jeepnewbie44312

Found a 2000 xj in good shape an older guy owns seems to have been maintained its whole life I can see the front rockers are getting pretty bad but what concerns me most is that it's the coil style inline 6 an he said it has the original head on it an it's never cracked or leaked anything I think he said it has 205xxx think its worth looking into to daily drive /light trail

xjcherokeeblog.blogspot

Is the carfax on it clean? How much maintenance has been done to it? And how much rust? I have a 2001 with the original head on it and it doesn't leak and has never cracked, maybe I'm lucky. I would say give it a shot if you can get it for a good price.

Bustedback

If the price is right then go for it. Don't let the cylinder head be a deal breaker, not all of them crack.

andrewmp6

If the floor pan and rockers are rust free and not priced sky high i would buy it.

jeepnewbie44312

Thanks for the input guys is it harder to lift these newer ones I know there were shuttle differences in body but is the suspension the same? I plan on going threw it during the summer an would like to give it a 4in lift an some other goodies

jeepnewbie44312

I've never gotten car fax before does it cost anything to get an it pretty clean tiny bits of rust on the rockers if I get I'm gonna bed liner the bottom I'll have to ask um what's all been done to it maintenance wise he was semi vage on telling me what been done

Bustedback

1084-2001 are pretty much the same in the XJ when it comes to the suspension.

thatXJguy

They're not harder to lift.

BrawnyDog

I only counted 1 question.
You still have 1999 left.
Go!

Bustedback

The XJ is the easiest vehicle to lift there is.

Rcaggiano

Same year and color as mine. I lifted mine 4.5 inch. Only problem was my control arm bolts came lose. Wobbled the hole out and I got the death wobble. Other hen that it was a breeze

andrewmp6

The 00-01 used a low pinion dana 30 in the front and it has a funky y pipe with 2 cats from the exhaust manifold back.The rest of the xjs had a normal down pipe and a high pinion dana 30.

jeepnewbie44312

This may sound like a really dumb question but what's the difference between high low pinion axles?

Bustedback

The high pinion offers better ground clearance because the pinion is higher. It's also about 30% stronger because of the reverse cut gears. The low pinion axle has the pinion gear lower on the pumpkin. Less ground clearance and weaker.

Rcaggiano

Mines a 2000. Only got one cat