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Old 02-24-2011, 06:10 PM
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Hey fellow Jeepers. Im living in Chattanooga and I just recently bought a 96 2 door for $1000 with some tax money and love it already lol. I come from the tuner scene and I had a 1986 Corolla . Unfortunately I wrecked it while acting like an a**hole, so I decided to try my hand at wheeling. My dad has a 95 YJ so Im not a complete noob to Jeeps. I have always liked the look of Cherokees and jumped on it quick because the body is awesome and it was a 2 door . Now I got the Jeep bug...... My Jeep is only a 2wd and sadly it has the 2.5l....oh well. The plan is to swap in a 4.0 and maybe later convert it to a 4wd if I can collect the parts I need. My Xj has the 8.25 rear and lsd and 4.10 gears if i did my research correctly. This is an awesome forum with plenty of info and friendly people. I will definately be around on here alot. BTW my name is Hector. I will post a picture as soon as I figure out how lol..
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Welcome from WA.
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Thanks. Here is a pic of me driving it home.
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Im going to cut those side step bars off and weld them closer to the body for more clearance.
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and here are some more that I took earlier. I'll post some daytime pics tomorrow.
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welcome, im from up in ATHENS, TN
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welcome, im from up in ATHENS, TN
thanks dude
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Welcome from Jersey! nice xj!
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Originally Posted by Cloud9-XJ
thanks dude
anytime anytime.. so what is ur plans with this new jeep
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welcome to the site nice Jeep... were is your rear wiper?
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Originally Posted by Jeep, Ride XJ
anytime anytime.. so what is ur plans with this new jeep
First plan is to either rebuild this 2.5L or swap out for a 4.0l with ax15 tranny. I have found plenty of donors but will a 97+ 4.0 drop easily into a 96?
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welcome to the site nice Jeep... were is your rear wiper?
It didnt come with one , which sucks . A visit to the bone yard can easily solve that problem though. This Jeep has no power options.
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Originally Posted by Cloud9-XJ
First plan is to either rebuild this 2.5L or swap out for a 4.0l with ax15 tranny. I have found plenty of donors but will a 97+ 4.0 drop easily into a 96?
sure, i havent seen any differences in 4.0 that come in heeps


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