What did you do to your Cherokee today?
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From: Mercer County, NJ
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6 HO
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From: Chickamauga Ga.
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
We finally finished the repairs to my buddy's jeep. It had camaro struts on it. Was sitting at about 10 inches if lift. We lowered it to 4.5. It also had some ****ed up steering that we changed to 3/4 heims steering.
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Model: Cherokee
It's the oe housing and amber bulb for now. I just cut a little section out of the grill and made them fit. I'm looking into some aftermarket leds. Not complicated at all I went for simple and clean as possible... the headlight bezels don't fit perfect and I have to cut the very bottom section off to make it look decent... more pics in about an hour or so
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Model: Cherokee
Yeah on their own switch, fused, relayed... 2 weeks I'm ordering a bussman relay panel and gonna rewire everything the really right way and extra clean looking... one 2g or 4g from the battery to the relay box and 2 strands of 7 wire trailer wire into the cab and then to my custom made switch panel. I currently have a crazy octopus of wires from installing everything at different times and it makes my ocd crazy
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From: Helena, Al.
Year: 1988
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0l
Started installing 3" RC lift kit. Only got to do rear (leafs and shocks) since it was Easter and had other obligations. Also installed D windows and 31x10.5's. Was previously sitting stock on worn out leafs and 235/75's. Need to get front done since I have some major rubbing up front with the 31's which I expected. Couldn't help myself from putting then on to see how it looked.
First is a before, then an after.
First is a before, then an after.
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From: Iroquois Ontario Canada
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Went to drop the shackles so I could measure for the DIY shackle relocation brackets, but broke my 1/2 to 3/8 drive adapter on its first use
Didn't even get any real torque on it before it snapped, good thing it has a life time warranty on it. It was an impact wrench rated adapter so it must have had a flaw in it.
Since I didn't have the right size socket in 1/2" drive I removed the rear anti sway bar instead. Maybe it is just my imagination, but just removing the bar seems to have freed up the rear suspension and improved the ride a bit.
Didn't even get any real torque on it before it snapped, good thing it has a life time warranty on it. It was an impact wrench rated adapter so it must have had a flaw in it.Since I didn't have the right size socket in 1/2" drive I removed the rear anti sway bar instead. Maybe it is just my imagination, but just removing the bar seems to have freed up the rear suspension and improved the ride a bit.
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From: Northern Kentucky
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Started installing 3" RC lift kit. Only got to do rear (leafs and shocks) since it was Easter and had other obligations. Also installed D windows and 31x10.5's. Was previously sitting stock on worn out leafs and 235/75's. Need to get front done since I have some major rubbing up front with the 31's which I expected. Couldn't help myself from putting then on to see how it looked.
First is a before, then an after.
First is a before, then an after.
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Joined: Aug 2013
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From: The Colony, TX
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Replaced my waterpump, thermostat housing, thermostat, and serpentine belt today. The weephole was just beginning to leak when warm. I put in a flowkooler pump, hesco hi-flow housing, and a hi-flow thermostat. It's sitting for 24 hours to fully cure before I add fluids and start it up. I will have to report back on the effectiveness of the hi-flow components since I haven't driven it yet.
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From: Gainesville,FL
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Had about an hour trip today for Easter dinner. Mostly back road stop and go driving and about 15 mins of bumper to bumper traffic. Here's a couple pics of the temp gauge. Prior to install, the XJ normally ran one width of the temp needle to the right of the 210 mark. Pic 1 is about 40 mins into the trip and the 2nd pic is when we arrived. (same results coming home). Significant drop in engine temp. My 1st impression of the new components is good.
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Model: Cherokee
For those of you that asked earlier here are some pics...
My header panel is all jacked up so I'll be hitting up the jy soon to replace this one... I just had to do this cuz it was bugging me that I had everything to do it and it wasn't done lol
My header panel is all jacked up so I'll be hitting up the jy soon to replace this one... I just had to do this cuz it was bugging me that I had everything to do it and it wasn't done lol
