how do u like your jeep (pictures)
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From: Warsaw, IN
Year: 2000,1990,1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by Makarov
Nothing wrong with taking care of your ride. I try to keep mine in good shape, between daily driving, hunting and camping out of it. I stay outta the mud as much as I can. It's too much trouble to clean it all out of the undercarriage. Mud + Poor maintainance= Rust, and rust does not play well with unibody vehicles. I also cant stand a gross interior. There is no reason for moldy/smelly carpet and stained up seats. Ugh.
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From: Owensville, MO
Year: 1998
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 5.9
I Wash and wax every couple of weeks. The cycle usually goes like this:
1. John washes and waxes his Jeep.
2. John forces himself to stay on the pavement for about a week.
3. Saturday Night rolls around and John breaks down and takes his Jeep above the lake. Contact with tree branches ensues.
4. John leaves his Jeep muddy for about a week, every once in a while noticing a scratch through the mud and cringing.
5. John guilts himself into spending 4 hours washing and painstakingly waxing and buffing every singe scratch out of the Jeep.
Repeat.
1. John washes and waxes his Jeep.
2. John forces himself to stay on the pavement for about a week.
3. Saturday Night rolls around and John breaks down and takes his Jeep above the lake. Contact with tree branches ensues.
4. John leaves his Jeep muddy for about a week, every once in a while noticing a scratch through the mud and cringing.
5. John guilts himself into spending 4 hours washing and painstakingly waxing and buffing every singe scratch out of the Jeep.
Repeat.
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From: S.E. Tx
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6 firepower ignition, cat-back w/ magnaflow muffler, poweraid tb spacer, optima blue top
I normally wash it as per dirt, but once a year i take a few days and do everything. Wash, wax, lubricate vinyl/rubber/plastics, polish chrome, touch up paint, clean every crease inside and out. All so i can take it to a car show. Here's a pic from said car show.
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From: Coos Bay, Or
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
I was mine more in the winter then the summer. Mainly to get all that damn rocksalt off the body, trying to save my almost rust free jeep from rusting away. I clean my interior alot though. The outside can be dirty but the inside must be clean! Thats the only thing I would really clean after I go offroading.
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From: knoxville, tn
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 98 4.0 I6
have had it for over a year and never washed it...but its a beater so rainshed will
do and i dont do any hard core mudding...a splash here and there....did spray it off once when it was dusty from pollen
do and i dont do any hard core mudding...a splash here and there....did spray it off once when it was dusty from pollen
Last edited by jomps; Oct 14, 2011 at 12:08 AM.
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From: Portland, Oregon!
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
i wheel it, leave the dirt and mud on for a few days, (4 or 5) get annoyed of my *** turning brown so i do a thorough clean inside and hose down the outside.. its still pretty dirty but it started raining so i didn't wanna clean it
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From: Illinois
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
nice nice i try to keep my as clean as possible ive already shampooed the interior twice this summer and wash the exterior at least 3xs a month. Although it does look pretty cool with mud for a day or two. Once winter comes I am gonna be washing it weekly because Chicago puts insane amounts of salt.
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From: Maine
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6
It looks awful, worse so than mud.
I wash mine in the summer probably once a week. During the fall it gets neglected. And The winter I wash it as much as I can. Calcium chloride rots stuff faster than rock salt.
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