Hi everybody I'm new to the site. Im looking to buy a Jeep Cherokee for my first car! I don't have the skills/equipment to put on a lift. I was wondering if anybody had pics of a Cherokee with stock suspension but with some all terrains and other mods to it. Keyword stock suspension. I just don't know if it would look funny or not!

Thanks alot!

 

What kinda mods?

 

32s and doorless?

 

Lights, Different tires, roof racks... Stuff that I can do being a teenager with not many tools

 

Trim the fenders. Cost is whatever you can get tin shears for, and difficulty level is granny.
Gutter mount brackets for a roof rack are cheap.. Would you buy or make the rack?
If you can scrape a few bucks together, a BB (budget boost) consisting of poly spacers for front and either a drop shackle or AAL (add a leaf) for the rear. You can do a 2" BB with or without shocks, but if shocks are old, then maybe now is the time to upgrade. It is simple labor at a shop, but to do a BB with new shocks could take like 4 hours if everything goes smooth, or a full day on the lift with the mechanic/s struggling with frozen bolts... So if your shooting for cheaper, then maybe this isn't worth it.
Start doing tune up things like plugs, wires, cap and rotor, oil changes, fluid checks..



The smoked corner lights were cheap off eBay, the bumper end caps, flares, plastic door runners and brackets I just yanked off, trimmed fenders up like 1" with 5 dollar shears from flea market and added 26 bucks worth of lawn ending and 12x 10/24 bolts. The rims set me back 200, the tires are just 235/75 DuraTrac's. Just to give you an idea... There is a 2" BB on there, too..



One w/o the flares..

 

This is from long ago when I first bought my first jeep. Hella lights on the front, roof rack, soft 8s on stock rims....some stickers..

 

Okay thanks for the ideas! Im not a huge fan of trimming the fenders, if I am correct you can get 29's on stock suspension without trimming? How capable is it off road with the stock suspension?

 

Why not pay somebody to put a lift for you? I paid $300 to have my RE 4.5 installed. I dont have much tools either, not for a lift installation anyway.

 

On a high school part time job budget, I would rather spend that money on something else.

 

Paint job, doorless, removed fenders, roof rack, front lights 30's and grand Cherokee rims. I'm also a broke high schooler with limited tools. Lol

 

The dark blue one is completely stock. The light blue one has the upcountry suspension (1.5" lift) 235/75/15 Cooper and Cragar soft-8s. a light bar from KevinsOffroad with 4 KCs from quadratic. If yours comes with a stock roof cross-rail you can mount lights directly to that. Rims were less than 400 shipped, the light bar was around 100 shipped and both sets of lights came to around 300. Lights and bar takes only a wrench and some wire cutters ect.

 

Best thing i've done so far is put 235's on, granted my Dad treated me to em' and got some junk treads.. but the size still looks nice. I'm planning on just doing either a 3/4" shackle in the back to get rid of the sag, or a small BB, maybe 1.5 or 2 inches. New Head-Unit is the only other thing i've done to it so far!

 

my stocker on 31" swampers with 3.75 bs wheels doing work, yes i know i need to trim more lol.

The obstacle in the first pic is the one that this buggy walks at the beginning of this video.

 

Buy a 3 inch lift...and install it yourself..all u need is vice grips and a socket set..and pb blaster!

 

I've got 235/75r15 Treadwright Crawlers on some 15x8 black steel wheels with 3.75 backspacing. Sway bars removed, rear fenders cut and folded (still need to do fronts too), and flares removed.
Got a winch for it too, just need to mount it.