cherokee EV

[LUISJG]

starting the cherokee expedition vehicle project.
hopefully starting thursday ,
installations will be

airflow snorkel
cb radio
gps chartplotter
3 inch rustys full pack
31x10.5 mtrs
soft 8 cragars 3.75 backspace
zacatal roof rack
hellas

and future bumpers and tire carrier.. as $$ permits

will post progress pics here

before picture...

 

[OverlandZJ]

Nice looking XJ!

I'd like to see you rethink the 3.75" backspaced wheels, you need more offset to keep your tires under the flares. IE..i'm running 33x12.5's with 4.5" BS'ing and have about 2" tire outside of flare.

Planning on an SYE? With 3" on a 97+ you'll need it.

Never heard of Zacatal...have a link?

 

[Scott Brady]

Very exciting! The Cherokee is right there with the Trooper for best value/performance for the $$ in an expedition platform. It will be fun to watch the changes :victory:

 

[LUISJG]

Nice looking XJ!

I'd like to see you rethink the 3.75" backspaced wheels, you need more offset to keep your tires under the flares. IE..i'm running 33x12.5's with 4.5" BS'ing and have about 2" tire outside of flare.

Planning on an SYE? With 3" on a 97+ you'll need it.

Never heard of Zacatal...have a link?

insatlling a transfer drop 1 inch




http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/jeep...ryZ33651QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[OverlandZJ]

insatlling a transfer drop 1 inch




http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/jeep...ryZ33651QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The rack looks good!

Not to take away from the excellent technical knowledge on this site, but are you familiar with NAXJA? It's a Jeep Cherokee specific site. www.naxja.org

 

[LUISJG]

yes , im fqamiliar with that site. thing is im starting to lurk arround here because i like expeditions a lot.

 

[LUISJG]

oh well,, for some reason i thought SYE,S were like 800 dollars,
just saw them for 179 .00.
so this is not bad ,,actualy better that the transfer drop

 

[YJ Dave]

Be a little careful when you look at SYE's the cheap ones tend to be "hack and tap" versions where you need to cut down your out put shaft and tap it for the fixing bolt.
As you spend a little more you get a output shaft that has been cut down and pretapped (is that a word?). If you keep spending more you get a more beefy out put shaft for the t-case, and an SYE that will be just short of indestructible with the 4.0.

 

[LUISJG]

thanks for that information, will look into the pretaperation deal

i put my order on hold for the suspention and wheels because im hearing diferent info every day about alot of stuff and need to be sure

 

[LUISJG]

this xj are lot difrent than tj,s
remembering my tj it was easy to modify. to bad it was a small vehicle for my needs, and what it was to be my family vehicle soon converted into a trail machine ,and there was to much invested in it, so i had no choice but to sell it and bought this cherokee and still had 12k left for my new family vehicle.

here is a picture of my late tj im stil crying....

 

[OverlandZJ]

thanks for that information, will look into the pretaperation deal

i put my order on hold for the suspention and wheels because im hearing diferent info every day about alot of stuff and need to be sure

You cannot go wrong with researching your options, which waas what i was trying to gently "nudge" you to when suggesting wheel BS and NAXJA. Theres so much technical knowledge there....

I first built my latest XJ 5 years ago, in that time i'v rebuilt the suspension 3 times (to suit my fancy at the time) and logged 25K miles....and i'm still not completely happy. My 1st XJ was ideal for my current needs.

Check out Tom Woods for an SYE, you can get a new driveshaft and SYE for $500.

Where are you located?

Beautiful TJ! :smiley_drive:

 

[LUISJG]

John, im in texas,
i only need to rud 31's . and thought the backspace was like on tj's.
what do you recomend other than the sye and bs closer to stock.

 

[LUISJG]

John, took your advice and im stiking to my factory alloys .
did order the 3 inch full pack from rustys since seems to be a favorite among xj owners, ordered a tranfer drop for now, then will look into the sye.
to bad i wont have time to install anything this weekend but till next one.
i have to get a vehicle rady for sept the 1st weekend , im going to my place up int he mountains ,,,time to take down the apples, trees are full and ready!

 

[OverlandZJ]

Rusty is good people! He and i spotted several vehicles through Tellico's lower 2 years back on a NAXJA event, then i rolled mine on Guardrail.

FWIW you may have issues with Rusty's leaf packs, some were reporting sagging after a few years use. Most leaf packs will sag, but reports were Rusty's did moreso than others. I have read that Rusty DID make things right with those situations. I believe he may also be using a different manufacturer or manufacturing process to eliminate said sagging. I have several products from Rusty and have been 100% satisfied, i think you'll be happy.

Cool....you'll save money by running the stock alloys....that frees up money for other mods. The TC drop is a temporary bandaid, research this and save your pennies for a decent SYE, then you can get your transfer back up where it belongs. Get yourself a transfercase skid......i run Rusty's.

Are you planning to replace control arms?

 

[LUISJG]

well no control arm change is contemplated, since most of the trails were a run i dont hink i will requier ., i ran my tj with 2 inch lift and 33's for 4 years and never had any problems or needed more mods.

what i know is that rustys use now the same manufacturer of leaf springs as rubicon express,.

picked up my 31 mtrs today. and wed my lift should be here acording to ups tracking.
today i just made a bracket that will hold my cg radio and gps, this bracket
bolts on to the 2 bolts that hold the passenger seat to the cahsi.
monday or tuesday i will post the pictures once its finished and painted.
and also need to get my snorkel instaled next week also.

then i will have someone instal my lift kit,, i like to do it myself but will take to much time away from my work so i will leave it to the pros and have it instaled in a couple of hours,,jeje this guys in the shop are preety fast and since they are good friends i will pay only 130 for the install.