if your dads paying for it than he can get you whatever he wants, if your paying for it than get whatever you want... i bought a 86 5spd firebird, worst winter car ever... wish i listened to my dad when he told me to buy a jeep...

 

I've never flipped mine or even came close to it on paved roads with a 6.5 lift on 33's.
I could take corners pretty hard with out a sway bar.
They stick to the road pretty good with good tires and suspension.

 

Umm my buddy and I have taken ours drifting before... We've done it stock and with 3in lifts with no problems.

 

The XJ uni frame and suspension have been almost exactly the same from 84-01 if there were problems they would have made modifications or changes along the way I would imagine. Just by the nature of the beast an SUV is top heavy and can tip or roll under circumstances that most vehicles would not with that being said you would have to drive like an idiot in my opinion to flip an XJ which I can say because I have rolled mine but I was driving off road like an idiot at the time! "drinking and driving can be bad off road too!" won't do that again.

 

What suv doesn't get that saying. When you open up the visor they all have them unless they got pulled off

 

At nite when I have the road all to myself, I drive mine like a sports compact, doing 45-55mph on jug handles and not even a body flex and mine is lifted 3" with 31" tires.

My police buddies tells me that (around here in my area anyway) they see a lot of cherokee xj's get stolen cuz: 1. its easy to steal and 2. it can be driven hard on getaways and won't flip.

 

Me and my buddy's go Cherokee tipping at night.

 

You mean wrongler tippin

 

hrmmm

 

You could debate with your dad that Cherokees are built for creeping, not speeding. Tires are available wider just as they are higher. Wheel spacers will be needed which screws scub radius but provides a wider stance. Since your not a drifter mobile you wont need to worry about the scrub radius. You drive it like a jeep, not a porche.
You can pull you dad out of the snow in the winter and be able to 4x4 thru troubled weather in case of an emergency. If the Cherokee XJ was dangerous, how would so many soccer moms be able to sell their XJ's to rest of us.

 

Dads just looking out for you man. Stock Cherokee is lower than most new Suvs, so as far as suvs go I think most of them are easier to roll than an XJ. Maybe he just doesnt want you to get an SUV. But if he wants you to get like an explorer or xterra etc. and he is ok with that then his theory doesnt hold water.

 

I ran 8.5" an 33I an drove like I stills it all day never had sway bars an nvr close to rolling!!!

 

4.5"lift on mine handes just as good as it did when stock...actually better. corners totally flat, like its on rails....and my swaybar was still disconected and i have no rear swaybar. thats what makes XJs so good, stability on and off road.

 

 

Cherokee's only tip when the service is good...