the RED xj club
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 563
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From: Southern Maryland
Year: 1993
Engine: 4.0
Hello Everyone, awesome looking xjs. I'm new to the whole jeep thing, I recently got a 99 red xj 5spd with 175,000 miles clean title. It has about a 3" inch lift I believe. Old Man Emu. With newer wrangler gun metal rims and not sure about the tire size will have to check it out. My guy I got it from it was his project jeep. It's my first time owning a lifted vehicle and by looking at some research, there are many people switching out axles, tie rods, etc on them. My question is, where do I start, how do I know what's the best things to do for my jeep because so far I love it and want to keep building it. Thank you!!
Newbie
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 5
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From: Marysville, WA
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 v6
If you're only using it on road or minor offroading you should be fine with stock steering and axles unless you go up to a bigger tire size. Even then some people run stock stuff, especially if you have the chrysler 8.25 you should be set for up to 35"s with stock axles and light offroading. If you want to get a little power and mpg improvements with over sized tires might look into swapping in 3.55 gear ratio axles from an automatic transmission Jeep to upgrade from your 3.07 gears, unless of course it's already been regeared. Anyway welcome to the forum and have fun learning about your Jeep!
I recently learned I have a Dana 30 front and Dana 35 rear, my wheels are 33". I feel like the jeep doesn't have the power that it should have, like you were saying, do I need to re-gear to 3.55 for better performance? On both axles? It's my daily driver.
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 563
Likes: 2
From: Southern Maryland
Year: 1993
Engine: 4.0
Really 4.10s would be ideal but since regearing is expensive and you might want to upgrade to a chrysler 8.25 29 spline, you could get a chrysler 8.25 and hp 30 with 3.55 gears for pretty cheap or get lucky and find a set with 4.10s or pay extra to get new gears
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Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 643
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From: s.jersey
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
i like that.. real simple and clean looking.. wish i saw it before i bought my JCR bumper. love the looks of the JCR but i really like how clean and simple that one is..
i'm also going to paint my JCR bumper body color.. the wife was like YUK i want it black.. i told her to trust me it will look good red..
showed her the pics of your jeep this morning and she is like yea i like the bumper red..lol
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i'm also going to paint my JCR bumper body color.. the wife was like YUK i want it black.. i told her to trust me it will look good red..
showed her the pics of your jeep this morning and she is like yea i like the bumper red..lol
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Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 931
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From: Glen Ellyn, IL
Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Inline 6
Thanks. It's a hit or miss for people. Sometimes I get compliments, other times it's the "I would've gone black" or "Why didn't you bedline it". It should look great on yours
Newbie
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 5
Likes: 0
From: Marysville, WA
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 v6
Latest photo, painted front grille black, looking to buy a new front bumper soon, btw. How rare are 5spd jeeps for a 99 four door? I don't see much around.
Last edited by RussMam; May 17, 2016 at 11:30 AM.
