I'm still learning about mine to be honest... up until I got this thing a year ago I was always into cars so the Jeep scene is kind of new to me.
It's a Dana 30 in the front of these - been warned about the diffs being a weak point with XJ's... but if one has plans to modify or change them out it will no longer be a problem anyway. So far - knock on wood, mine seems fine and I have put it through a fair amount of abuse.
All XJ's are unibodies.
From my experience my Jeep has been awesome... but for some I've wanted an XJ for years. Kind of my dream 4x4 for some reason. I've had an absolute blast in this Jeep since I got it and to say the least it's constantly surprised me with it's capability.
With a set of tires, a few inches of lift and some adjustable Rough Country control arms it's taken me almost everywhere I want to go.
I spent about $800 buying my Jeep and have sunk about 4k into it since I've owned it. For 4 - 5k you can have a lot of fun...
But on the other hand, I have to give props to Yota's as well... seen some pretty capable 4-runners that have really impressed me.
Good luck on the search and when you pick up something new, we'll hit the trails again!
One thing I can chime in with is that many of these 4l's have extended crank times from cold. It almost scared me off due to it cranking 10 or so times before firing up, but even according to AllDataPro, there is a TSB relating to this that states it's normal operation during cold start up due to timing / firing order etc and there's no fix for it.... not that it's ever caused me problems - I just get the odd look when ppl think it's not going to start, but sure enough it goes every time. Just something to keep in mind...
A couple before and after pictures. It's come a long way and it's still got a long way to go.
For sure. It started as a little grey grandpa jeep with sagged springs... doesn't even look like the same jeep.
I'll post a few this evening
I'm still learning about mine to be honest... up until I got this thing a year ago I was always into cars so the Jeep scene is kind of new to me.
It's a Dana 30 in the front of these - been warned about the diffs being a weak point with XJ's... but if one has plans to modify or change them out it will no longer be a problem anyway. So far - knock on wood, mine seems fine and I have put it through a fair amount of abuse.
All XJ's are unibodies.
From my experience my Jeep has been awesome... but for some I've wanted an XJ for years. Kind of my dream 4x4 for some reason. I've had an absolute blast in this Jeep since I got it and to say the least it's constantly surprised me with it's capability.
With a set of tires, a few inches of lift and some adjustable Rough Country control arms it's taken me almost everywhere I want to go.
I spent about $800 buying my Jeep and have sunk about 4k into it since I've owned it. For 4 - 5k you can have a lot of fun...
But on the other hand, I have to give props to Yota's as well... seen some pretty capable 4-runners that have really impressed me.
Good luck on the search and when you pick up something new, we'll hit the trails again!
One thing I can chime in with is that many of these 4l's have extended crank times from cold. It almost scared me off due to it cranking 10 or so times before firing up, but even according to AllDataPro, there is a TSB relating to this that states it's normal operation during cold start up due to timing / firing order etc and there's no fix for it.... not that it's ever caused me problems - I just get the odd look when ppl think it's not going to start, but sure enough it goes every time. Just something to keep in mind...