XJwonders

Hi there, my name is Neal and I hail from Philadelphia, pa. My rig is '99, I found it hidden in a junkyard with front clip wrecked. Took two months to get it all stock and road legal. As soon as it passed inspection, I slapped on some rough country 3 inch suspension lift with transfer case drops and 31's on cragars.

I built al bumper with bull nose tube all out of 1/4 steel, didn't get to install it yet. I'm probably gonna add pictures of my build as I go along. I love criticism because of two things, it gives me ideas to improve on, and because when people say I can't or should do someone, it makes me do it anyway just out of spite

So feel free to add criticism, or encouragement a or whatever u want to say, I enjoy it all.

Hope to hear from you all

XJwonders

cherokee outlaw

Greetings from Michigan. Nice ride.

glass3222

Greetings fellow Pennsylvanian. Looks like a good find. Any other future plans for the XJ?

XJwonders

Thank you, outlaw.


Yes my immediate plans after attaching the bumper is to focus on the engine and souping it up. My plans would be getting 784 injectors and doing a fuel system flush, adding a TBS in addition to boring out the throttle body. I would be doing an upgrade to the cold air induction as well... I need to do a trans cooler upgrade ASAP before the summer rolls by, I have a long list of road trips to make in the summer.

The steering system need to be upgraded also... Pretty soon when weather warms up I'm going to get a zj tie rod and a Durango box. Because in the future I would like to run 35's. my current 31's is really burning a hole in my wallet for the fuel expenses, so I can see a regearing of my axles in the near future, as well as reinforcing the axle.

I'm a welder and I also do some machining on the side, so I would have no problem with fabricating whatever I need to do.

In next year or so I would like to add three more inches to my current set up, so that would probably mean I'm gonna build spacers for front and shackles with bastard packs for rear, along with shock extenders.

At my work, we have a ton of 3/16 stainless steel tubing, so I probably will replace entire brake system with those, plus braided stainless steel hoses at the axles, so that way my entire brake system will never rust. I probably would do the same to the fuel lines on the frame too.... I like when parts that I make last forever

I also would like to run an OBA system too. I'm still undecided on the sanden compressor or the viair route... Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, with pros and cons.

Hell, I have a million things that I want to do, I hope I can remember to document everything as I go along, so i can do write ups for you all to read.



Where in pa are u from?

XJwonders

You know the useless ashtray in the center console? I cut that out and fabricated a storage compartment that fit over the hole out of sheet metal. Much more useful since I don't even smoke. And gotta love the mag lite mounts LoL

cherokee outlaw

Lol, thats where my mom puts her change in.

XJwonders

Lol. The ashtray is too small for my hand to go in, and the fins and stuff in there really cramps it up, so I thought I would just cut it out of the console then made the hole much bigger to accommodate the metal cubby to go in, I feel much better now

XJwonders

This is what it looked like when I found it in the junkyard...

CobraMarty

Welcome to the addiction.

ol"blue

Welcome to CF. Good job saving another XJ from the crusher.

OverlandZJ

Where at in Philly? I'm just outside northeast..

Looks like your doing well with the Jeep.. nice work.

XJwonders

I actually live in newtown square, near west Chester.

XJwonders

Also I forgot about one mod that I did. Basically I added second done light over rear seats. At the same time I replaced the headliner too.

XJwonders