Desertfox1023
1994 Jeep Cherokee SE... Mostly

Front Suspension:
6" Total Lift
XJ Coils
Custom 3-link
Doetsch 13" Shocks

Front Axle:
HP D44
Eaton E-Locker
760x Ujoints, Full Circle Clips
4.56's
RE Track Bar w/ Brace
1-Ton OTK Steering
Ruffstuff "The Cure" Spacer
Solid Diff Cover
Warn Premium Hubs
Passenger Side Alloy Shafts

Rear Suspension:
S-10 Bastard Pack
Lift Shackles
RC Shackle Relocation Brackets
M.O.R.E Stretch Plates
Doetsch 13" Shocks

Rear Axle:
XJ D44
8.8 Disc Brakes
Detroit Locker
4.56's
Solid Diff Cover
Alloy Shafts

Drive line:
4.0L HO - Rebuilt Head
Cold Air Intake
62mm Bored TB & 1" Spacer
99+ Intake Manifold
703 Injectors
MSD Coil, Taylor 8.2mm Wires, D.U.I Cap & Rotor
APN Style Header
HiFlo Cat w/ 2.5" Flowmaster Catback
Brown Dog Motor Mounts
Daystar Poly Trans Mount
AW4 w/ 6 Row Cooler & 1st Gear Lockout
NP231 w/ H&T SYE

Recovery and Armor:
Factory Gas Skid & Hitch
Custom T-Case Skid
Hidden Winch Front Bumper w/ Integrated Steering Box Brace
IRO Center Drop Long Arm Crossmember
Front & Mid Section Frame Stiffeners
Rusty's Roll Bar

Tires and wheels:
15x8 Soft 8's , 3.75 bs
35x12.50 Goodyear MT/R's w/ Kevlar

Brakes:
4 Wheel Disc's
96XJ Double Diaphragm Booster
96XJ Master Cylinder
ZJ Proportioning Valve - For Disc's
RC SS 24" Front Lines, 26" Rear Line
YJ Parking Brake Cables

Other Stuff:
136 AMP ALT
ZJ Fan Clutch
102" Wheelbase
Removable Front Doors
97+ XJ Mirrors
Durango Steering Box & Inside Frame Brace
Marine Speakers Mounted in Kick Panels
72" Wilderness Rack w/ 240W Light Bar
AUX Fan Override
Headlight Harness Upgrade
01 XJ Seats
Custom Rock Body Work and Body Trimming
Cup Holders!!!

 

Jeep "Dragoneer" - Full Airbrush Custom XJ


I have had this old Jeep for over 10 years and bought it stock. Me and this ol' Jeep have been through everything together. I have had her offroading and mudding in all sorts of places in Southern Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin (I rather trail and climb than mud though).

I had just started airbrushing last spring and was tired of airbrushing on paper so I decide to practice on that old rattle can blue Jeep of mine. So I brought the header panel in the house and played around with it. I like it so next the hood came in. After that I spent 2 months in the back yard under a pop up canopy airbrushing this Jeep. Now I gotta get it performing as good as it looks..... so along came all these upgrades below. Hubby helped me swap the axles, lift, tires, etc this spring.

Vehicle:
- 1998 Cherokee Sport
- 176K miles
- AW4 transmission
- NP231 transfer case

Custom Paint Job:
• Sanded and primered with White primer
• Base coated with Autoborne Sealers
• Airbrushed with Createx Colors – Wicked Colors
• Napa Semi-Glossy Clear Coat

Drivetrain Modifications:
• Ford 8.8 rear axle with Limited Slip & Disc brakes
• 4:88 Gearing both front and rear.
• Solid brand diff covers
• Slip Yoke Eliminator & Custom driveshaft.

Suspension & Steering Modifications:
• Rough Country 6.5 long arm lift kit
• Rough Country Quick Disconnect Uplinks
• Rough Country Adjustable track bar
• Extended brake lines
• Dodge Durango Steering box, new pump & hoses
• Ordered CavFab Crossover steering and hope to have it on by the time of voting (will update)

Wheels & Tires:
• 35x12.50x15 MasterCraft Courser MXT Tires
• ION Alloy Rims

Mechanical Upgrades:
• 4 Core aluminum radiator
• 3 Electric fans with aluminum shroud
• 165 degree thermostat
• 129 AMP alternator
• Optima Dual batteries with solenoid & cutoff switching
• K&N Filter
• New sensors and new (and programmed) CPM
• New water pump

Exterior Upgrades:
• Tuff Stuff 4x4 Front Bumper
• Badlands 12,000 Lb winch
• Snorkel
• Stainless hood vents
• KC HiLites – Daylighters
• RGB 3” round LED lights with halos
• Blue LEDs behind front grill
• Roof rack with Jerry Can, Hi-Lift Jack, and shovel
• Removable front doors

Interior Upgrades:
• CB & Antenna
• Newer interior panels
• Leather seats
• Removed head liner and painted ceiling (easy cleaning)
• Removed carpet and cut custom mats and added aftermarket mats.
• Military Molle system packs & MVPs on back of front seats
o Holds: recovery gear, tools, straps, netting, bug sprays, sun screen,
rain coats, etc.
• Wood Ammo crate & ammo box to house tools and chains.
• Fire extinguisher


Stock Jeep 2007




Stock color - 35's and 4.5 lift




Rattle can blue - 33's and 4.5 lift.
Welding winch plate on with hubbys help!




I am airbrushing the scales in - then it will be the gears, metal trim, stipping, skulls, and adding rust and deterioration.



Just swapped 4.5 lift for 6.5 long arms and rocking the 35s!!!





Almost done!

Photo by Jason Sanders Studio




Climbing at the Pipeline


Queen Susan The Great & The Dragoneer
http://currentissue.jpfreek.com/publ...649,"page":98}

YouTube Channel ~ check out what we have been up to!
https://www.youtube.com/user/qstg01

Baraboo News Republic - Front page:
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JPFreek Adventure Magazine - Fall 2016 Freek Feature (Page 98)
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Vehicle
- 1999 Cherokee
- 164K miles
- 4wd conversion
- AX15 manual trans
- NP231 transfer case
Drivetrain
- Chrysler 8.25 rear
- Spartan locker
- Dana 30 front
- 3.73 gears
- Adams driveshafts front and rear
- SYE
- Clocked transfer case
- Azzy transfer case shifter linkage
Front suspension
- Rubicon Express track bar with drop mount
- Rubicon Express 3.5" springs
- Rubicon Express lower arms
- Core 4x4 top arms
- V8 ZJ steering
- Bilstien 5100 steering shock
- Bilstien 5100 shocks
- Rubicon Express brake lines
- No sway bar
Rear suspension
- Rubicon Express 3.5" leafs
- HD Offroad no lift shackle relocation brackets
- Core 4x4 adjustable shackles
- Bilstien 5100 shocks
- Rubicon Express brake line
Misc
- Bucket seats
- New carpet
- 31" K02 tires
- Bushwacker flat flares
- Magnaflow muffler
- Trucklite LED headlights
Primary Usage
- Towing
- Road trips
- Been to 4 states this year!

 

1993 White 2DR Jeep Cherokee XJ

ENGINE
I-4 2.5L
~201,000 miles
MeanLemons 2 gauge battery cables
Brown Dog Motor Mounts

TRANSMISSION
AX-5
External slave cylinder conversion

TRANSFER CASE
NP231

AXLES
Dana 30 front
Chrysler 8.25 rear
4.10 Gears
Rear disc brake conversion

TIRES/WHEELS
Stock steelies
31x10.5x15 Dick Cepek Fun Country
Spidertraxx 1.25” wheel spacers

STEERING/SUSPENSION
3” Rancho coils
Crown HD leafs
Iron Rock Off Road boomerang shackles
JK Rubi red shocks
Rough Country bar pin eliminators
YJ brake lines
Crown HD steering
Steinjäger swaybar quick disconnects
Rear swaybar delete

ARMOR
OEM transfer case skid plate
OEM gas tank skid plate
Ares Fab lower quarter panel armor

MISC
WJ brake booster
Aftermarket cruise control
Bedlined lower panels
Front & rear hitch receivers
JCR nutsrips
Headlight harness
LED reverse lights
Trail Tuff Nets cargo net
97+ center console
Rugged Ridge floor mats
Engine block heater
DPG Off Road Swaybar Disco Cables

A work in progressÂ…

 

Vehicle
-1994 Jeep Cherokee
-190K Miles 4x4
-AW4 Auto Trans
-NP231 Transfer Case

Drivetrain
-Dana 30 Front
-Dana 35 Rear
-Open Diffs All Around

Front Suspension
-Core 4x4 Trac-Bar
-Zone Off-Road 3" Springs
-Rubicon Express Lower & Upper Arms
-V8 ZJ Steering
-Bilstien 5100 Series Shocks
-Bilstien 5100 Series Steering Shock
-No Sway Bar

Rear Suspension
-Doorman Country Leafs
-Skyjacker Extended Shackles
-Bilstien 5100 Series Shocks

Misc
-DirtBound Off-Road Front & Rear Armor
-LED Headlights
-31" KO2 Tires
-Full Factory Skid Plates

 

Been wanting to submit for a while but with work and daily errands I rarely get to actually wheel it. Hopefully soon it'll get the trail day it deserves.

Specs:

Body:
1988 Laredo 2 Door
248xxx miles
NP242
Brown Dogs Rubber Engine Mounts
Volvo 746 Injectors
Still Closed Cooling
C101 delete

Wheels/Tires:
Pro Comp Soft 8s 15x8 3.75bs
BF KM2 33x10.50r15
1.25" Wheel Spacers

Suspension:
RE 3.5" Coils
RE Superflex Fixed Lowers
RE Superflex Adjustable Uppers
RE Adjustable Trackbar
Rusty's 3.5" Full leaf pack
MJ Shackles
Doetsch 8000 shocks

Armor:
Creepy Fab Front Bumper with JCR Wide Hoop
2x6 3/16" Rocker tube
AJ's DOM side tubing
D30 Solid Diff Cover
Rusty's HD Crossmember
OEM Gas tank Skid

Axles
'96 HP30 3.55 gearing
Cavfab Crossover Steering
TNT Fabrications D30 HD Coil & LCA Brackets
'98 C8.25 3.55 gearing
Aussie Locker C8.25
YJ brake hoses front & rear

Misc
Bedlined Floor
Custom Plaid Headliner
75% new floors
Mopar OEM Swing out
LED CB antenna
'98 Center Console
PIAA 6" Fog Lights
thatXJguy CB mount
RC rear Bar Pin Eliminators

To Dos
HD Offroad Mid Stiffeners (sitting in garage)
Tie 2x6s to Stiffeners (also sitting in garage)
WJ Brake Booster (Sitting in garage)
HD No Lift Shackle Relocation Brackets
RE Boomerang Shackles
Addicted Fabrication Rear Bumper
WHEEL IT OFFROAD MORE!

 

K, Vote

PLEASE be prepared to send me decent photos. Blurry photos of half your Jeep in a parking lot won't do.

 

Voted. Great Jeeps guys and gal, good luck.. I like that barn pic cool shot.

 

Tough Competition This Month. Thanks for the Votes.

 

Good luck everyone! Nice group of rigs like normal.

 

Looking forward to the polls. Tough month I see, looks like the slow months bring out the best.

 

Voted. Now that I have a 2dr, I feel compelled to stick up for my people.

 

Voted.

Tough competition this month. Good luck to all!