im thinking about going to visit my dad after xmas down in florida. its about a 1200 mile drive from chicago to tampa and was wondering if anyone else has done a long trip in their xj. mines bone stock and 2wd. having a tiny bit of a problem with death wobble but thats because i have to replace a ball joint. other than that you think im good to go?

 

Make sure everything is serviced on it, fix the ball joint for sure, and carry some tools with you just in case. I traveled the country in my 1997 XJ with 190K miles and a 4.5' lift and put roughly 7K miles on it with no problems.

 

I did over 2400 miles this past summer. From Texas to Illinois, then back to Texas via Kentucky and Tennessee. It rocked out like a champ. Only problem I had was almost running out of gas in the middle of nowhere Arkansas on a Sunday, and no stations I could find had pay-at-the-pump.....heh.

 

warm tires wears faster. so take frequent stops to cool the tires.
but i would trust mine to make that trip any day

 

sounds good. ya im going to have to do the ball joints and then get an alignment and some used tires for the front

 

replace that ball joint, get it aligned and make sure the tires are balanced. Check all your fluids, pack a bag of common XJ tools just in case, and you should be good.