What did your XJ look like?
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From: WV
Year: 97
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Attachment 398923Attachment 398924 there's a touch over 4 years
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From: Greenville, SC
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by samiam
So just over 4 years, does that include a gear change or just gettin the suspension and Jeep run in good? The reason I ask is that it has been a little over 2 yrs for me and IÂ’m still not where I wanta be on the lift. Gears and lockers are very expensive and I have no idea when that will be done.
do just about anything I can to make a dollar and spent most of them on the jeep.
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Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 366
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From: WV
Year: 97
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Bought the Cherokee August of 2013 it’s November of 2017 and I have 4.56 gears, air Locker front, lunch box rear, disc brake swap on the 8.25, just bought 35s, cav fab 3 link front, 4.5†re springs front, 4.5†re springs rear with 1.25†re shackles and hd offroad no lift relocators, cav fab steering, front and rear driveshafts, bumpers, ordered frame stiffeners, axle sleeves, and c gussets, and a few more little things. Bone stock when I bought it. Attachment 399856 do just about anything I can to make a dollar and spent most of them on the jeep.
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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 5,924
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From: Greenville, SC
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee(XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by samiam
IÂ’m impressed! Great lookin Jeep and sounds like a well thought out build. WhatÂ’s next on the agenda?
No, I don't lick fish.
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From: Northern Kentucky
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Big improvement, bud... glad to see I'm not the only one that bedlined the fuel door with the rest of the quarter panel.
