(I hope)

I had a 1999 XJ, 2wd with an automatic transmission. Despite the fact that it wasn't stick and was only a 2x4, both my wife and I loved the vehicle. The frame was bent from hitting a deer (previous owner) and it resulted in some suspension problems that we later discovered were hard/expensive to fix, so we sold it this past August.

Now I'm looking at getting another, this time with plans. One of my co-workers has a '94 that seems mechanically sound, despite having a decent amount of cancer on the body panels. Since he's selling it on the cheap and I do sheetmetal for a living, I'll be picking it up in a few days.

She needs a lot of work: outboard floor board panels are rotted through on both the driver and passenger side, the quarter panels have holes, the belt needs replaced. Eventually I want to pull the back seat out and fab a couple of built in kennels with fans for our dogs, then gift the jeep to my wife, who misses our old one more than me. Wish me luck!

 

Hi and welcome from across the pond, good luck with your plans.

What dog's?

 

I have two Belgian Malinois. Loveable crackheads who can bee too smart for their own good!

Thanks for the welcome!

 

Welcome, post picts.. Any other plans for the XJ or just DD it?

 

Welcome to the site

 

I'm sorry caronaxter, what did you mean by DD it?

I got the jeep! Heading to bed now, but I'll be posting pictures tomorrow when I have daylight to take them.

 

DD, he mines- Daily driver.

 

welcome!!

 

Dogs are the ultimate Cherokee accessory. I have an American Woofle (a furry terrier-ish dog who is American and says "woofle") who loves to do the classic car dog thing: head out in the airstream, ears pinned back, nose going like mad. W00F!

 

Thanks for the welcomes all! It will be mostly a daily driver, but I do plan on fixing the 4X4 and possibly lifting it a little or adding some things after I'm done with the kennels to assist it in doing what jeeps were meant to do- drive off road!

And now for some pictures. Be fore warned, she's not in the best of shape...



Not too bad in this next pic... if you glaze over the floorboard hanging down.


The bumper is eaten up, and the hitch is toast.


At one point of time someone hit something. My wife says the frame is slightly tweeked. She has good eyes, but I don't know what do to about it if it is.

Are these mirrors easy to replace with something that isn't tiny and attached to my door with drywall screws? Like, you know, something close to OEM?


Last owner before me replaced the rocker panels. They look good, but he didn't clean them before welding, so the welds arn't great.



Key won't energize the start solenoid sometimes. Check the wiring? Nah. Apparently it was just easier add new wiring. I still don't know why they used a switch that would be easy to bump while driving. Please excuse the mess.


And finally the "O" shot. It wasn't as high as I remembered, only 306k

 

wow, like 200 bucks maybe 300? guess yall dont have vehicle inspection there huh? well if it were me id go grab some rustoleum and a roller and tone it down a bit. theres youtube vids where people mix rustoleum with thinner and roll it on with amazing results
and youre "O" shot? my 98 has almost 320k on it so i didnt flinch a bit heres mine:
looks like you got youre work cut out for ya, good luck and welcome

 

double post sorry

 

It looks like yours was maintained for those miles. Mine was a "hunting vehicle" for a while (Think off road beater). I also see the palm tree in your background; driving in a place where your vehicle is bathed in salt water for 6 months every year tends to cause things like rust.

Rustoleum is good for treating an area after the rust is removed, but all the damage needs to be cut out in order to stop it from spreading. It might make it look better, but it won't stop your bumper from rotting off.

Anyway, thanks for the luck (I'll need it), and the welcome

 

the rustoleum suggestion was just to kinda make it blend in a little more with its new urban enviroment, cuz it just screams "hey im over here" now. However i do get that its probably pretty low on the priority list for now, but the apt complex might appreciate it

 

That's why the one I dumped at 198K miles was a mess -- swamp riding (FL) for wildlife video shooting assignments. And riding the beaches. And crashing over palmetto bushes etc.

Anyway, now I have a cute, unrusted one and I will try to keep it that way. Chances are, I will NOT willingly go into water or mud deep enough to mess up the carpet, if you know what I mean (and you do).