Marine O

I apologize if I am not going about this in the typical manner for this forum.

I am a college student and will be graduating soon, so I will have time to spend on the jeep. I have saved up about 6k for my Jeep and would like to use just about all of it.

Before I say what I have in mind, please let me know what you would do in my situation.

Thanks a lot.

`Oz

popcancherokee

buy a 1992 to 1996 4 door xj and buy a 6'' long arm kit and some 33"-35" tires.That would be a good start.Good luck

xjmuddigger

do you already have a jeep? or do you have to buy one?

Marine O

I already have a 01 XJ with 119k miles. All Stock.

xjmuddigger

what do you what to do with it? go big? DD and weekend warrior?

protaper91

if your looking to stricly wheel it i would reccomed putting and arb air locker up in the front diff and a 4.5 inch lift with some 33's and some wheel well shaving with bushwacker flares and you should be looking prety awsome. maybe try and find an old gas can to mount on the jeep somewhere they look pretty cool.

SHANE 87

Get a 4.5 inch lift and some 33's then get some lockers

Marine O

I also wanted to ask what are some custom additions that owners commonly make are. I've done quite a bit of machining and I'm alright at welding, but my buddy is really good.

Thanks again,
Oz

xjmuddigger

i would trim the fenders,do a 4.5"long arm lift,33"x11.5" arb air lockers front and rear

Irongrave

clayton long arms 33 10.5s wheels lockers shafts armor and whee; the **** out of it. or find a cheep Wrangler and use it as a base to build a buggy from

XJ Rat

Have recovery points front and rear, buy a good strap, get a buddy with a Jeep and go wheeling. Note any shortcomings this produces and start modifying your Jeep to your style of off-roading.

Doing it this way will make you a better driver. Building your Jeep up based on others opinions, well, they may not wheel the same type of terrain you do.

Unless you drive a mall crawler. Then the above does not apply.

Marine O

I'll be going to TBS shortly after graduating, so I only have about 4 weeks to work on it. I would like to have a good set up so I can do some rock crawling without worry too much about it breaking because it is my only vehicle and I will not have that much time to work on it if it does.

I was thinking about getting a 4.5 inch lift, some 33s, lockers, a front and rear recover kit, and a mean exhaust, but I'm not sure on what armor to get. Skid plates seem like a must, but bumpers seem so damn expensive that there must be a cheaper option.

Even though I have some money to spend, I don't want to buy the best of the best. What are some solid manufacturers which don't break the bank?

In the end I just want to have a solid set up which will be relatively inexpensive.

Thanks,
`Oz

Destination XJ

Try http://www.landlfabrication.com/ for the bumpers. He is ont his forum and has a bunch of happy customers and pics in his thread. I just ordered mine! Im STOKED!

phillyxj570

You can buy a aussie locker for you front axle, they cost about $250. For crawlin you definitely want skid plates for your transfer case and gas tank. You can pull a gas tank skid form a junkyard zj. As for the lift I would go with the RC 4.5 LA and some 33's. If you really want to get bumpers but don't want to spend that much cash on them. Sit down and draw out a design that you want and go to the nearest steel supplier, then start cutting and welding.

01 Cherokee Limited

I think this is the best advice. Also, if money is somewhat limited, don't cheap-out on the lift. It's going to see the most abuse and you don't want to end up buying everything twice over because it broke. When I get $$ saved up for my XJ build, I will probably buy a 3" BDS lift with lower control arms, steering damper, and maybe new rear springs to fit some 31x10.50s on it. The lift will probably cost close to $1000, but I won't have to worry about it. Just my $.02.