Code: Xj, The White Heap

[CodeXJ]

I'm officialy making my build thread!!! I gotten to a point where I'm stopping for awhile due to other things arisen in my life that need more focus now that I'm engaged!

These are my pictures from when my parents first bought the jeep when I turned 16 five years ago to the now 7.5" lifted cherokee with tons of add-ons!

[Hypoid]

Wow! The first reply is a hijack...


now that I'm engaged!Congrats!!!! :D

The XJ is looking good. I'm waiting for the cowl hood write up.:thumb:

[glacierpaul]

Yeah, congrats on the engagement! Very sweet Cherokee!

[mattzj98]

About time! I have been saving ur pics for like over a year.. been trying to empty my phone.

[CodeXJ]

Thanks for the congrats guys!!:D

The lift part was very easy, kind of. We had to cut the bolts off that went to the leaf springs because they rusted to the metal ring inside the eyes.

the front wasn't all covered mainly because it wasn't anything special. Tore apart the front end and threw the 3.5" coils and spacers into the front end that I bought from Frank. Well I was already at 4" lift, and with this I'd only be about an inch higher so we ended up using my old spacers as well, but soon hopefully to either get longer springs or ACOS adjustable spacers. Ended up having to use a drop pitman arm and installed the RCX drop Brackjets to correct my front control arm angles which I bought from Mike! After the front end was done it really sat up there and made the 31's look VERY tiny!! With the new angles of the control arms I could flex my coils out easily so I had to put on Limiting straps which I bolted to the Sway bar axle links. I still don't have sway bars and not to much body roll!

Those old man emu shocks on there are for 3.5" lift so they are pretty much maxed out after lift, now I have soft valve long travel rancho shocks front and rear.

The rear took more time to get done due to the fact I had to sawzall the bolts off on the non-shackle side. After I got the new 4.5" leafs and 1" shackles i nthat I also bought from Frank I added my shimmed 2" block to that to match the front end lift. I love the results!! After that I swapped in 24" stainless steel brack line in the front and a new 20" stainless steel brake line in the rear.

I don't have pictures for the gears because I didn't install the gears myself. thanks to the guys at 4 to go up in arvada for installing my brand new 4.10's!! They did amazing job they changed out the fluids bearings and everything. they said my old 3.07's were shot. It is a very old jeep. I ended up getting new 10" wide rims with tons of offset and put on brand new 33x12.50 KM2's! So with the new rims I was able to take off my spydertrax wheel spacers. Also give an extra props to 4 to go for re-lengthing my driveshaft to perfect fit on my jeep, I also changed the output shaft seal on t-case because the old length of the driveshatf ripped it and was leaking. changed out all my fluids and ran it through Georgia pass, man it felt great offroad! I'll also post my cowl-inducation hood write-up soon with pictures!

EDIT: Forgot to add that I also now have bar pin eliminator and stem eliminators as well for the shocks. :)

[MelloYello]

Nice!!

[mattzj98]

Next mod is ACOS huh? =D

[Michael4rnr]

Looks really good.

[CodeXJ]

Next mod is ACOS huh? =D

or 5.5" coil springs I have yet to decide, but the ACOS are nice :D

I have to resize all the cowl pictures to post them up. I will hopefully have them all up when I get back from California. To bad I don't have pictures of the lights instal and bushwackers :(

[taco52]

Really like it. Its sweet
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