How to chop the back of your XJ....
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From: Fauquier County, Virginia
Year: 1991
Model: Cherokee
Engine: I-6 4.0 HO
someday, I will make a truggy out of a 2-door cherokee. I'm talking a tube frame from the b-pillar back. A nice Fat D60 in the rear, maybe a D44 or D60 up front. some 39.5 Iroks and Alllll street legal.
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From: Hampton, Virginia
Model: Cherokee
Engine: none other
i love the chop look. its so full of win. id love to do that to my 4 door however it ruins it for the dogs on the road lol. anyways maybe one day ill just dooo eeet.
what you need to do if you chop yours, is somehow make or have made a vinyl top for it and have it angle down from the roof to the tail-gate at a 45 degree angle. kinda like the aftermarket tops you can get for the wrangler unlimiteds. Dogs still have a place to ride, and you get your chop top.
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From: Fauquier County, Virginia
Year: 1991
Model: Cherokee
Engine: I-6 4.0 HO
I thought about gettin a 2 door and pullin the rear seats out and have the little back space for indoor crap. Then have the rear cut out and get some truck bed and cut-to-fit. I would use the old hatch as a rear for the new backing, except make it permanent. Then, build a roll cage and lift it about 6".
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From: Hampton, Virginia
Model: Cherokee
Engine: none other
what you need to do if you chop yours, is somehow make or have made a vinyl top for it and have it angle down from the roof to the tail-gate at a 45 degree angle. kinda like the aftermarket tops you can get for the wrangler unlimiteds. Dogs still have a place to ride, and you get your chop top.
hmm your onto something there. didnt even let that cross my mind. now you got me thinking pretty hard about it.
If I had more money and tools I'd probably have already cut mine up. Someday mine is either going to get a chop or the whole back cut off. I haven't figured out which. maybe I'll make a truggy with MJ bedsides dovetailed inwards towards the rear.
If you wanna cut yours up, I want to help!
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From: eden ny
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.o l ho
nice im waiting till after witer to chop up mine live in buffalo ny but i so in one of those pics was a tail gate on the how you do that ??????/ from page 1
Last edited by the jeep man 94; Sep 4, 2010 at 02:04 PM.
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From: Grandville, Mi
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0, Automatic





