sort of rear quarter armor
-Front locker (probably Detroit)
-some sort of OBA
-Put in a rear defrost hatch window






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xXWhiteXjJeepXx


1990 Jeep Cherokee
4.6 Stroker, AW4 trans, NP242 T-Case
4.5 RE Springs Front and Rear
35' Goodyear MTR Kevlars on Soft 8's
Spidertrax 1.25 Spacers on all 4 Corners
HP 30 Front With Aussie Locker
Trussed Dana 44 Rear with Trac lok Limited Slip, Riddler Diff Cover
JKS Trackbar and Control Arms and RE Dropbrackets
SYE and CV Driveshaft
CSF 3 Row Radiator, Dual Redtop Optimas, Quick Discos
B&M Transmission Cooler
Custom Hood Vents and Hood Pins
Rear Disc Conversion
Custom Front and Rear Bumpers
4.56 Yukon Gears
Magnaflow Cat and Flowmaster Exhaust






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builtnotbought89'


1989 Cherokee sport red 2 door (Officially a trail rig only)


Drive train
*4.0L, AW4, 231J (swapped from 242J)
*HP Dana 30; 4.56 USA gears, upgraded late model shafts, riddler diff cover, & all seals/bearings replaced.
*Chrysler 8.25 29 spline; 4.56 USA gears, Aussie locked, Yukon shafts, riddler diff cover, & seals/bearings replaced.


The list
Rubicon express short arm 3", & teraflex 2" bb (pucks & shackles), RE quick disco's
35x12.5x15 wrangler MTRs
Procomp series 98 15x8 steelies
Procomp es3000 shocks
Procomp steering stabilizer
Detours backbone (front winch bumper)
Detours tailbone (rear bumper/swing out tire carrier)
Home brewed sliders
XRC8 winch
Home brewed cool air/forced air intake
No a/c (converting to OBA)
T-case skid
Gas tank skid
Home brewed steering box brace
Chopped fenders/"comp cut quarter panels"
Home brewed quarter panel upper guards (in the middle of fabing)
Home brewed quick disco mud flaps
Late model headliner w/sound bar
Cup holders
Push button start
Cobra CB


Future mods
Lock the front
ZJ rear disc swap
WJ steering & brake swap
Reinforce the frame
Cage the inside
Chop the top...






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96_xj


-1996 SE
-4.0/AX-15/231

Front Axle
-HP dana 30
-3.07 gearing
-Spicer U-Joints
-Spicer lower ball joints
-Speciality Alignment's Alignment upper Ball joints
-Gusseted Control Arm Mounts
-GMC c1500 Brake lines
-RC 8159 12" Shocks
-4.56

Rear Axle
-C8.25
-3.07
-ripped off and rewelded Shock Mounts
-Wrangler Rear Brake line
-RC 8160 12" Shocks
-4.56
-new shock mounts

Suspension
-6.5" RC coils with 1.5" Tera Flex Spacer and stock isolator
-4.5" RC Leafs with 1.75" Tera Flex shackle
-RC Adjustable Track Bar
-2" wheel base stretch
-RC Long arms
-RC Shackle Relocation Brackets

Tires/Wheels
-33x10.5r15 Super Swamper TSL Radial's
-Unique 297's 15x8 - 4" BS
-36x13.5r15 or 35x12.5r15 tires

Armor
-custom 3/8" front bumper
-Front Skid
-Tcase Skid
-custom rear bumper
-weld in sliders

Engine
-MSD Ignition
-Performance Injection Ev6 Injectors
-MSD 12mm plug wires
-Blast coil
-62mm Bored throttle body
-2.5" custom exhaust
-2 row radiator
-2/0 battery cables/grounds

Interior
-5% tinted window
-full custom mechanical gauges
-4 Diamond Audio Hex Component Speakers
-2 Rockford Fosgate Punch series 10" subs/amp
-Custom false floor

Misc
-custom roofrack
-Clearanced extended Yoke
-trimmed fenders
-trimmed rear quarters
-cobra CB
-102" S.S. whip CB antenna
-PA system
-4 Hella 550 front mounted lights with 100watt Super White bulbs/12awg wiring
-2 fog light rear mounted lights with 100watt Super White bulbs/12awg wiring
-removable doors
-full recovery gear and tool's

Black = current
Red = plans for the next 3-6 months






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eep bandit


1990 XJ Laredo
4.0 I6
AW4
NP 242 T-Case
D30/D35
30's on stock "honey" rims
3.5 in. Lift, unknown brand
unknown driving lights
moved front brake line brackets
dodge dakota rear brake hose






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adamk


1992 2 Door Sport
4.0
AW4
NP 231
78000 original miles

Front Axle:
Dana 30
Open
4:10's on order

Rear Axle:
Dana 35
Lock rite
4:10's on order

Suspension:
3.5 in skyjacker coils
2 ZJ stackable isolators
4 in skyjacker leafs
Skyjacker N8051 shocks
Rear BPE's

Tires:
31x10.5x15 Maxxis Bighorn
Cragar 365 series 15x8

Misc:
SYE on the way
Rusty's TC skid
Roof rack
Half doors
Trimmed fenders
Cheapo fog lights
Kicker Audio everything
Center console out of a 94
Rear sound bar out of 96
Front tow hooks
Skyjacker steering stabilizer
wrangler style door hinges
rear defrost delete window
rear side windows with opening vents
gas tank skid
front end skid

Pics:




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odgreen89on35s

Engine:
4.0 with port and polish and 95 cooling system upgrade!
Trans:
AW4 fresh rebuild
T/C:
NP231 rebuilt with sye
Drive train:
dana 30/c8.25 with 3.55s for now.. soon to have lockers
tom woods shafts
Tires:
35 inch bfg's on steel 15x10s
Lift:
7-8 inch bastard lift. bastard packs in rear with lift shackles, and 6 in springs with spacers up front
Random crap:
very trimmed fenders,hood spaced up,cheepo fogs,h4 headlights with strobes,hid back up spot light,roof rack,cobra digital cb with fire box,91 overhead compass and temp,95 3rd eye brake light, almost all bulbs replaced wth leds,CUPHOLDERS!!!,hella supertones,all green leds in dash,kenwood indash dvd,1000 watts to 2 MTX 5500 subs,removable doors. recently added 2 front seats for rear seats, 8k hids with projectors

Future plans are bumpers, hybrid cage,a clean chop,sunroof out of a grand, winch, body armor, lockers, and just might put some bigger axles under it... we shall see..
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Last edited by 96_xj; May 31, 2011 at 03:22 PM.
Old May 21, 2011 | 10:33 PM
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Get your votes in! best of luck to all entries!
Old May 21, 2011 | 11:00 PM
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Great set of rigs up this month! Good luck guys

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Old May 22, 2011 | 03:34 PM
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Alright Guys lets get some more votes in there!
Old May 22, 2011 | 08:01 PM
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Bump
Old May 22, 2011 | 08:23 PM
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Year: 2004
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@ 96 xj...

i might photoshop my WJ into your first pic... haha. seriously, that's the coolest thing i've ever seen
Old May 22, 2011 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 96_xj
Alright Guys lets get some more votes in there!
I promised and you deserve it. to the 3.07s! Best of luck dude!
Old May 22, 2011 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 96_xj
Alright Guys lets get some more votes in there!
More for me!!!!!!
Old May 22, 2011 | 10:45 PM
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Awesome pics 96_xj.
Black 2 door 5 speed gets my vote.
Old May 22, 2011 | 11:30 PM
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Builtnotbought89
Old May 22, 2011 | 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by slcxj
Builtnotbought89
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Old May 23, 2011 | 12:38 AM
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Bump. No recent crawling pics yet, just got the new tires on. Good luck everyone!
Old May 23, 2011 | 03:07 PM
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this is a TOUGH decision!

nemx & jake's rigs are clean & solid trail beasts

whitexj's stroker monster (looks a little stretched..is it??)

odgreen's awesome army green paint job, engine work, & sweet sound set up

96_xj, we share styles....black on black, on blackness, & sexxy fleexxy

i've gone thru ur guys' build threads, & I CAN'T CHOOSE! u all deserve the recognition!
Old May 23, 2011 | 05:17 PM
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Bump for a good competition!
I like the other rigs a lot.
Thanks for the votes guys/gals!
Old May 23, 2011 | 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by xj^REMY
this is a TOUGH decision!

nemx & jake's rigs are clean & solid trail beasts

whitexj's stroker monster (looks a little stretched..is it??)

odgreen's awesome army green paint job, engine work, & sweet sound set up

96_xj, we share styles....black on black, on blackness, & sexxy fleexxy

i've gone thru ur guys' build threads, & I CAN'T CHOOSE! u all deserve the recognition!
What am I chopped liver? Lol



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