This is the official build thread for my 95 Jeep Cherokee!
The main concepts...
-Low weight and stupid simple
-Low budget (so far only $100 invested - excluding parts already owned)
-Prove to the nay-sayers that an XJ can be wheeled without doors. Those people that think they are XJ structural engineers can look at my jeep that wheels without doors or even a floor for the most part!
This past summer it started...
4.0L, AX15, NP231, D30, Limited Slip D35
Then a few days later I added some 30" MTRs on Cragar wheels, some 1.5" Teraflex lift shackles, and I took off a few parts.
Then I took off some more parts.
Today I relocated the gas tank half-way into the cargo area and I added some rear tow hooks. The gas tank relocation wasn't hard. I had to patch two pinholes in the bottem of the tank. I also found time today to remove the rear fenders flares and pound the metal up with a BFH. O ya and I removed the catalytic converter since it's almost new and it will be saved as a spare for a jeep that needs it.
Tow hook bolted to the subframe...
Every weekend I come home from school I want to try and do some more to it...
Next-
-Front recovery points - I'm thinking of putting a piece of angle iron behind the front bumper and mounting some trailer tie-down bracket-ring-thingys to it for recovery points. Kind of shitty but seems to work for some people I've scene do it.
-OEM T-Case skid
-Fix the MF'ing heater
-Waterproof some engine electronics
-Rear shocks - I'm currently running without them and that is scary!!! Anyone have any 2 shocks they don't want that would fit an XJ with 2-3" of lift?
And eventually this jeep will get a front aussie locker. Just need to put in some more time at work...at least the factory limited slip dana 35 is working really well. The ass end is so light that the rear tires scrub a little when turning on pavement. Impressive for an old ass trac-lok.
I can't wait for this summer to roll around when I can start trailering this jeep everywhere.
I also found some time today to make sure the jeep can break through 4" thick ice and get stuck as hell...