Yes they are cromos and I'm not scared of the skinny peddal lol I'm getting a 4 to 1 for the transfer case and it does great the way it is I was runnning 355s with 38s and she was weak put the 456s and done about every bolt on possible and she's pretty lively

 

I also putt a cam bigger injectors a promo power chip a k&n filter and a super 40 flowmaster on it so the extra power helps alot to.

 

I mean seriously, what on earth does that mean? At the very least he could have tried to re-read what he typed before hitting the "Post" button.

 

If your serious pm me and ill get together a start list of parts and you can make a choice on wether or not its cost effective or feesible at your fab level. Its not a bolt on affair. And when I say start list it means getting the xj Prefabbed 40s but not moveable!!

 

oh wow....


OP you SERIOUSLY underestimate what you're going to need to do to your cherokee in order to fit those, never mind actually be able to drive with them.

To illustrate - cherokee on 40s:


So....at minimum you're looking at:
10"+ lift w/ longarms
stretched wheelbase
1-ton full width axles front and rear
Very tall gearing (5.xx+)
An UNGODLY amount of trimming to where your jeep no longer resembles a cherokee
A LOT of custom work
Major steering work


My advice? Sell the tires and buy something else.

 

Well for the smart ones that say this isn't fabrication, I do believe I'm gonna have to fabricate numerious things so yeah, n if u don't like where I put my forum then don't look at it.

So my buddy has ford 8.8 axles. But I was thinkin about a ford 9 inch out of a bronco for these 40s. Right now my jeep is down bc I blew the rear chunk into pieces from my 33s.

I'm definitly goin to lift it up higher. My shocks that I just bought last year are eldelbrock(can't remember what model they are) but they were $150 a piece. They are for a 4-6 inch lift. And I have have maroso heavy duty coil springs with a 3inch lift that was $350 which I kno for sure ill have to get rid of them. And I just got a heavy duty drop pitman arm for a 4inch that was $90 and ill have to get rid of that too. Anyways I wanna try to do this with a 8 inch lift.

 

heh...good luck man

 

the main problem is goin to be the $. ill be able to do everything. ill probally try to do it the cheapest best way. i dont want it too cheap where itll break, but like i was lookin at a 8inch bds lift for $2800. n i cant afford that right now.

 

No! Stop it! Stop it right now! Bad XJ owner!..Bad!

 

I'd like to see this build happen. So go for it...I would recommend tons and a long arm, and a wheelbase stretch too...pirate 4x4 has tons of loonies doing these types of builds..google it my friend...otherwise, bueno suerte! I'll follow your thread!

 

Is that even a cherokee?? Lol go to jp magazines website. Somewhere on there is a yellow Cherokee with a 502 running like 44s on about 3 inches of lift. See what he did.... hope your a good fabricator.

 

at that point you're cutting so much out of the unibody you need to build a full cage frame just to keep the jeep from folding up like a pretzel

 

Sorry 40s on 2.5 inches http://www.jpmagazine.com/featuredve..._xj/index.html
End of discussion :-).... and he isn't caged.... probably about 400 pounds of strengthening and plating

 

OK, lets get back to the Jeep fellas. Good enough English to be able to communicate will do. Seriously, this is going to be a lot of work. The XJ is a good vehicle, but just is not made to be able to handle that kind of modification in stock form. You can get away with 35s with the right parts and a minimum if 6.5" lift. Please no arguments there, I know someone will say he cut up the fenders enough to do it with a stock lift. But here is the thing. Your fender wells are not going to allow you to put that tire in there. So full width axles are a must, and 35 spline axles in the rear minimum. Alloy axles in my book would be a must unless you restrict yourself to running mud. Second, you will probably have to move the axle forward unless you want to restrict your axle travel to about 3" of movement because of where the firewall is which is also your floorboard. Unless of course you want an extra assist with your toes in those flexy situations. You are going to have to brace the frame also, and might as well figure on coils on the rear also since leaf springs are hard to make work right at that height. The front is going to need a high steer on a beefy axle, preferably with a 30 spline alloy axle or larger. In short by the time you get all this done with driveline mods and such, you are going to have a lot of money in this XJ. If you are wanting to hit the big time, I would suggest you set your sights a little lower with the 36 - 38 tire range which is much more doable with an XJ

 

Please everyone check this out. If nothing else it is xj art