Year: 2001

Model: Jeep Cherokee Sport

Drive Train: 4.0 Auto, AW4, NP231, Dana 30 Front, Dana 35 Rear, 4.56 Yukon Gears

Suspension: Rough Country 4.5 Long Arm Lift

Wheels/Tires: Cragar Soft 8's 15"x8" rims with Duratrac 33x12.5 tires

Other Notable Modifications: Currie Currectlync Steering, Transfer Case Skid Plates, JCR Gas Tank Skid Plate, Solid Diff covers, ARB Deluxe Bullbar front bumper with Warn 8000lbs Winch, IPF Lights, JCR heavy Duty rear bumper w/ tire carrier, AJ's Super Rock Rails, Custom Roof Rack Side Rails, 784 Fuel Injectors, 63mm Throttle Body, AEM Brute Force Intake, Banks Torque Tube Headers, Custom Exhaust, Flow Master Super 44, SYE, Tom Woods Custom DriveShafts, Brown Dog Ultra Flex Motor Mounts, Bushwacker Flat Fender Flares, Modified interior rear seat and cargo area, Custom interior equipment mounts, raised height of Axle Vent breather tube, alternator relocation, Doorless Mod

Favorite Modifications: Re-gearing to 4.56, Alternator Relocation, Doorless Mod

Least Favorite Modification: Quick Disco Sway Bar Link (Broke two sets so far, so I'm going without until I can get a Currie Antirock ASAP)

Build Thread: Expedition Build: Yellow Jeep XJ

 

This is a $600 that I put about $600 into
I bought spares with zero Mile's on craiglsit for $40 each
This is a Budget DD built to look clean and almost factory

1997 Cherokee XJ Base.
233,K miles
4.0 4x4 NP231 auto
Hp30 8.25 3:55 gears
Factory tow package
Manual windows

3.5" Lift
Procomp coils ($80) with ome leafs added to stock spring pack with 2" shackles($25) JK Rubicon shocks ($45)

Black 1.25 wheel adapters
255/75/17 BFGs JK Rubicon Rims( $80)
Relocated factory brake lines
Trimmed fenders behind flares
Window vent shades
Clear marker lenses
Front and passenger Rugged ridge floor liners.
Super clean Daily Driver yet to see a trail

 

Going for May COTM



I have a 91
Engine is a Renix out of a 90 (thanks Cruiser and Flintstone)
Trans is the AW4 with cooler
Transfer case is a 231 with a SYE and some drive shaft
Front axle has a Detroit tru trac, 456 gears, IRO truss and the Yukon unlocking hub kit.
Rear axle is a 44 with a IRO truss, 456 gears, pinion skid from I think a YJ and a power trax locker.
Thy both ride under Rubicon express 4.5 springs.
Bilstiens all the way around.
ACOS spacers on the front.
Serious Off Road steering UTK. Got almost all OTK parts just waiting on trac bar parts to come in the mail from Ruff stuff.
Have Ruff stuff frame stiffners ready to go in with all the metal to make my own rocker sliders/OBA tanks.
AC compressor converted to OBA
Serious Off Road long arms. NICE PRODUCT
Gas tank skid
Engine skid
33.12.5-15 KM2s.


Parts on hand.
Brush guard front bumper. Installed
Warn VR 8000 winch. Installed
HD shackle relocations. Installed
Pro comp extreme MTs. Great tires
Frame stiffeners. Installed

 

1999
4.0
AW4
NP231 w/SYE
HP D30(open, RE LCA brackets)/C8.25(locked, w/disks)
3.5'' RE coils w/ long *** bilsteins in the front
3.5'' RE leafs w/ crappy short RC shocks in the back(Bilsteins to come)
RE Adjustable track bar
Custom long/mid arms
Custom steering
Rusty's front brake lines
Dakota Rear brake line
Fully upgraded sounds system(kicker and clarion)
WJ seats

 

1992
Cherokee (XJ)
2wd by the VIN
Specs:
- 4.0HO, AW4, NP231, D35, HPD30, 4 door

Mods:
Motor
- DUI Cap & Rotor
- K&N Intake
- Thrush Turbo muffler
- High-flow cat
- Brown Dog motor mounts

Suspension/tires
- 3.5" Tuff Country lift
- ProComp(?) composite 3" bumpstop extensions
- 32x11.50r15 Nankang Mudstar (Maxxis Buckshot Mudder)
- Ultra Wheels Gauntlet 15x8 wheels
- 2" Fender trim

Audio
- Sony Xplod player w/ bluetooth and USB, and all that fun stuff (which doesn't work right now)
- Xplod 6.5" speakers in door and hatch
- Power Akoustik 500w amp
- 10" Kicker Comp
- Cobra 19 LTD 40 channel CB w/ Cobra power mic
- 4' Firestik fiberglass whip on HD spring

Lighting
- 4300k HID lo beam(currently not working)/55w Halogen hi beam
- MSR Housings
- Stone guards in place of glass lenses

Other mods
- Carpet delete
- Conversion from 2wd to 4wd completed on 2/27/2016
- Custom holes in the floorboards complete with various license plates patching some of them




2wd stock...




2wd stock w/ cut fenders n 31's












4wd w/ 3.5" on 32's<br/>

 

K, Go.

Please have high resolution pictures ready to send to me.

 

lol.... yeah that's a fair match! Seriously though... TheF.N.G. - lovin' that yellow. AND the pics.