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Jun 3, 2013 | 05:16 PM

#16

txranger14

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From: Lufkin, Texas

Year: 1998

Model: Grand Cherokee

Engine: 5.2

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Originally Posted by lowrange2

Cut a 24" diameter tree down so that it's laying flat on the ground, start the Jeep, move the Jeep perpendicularly 200 yards from the tree. Aim the Jeep at the tree. Put Jeep in drive and push the accelerator all the way to the floor. Drive straight. Don't push the brakes. The lift will be removed 201 yards later.

^^ this is gold.

Jun 3, 2013 | 08:34 PM

#17

sreeb

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From: SoCal

Year: 1994

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

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Originally Posted by txranger14

^^ this is gold.

It may be a quick and easy remove but it doesn't solve the problem of sourcing and installing new parts.

Jun 3, 2013 | 09:03 PM

#18

txranger14

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From: Lufkin, Texas

Year: 1998

Model: Grand Cherokee

Engine: 5.2

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Originally Posted by sreeb

It may be a quick and easy remove but it doesn't solve the problem of sourcing and installing new parts.

after ramming the jeep into a tree like that, i don't think hed have to worry about much of anything..

Jun 3, 2013 | 09:38 PM

#19

jamorrowxj

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From: new york

Model: Cherokee

Why go through all the trouble of removing a lift and killing an xj's purpose? Why not just get a different vehicle that's not lifted?

Jun 4, 2013 | 09:20 AM

#20

RubberSideUp

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Model: Cherokee

Get a Volvo:

Jun 4, 2013 | 09:34 AM

#21

Nothing-2-Deep-4-Cherokee

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From: Chesterfield, Michigan

Year: 1999 limited

Model: Cherokee

Engine: Inline six 4.0 242 ci

Its not worth the time taking a lift off of a previously lifted jeep. If you want stock just buy a stock jeep.

Feb 7, 2022 | 10:07 AM

#22

naverillsn001

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From: Tampa, FL

Year: 96

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

Not so easy to buy a stock jeep

I get where you “just buy a stock jeep” guys are coming from, but here in Florida, 3/4 or more of the XJs and ZJs up for sale are lifted. You’re trying to find the right color, right miles, right price, and again and again all your choices have lifts. There are only so many of these left in circulation, and it’s frustrating to keep finding the one that would be perfect except for the damn lift. I am handing my beloved 96 XJ down to my son, and looking for an XJ or ZJ to replace it, and am at the same point as the OP: thinking about buying one with a lift and lowering it. There just aren’t enough stock Jeeps available here.