Having a custom built XJ has always been a dream of mine. With the market being so crazy now it seems a little out of my reach. I have much respect for the whole team there at Davis Auto Sports. True craftsman, there are many shops out there but none of them do rebuilds with as much heart as DAS! I look forward and tune in to all of these awesome updates and videos from TX with hopes that I can one day be blessed with an XJ from the crew! Thank each of ya'll for all the hours of film and spectacular work. These videos definitely take my mind off of all the trouble in this world, at least for a few minutes a day.
Finding one in decent condition here in Texas has been the issue. I've been looking for a while and everything I've come across has been either a rust bucket or wrecked.
@@jack4pearl get yourself a 2wd and make it 4x4 thats the only way to get a really clean one nothing it’s impossible bro I been building mine for over a year and it’s never enough lol good luck am from tx I’ve seen them cheap in houston on The Valley
This video is meditation for me. I think I rewatch it roughly once a month. Pay homage and sacrifice to the XJ gods and one day, you too can build an XJ this nice.
After 45 years on planet earth, and working with tools since I was. boy, Owning four of these XJ's, this is a build anyone can get behind. Great edit and even greater OG JEEP
By the end of this video I was in tears. This is such a beautiful XJ and you guys gave her so much respect. I dream to have a XJ like this one day. Wonderful job guys 💜
Love it..The XJ is the Best J Wranglers are For Cheerleaders and Yuppies!! Hello from Butler County Pennsylvania the Birth Place of the Jeep and Home of the Heritage Jeep Fest Every Year in June Fathers weekend.
I’ve been rebuilding our XJ since 2016. My now-wife and I bought it while we were dating after someone totaled my parked Chevy K1500. I’ve gotten it resprayed, headlined redone, full suspension refresh/long arm lifted, cylinder head work, and so much more. It’s still a work in motion, but it represents our relationship. We’ve thought about selling it…but whenever we look at it, we change our minds lol
I own a 97 XJ, I drove it for about two years, wrecked it the day after I graduated high school. Had to basically rebuild the front end of it, but most of the jeep is still original. The original color was the dark forest green type color. With the new body needed, they were aftermarket from Amazon and were black. So I ended up sanding down and repainting the entire jeep in black truckbed liner. It ended up looking really slick. Anyways, nowadays it sits in the yard and I am just waiting to scrounge up the money to do something with it. It also has been a dream of mine to have something of this caliber done to it. You and your guys do amazing work. Would love to have you guys do the same thing to mine!!
In 2011, I bought a manual (stick) 2000 XJ sport with only 60,000 km on it. It was kept in a basement of a gov. entity for a long time and sold in auction around 25 car almost identical. I was lucky to get one. The break pads was the factory parts with no modifications. I wish if we have hear in middle east a professional workshop like DAS.
Fun fact if u take the steering wheel apart and ad the cruise buttons and then ad the vacuum module under the hood it ads cruise without any computer bs all the wires are wrapped up in the harness completely plug and play works great now such a great xj build pure awesome wish the big 3 made suvs like this still xjs are getting hard to find
My first new car I ever bought was a 1996 Ccountry 4x4. Paid $23000 back then. I pulled jet skis and had a hell of a time with that Jeep. Wish I still had it
Hats off guys Wow wow wow Iam a jeep lover just like your customer ...I just purchased a 1990 jeep Cherokee XJ lorado From California with low miles and delivered it to Canada... Wondering how much the bill costs would love to see you guys for a job like this Thanks for your video and all the team working on this beautiful girl
I really liked your Jeep Cherokee build I wished I could of been part of your team when building. But now I really like how the install of the engine I don't think I've ever seen a V8 installed that clean before. I didn't see the battery under the hood that is nice not seeing the battery there. Then all the detail to the interior that was really nice 👌 especially the seats 💺 I liked the black greay bucket seats 💺 with the Red stitching around all the seams. Then I don't know if you changed out the front or rear axles. They do look really clean. And the 6 speed transmission was a nice addition it would be interesting to know what kinda gas ⛽ mileage the Jeep would get with that transmission. Anyway I'm going now thanks Ray in Idaho. PS keep up that kinda Quality work and stay healthy 👏
my dream combo would be a slightly lifted shortbox comanche on 33's with a ford Coyote swap ( not a chevy motor fan ) and a LOWERED 2wd 2 door cherokee with a hellcat hemi swap ( still not a chevy motor fan )
I have a 2001 2 door, 2wheel drive, automatic. I’d love to bring to you guys one day. Full redo to make a street ripper, drop a fat engine with fat tires.
This is the wet dream of every XJ owner. The only thing above this is to make a Hemi Swap with the 6.4L Hemi. But... please, give us a parts list of the build. There are a lot of DIYers like myself that have a build in progress and in my case, I'm not even in the US at all, so it is quite hard to give you guys the rest of the build
May I ask what was the build cost? Fully realizing that each build spec is not identical. What did it run the customer delivered for this XJ? Thank you
Wait a second! You mean those plastic pins that hold the visors are replaceable???? Insane build, by the way. My old girl ('90) wishes she could meet you guys!
@@yudanov13 I think at one point while they were just getting into this (prior them getting the deposit) the estimated cost as a completed rig was in the $90-95k Range. Unsure what the final tally was, but I doubt it was much lower than that. Tons of money for sure, but it's at least 50% labor. These things are "easy" to work on generally speaking, but if I'd have to guess, your $40-50k probably covers the labor ONLY on something that's been this transformed.
How much was this build? I own an XJ I may want to have done very similarly to this down the road after my performance invention for engines takes off as a business.
Soo a Lil interested in knowing what modification youre doing to the shifter? The only modification I thought I'd have to do is to the shift gate. But stock linkage works amazing
@DavisAutoSports, how does the maintenance on a vehicle like this work- especially for clients out of state? I don’t imagine you can take an engine-swapped XJ to any old dealer to get an oil change, mechanical maintenance or, especially, repairs.
Pretty straight forward. Most shops know how to oil change an LS, and the diagnostics would be about the same as well. Would be fairly easy to find a shop who could work on it. Tho some might try to gouge you since they'd know you have a fkn lot of money invested and may think they could get a piece of that pie.
Awesome build, restoration, and customization. I am not an XJ owner. YET! Some day. I like the build. However, that LS swap has to suck more gas than the straight six. And you left the factory 20 gallon tank in. 20 gallons for a V8 engine? I have came up with an idea to increase the fuel capacity to 30/40/ maybe even pushing 45 gallons.
That LS very likely gets better gas mileage than the 4.0 did. The power to weight ratio and torque curve are both better with the LS the gearing also plays a big part in that.
@@boogaloobaloo I am going to take your word for it. I was making an assumption (like a dumbass without researching). I am now starting to see many videos where someone is doing some kind of LS swap. It appears to be very popular.
@@countrymagic61 LS swaps have been ridiculously popular to the point of being utterly overdone in the last decade or so. I love the ls family of engine and own a 6.0L that need rebuilt but they are truly over used at this point. They're well built, take crazy amounts of abuse (especially the iron blocks), make stupid power and are relatively easy to work on. With the right combination of parts you can pretty easily reach over the 20+mpg highway mark (depending on vehicle and application) with a street/strip engine.
@@countrymagic61 Oh and I forgot to mention fuel tank size. The stock fuel tank on the trucks with the 6.0 is 26 gallons so the 20 gal tank on the jeep isn't too limiting but a fuel cell would definitely be a worthwhile investment.
Seems a shame it will never see a trail but given how close the fenders are to the wheels I doubt it would make it far with so little travel. Pretty build for sure.
Having a custom built XJ has always been a dream of mine. With the market being so crazy now it seems a little out of my reach. I have much respect for the whole team there at Davis Auto Sports. True craftsman, there are many shops out there but none of them do rebuilds with as much heart as DAS! I look forward and tune in to all of these awesome updates and videos from TX with hopes that I can one day be blessed with an XJ from the crew! Thank each of ya'll for all the hours of film and spectacular work. These videos definitely take my mind off of all the trouble in this world, at least for a few minutes a day.
It's not expensive to build a clean XJ. It's only expensive to have someone else build you one.
@@jagray85 honestly i have a 1st gen 2dr pioneer. Every part is cheap only costs when you pay others to build. lols
Finding one in decent condition here in Texas has been the issue. I've been looking for a while and everything I've come across has been either a rust bucket or wrecked.
@@jack4pearl come to Az. Rust free cherokees for days
@@jack4pearl get yourself a 2wd and make it 4x4 thats the only way to get a really clean one nothing it’s impossible bro I been building mine for over a year and it’s never enough lol good luck am from tx I’ve seen them cheap in houston on The Valley
This video is meditation for me. I think I rewatch it roughly once a month. Pay homage and sacrifice to the XJ gods and one day, you too can build an XJ this nice.
After 45 years on planet earth, and working with tools since I was. boy, Owning four of these XJ's, this is a build anyone can get behind. Great edit and even greater OG JEEP
Absolutely beautiful build! SEMA quality for sure! Love the attention to detail.
Shout out to the exceptionally talented team that you have and the work they performed. Wow.
It takes years to put a team like this together. I cringe when I see guys with an impact. But these guys understand finesse!!!!!
This channel deserves 1M+ subs. The quality they seem to crank out is up there with ICON out of LA
i’m just in awe at all the hard work that went into this build and the amount of dang filming and editing you must do
Engine bay so clean and neat too
By the end of this video I was in tears. This is such a beautiful XJ and you guys gave her so much respect. I dream to have a XJ like this one day. Wonderful job guys 💜
Oh jeez
Love it..The XJ is the Best J Wranglers are For Cheerleaders and Yuppies!! Hello from Butler County Pennsylvania the Birth Place of the Jeep and Home of the Heritage Jeep Fest Every Year in June Fathers weekend.
An LS in an XJ, never thought I'd see the day... Incredibly cool.
Been done countless times 👍
I’ve been rebuilding our XJ since 2016. My now-wife and I bought it while we were dating after someone totaled my parked Chevy K1500. I’ve gotten it resprayed, headlined redone, full suspension refresh/long arm lifted, cylinder head work, and so much more. It’s still a work in motion, but it represents our relationship. We’ve thought about selling it…but whenever we look at it, we change our minds lol
I own a 97 XJ, I drove it for about two years, wrecked it the day after I graduated high school. Had to basically rebuild the front end of it, but most of the jeep is still original. The original color was the dark forest green type color. With the new body needed, they were aftermarket from Amazon and were black. So I ended up sanding down and repainting the entire jeep in black truckbed liner. It ended up looking really slick. Anyways, nowadays it sits in the yard and I am just waiting to scrounge up the money to do something with it. It also has been a dream of mine to have something of this caliber done to it. You and your guys do amazing work. Would love to have you guys do the same thing to mine!!
In 2011, I bought a manual (stick) 2000 XJ sport with only 60,000 km on it. It was kept in a basement of a gov. entity for a long time and sold in auction around 25 car almost identical. I was lucky to get one. The break pads was the factory parts with no modifications. I wish if we have hear in middle east a professional workshop like DAS.
Fun fact if u take the steering wheel apart and ad the cruise buttons and then ad the vacuum module under the hood it ads cruise without any computer bs all the wires are wrapped up in the harness completely plug and play works great now such a great xj build pure awesome wish the big 3 made suvs like this still xjs are getting hard to find
You really did such an amazing job. I’m genuinely impressed at how beautiful this came out. Unbelievable!
you guys didn't skip anything. ive not seen alot of 100% builds this is amazing!
I am so jealous. I had two when I was younger I regret getting rid of... this is just gorgeous.... my god
My first new car I ever bought was a 1996 Ccountry 4x4. Paid $23000 back then. I pulled jet skis and had a hell of a time with that Jeep. Wish I still had it
That is a beautiful build. I like how unless you’re really getting on it it is super quite.
*quiet
I have to know. What’s it like to build an xj without junkyard parts? It looks amazing
This video is as beautifully produced as that Jeep! Nice job video people! Congratulations, you built the car that Jeep should have built!
Would love to do what you guys do. Amazing work, it must be gratifying as each portion comes together with new car quality
Hats off guys
Wow wow wow
Iam a jeep lover just like your customer ...I just purchased a 1990 jeep Cherokee XJ lorado
From California with low miles and delivered it to Canada... Wondering how much the bill costs would love to see you guys for a job like this
Thanks for your video and all the team working on this beautiful girl
Tuner cars everywhere, then you see this bad ass going down the road. 🤪 Thank you for posting.
1:00 that looks like a render. So cool!
I'd love to have one of these from these guys, they do some of the best work with XJ restos.
Badass, cleanest and sickest Cherokee I have seen, Very tasteful
I really liked your Jeep Cherokee build I wished I could of been part of your team when building. But now I really like how the install of the engine I don't think I've ever seen a V8 installed that clean before. I didn't see the battery under the hood that is nice not seeing the battery there. Then all the detail to the interior that was really nice 👌 especially the seats 💺 I liked the black greay bucket seats 💺 with the Red stitching around all the seams. Then I don't know if you changed out the front or rear axles. They do look really clean. And the 6 speed transmission was a nice addition it would be interesting to know what kinda gas ⛽ mileage the Jeep would get with that transmission. Anyway I'm going now thanks Ray in Idaho. PS keep up that kinda Quality work and stay healthy 👏
Most beautiful, relaxing video I’ve ever seen. Thank you!
Unreal build!! One question…why are they working on restored drum brakes in the video but they point out the rear disc setup later.
Keep coming back to this video
Wishing it was mine
This thing is so freakin pretty. That is the color id pic also. Damn
These need to be on the market
my dream combo would be a slightly lifted shortbox comanche on 33's with a ford Coyote swap ( not a chevy motor fan ) and a LOWERED 2wd 2 door cherokee with a hellcat hemi swap ( still not a chevy motor fan )
The 6.0 seems to fit nicer than the 4.0. Now if I can only convince that owner to gift the Jeep to me 🙂
exelent job! just beautiful ! how much did it cost to build it ?
Wow! Factory gauges even.
I have a 2001 2 door, 2wheel drive, automatic. I’d love to bring to you guys one day. Full redo to make a street ripper, drop a fat engine with fat tires.
que hermosa restauracion, todo el proceso fue hecho con amor. Excelente video, saludos desde Colombia.
This is the wet dream of every XJ owner. The only thing above this is to make a Hemi Swap with the 6.4L Hemi.
But... please, give us a parts list of the build. There are a lot of DIYers like myself that have a build in progress and in my case, I'm not even in the US at all, so it is quite hard to give you guys the rest of the build
May I ask what was the build cost? Fully realizing that each build spec is not identical. What did it run the customer delivered for this XJ? Thank you
Unbelievable love it
That is beautiful. I only have a 2x4 I want it for looks and driving no off road.
absolutely beautiful!!
What a beautiful build!!!!! 😳😍 I hope to one day own one and build it up
Beautiful build. I'm curious about no cruise control, though.
Wait a second! You mean those plastic pins that hold the visors are replaceable???? Insane build, by the way. My old girl ('90) wishes she could meet you guys!
Amazing build. What's the estimated cost on a build like this?
I'm curious too. I would guess 40-50k not counting the cost of the car.
@@yudanov13 I think at one point while they were just getting into this (prior them getting the deposit) the estimated cost as a completed rig was in the $90-95k Range. Unsure what the final tally was, but I doubt it was much lower than that. Tons of money for sure, but it's at least 50% labor. These things are "easy" to work on generally speaking, but if I'd have to guess, your $40-50k probably covers the labor ONLY on something that's been this transformed.
@@joshuasmalley I believe you, I love the the results though
Beautiful build the only thing I would have changed is that speedometer. I would like a Whipple charged LS in my explorer third gen
Awesome vid!
absolutely wonderful
Best xj ever
Dude, absolutely stunning!
How much was this build? I own an XJ I may want to have done very similarly to this down the road after my performance invention for engines takes off as a business.
Soo a Lil interested in knowing what modification youre doing to the shifter? The only modification I thought I'd have to do is to the shift gate. But stock linkage works amazing
@DavisAutoSports, how does the maintenance on a vehicle like this work- especially for clients out of state? I don’t imagine you can take an engine-swapped XJ to any old dealer to get an oil change, mechanical maintenance or, especially, repairs.
Pretty straight forward. Most shops know how to oil change an LS, and the diagnostics would be about the same as well. Would be fairly easy to find a shop who could work on it. Tho some might try to gouge you since they'd know you have a fkn lot of money invested and may think they could get a piece of that pie.
This is amazing. Outstanding job!
What a great job man!!!, I just saw my dream come true
What a beautiful xj....what a beast bro...love the wheel...
Such an awesome build. Is that a custom radio bezel?
can you give detail on suspension i love this setup
Stunning 👍😊
Very nice. Can the LS GM V8 be built with a manual transmission?
Incredible looking XJ. Where did you get the new door panels?
Every set I've seen has sun damage on the upper edge.
That is one badass XJ! I've been slowly working on my 96 XJ but it isn't anything near that thing lol
you guys are nuts, this went crazy!
How did you get the stock cluster to work? What ecu did you use as well?
Looks AMAZING!!! Approximately how much is a build like this
This is 1 B.A.M.F. !!!!!!!
WOW !!!!!!!!!! JUST WOW !!!!!
Nice it’s perfect what breaks did you guys use for it
Awesome build, restoration, and customization. I am not an XJ owner. YET! Some day. I like the build. However, that LS swap has to suck more gas than the straight six. And you left the factory 20 gallon tank in. 20 gallons for a V8 engine? I have came up with an idea to increase the fuel capacity to 30/40/ maybe even pushing 45 gallons.
Pretty simple fix, swapping to a fuel cell
That LS very likely gets better gas mileage than the 4.0 did. The power to weight ratio and torque curve are both better with the LS the gearing also plays a big part in that.
@@boogaloobaloo I am going to take your word for it. I was making an assumption (like a dumbass without researching). I am now starting to see many videos where someone is doing some kind of LS swap. It appears to be very popular.
@@countrymagic61 LS swaps have been ridiculously popular to the point of being utterly overdone in the last decade or so. I love the ls family of engine and own a 6.0L that need rebuilt but they are truly over used at this point. They're well built, take crazy amounts of abuse (especially the iron blocks), make stupid power and are relatively easy to work on. With the right combination of parts you can pretty easily reach over the 20+mpg highway mark (depending on vehicle and application) with a street/strip engine.
@@countrymagic61 Oh and I forgot to mention fuel tank size. The stock fuel tank on the trucks with the 6.0 is 26 gallons so the 20 gal tank on the jeep isn't too limiting but a fuel cell would definitely be a worthwhile investment.
How much money would this cost me I have a 99 black xj?
Reworking the wiring harness is the funnest part of an LS swap. P.I.T.A on some rides.
Do you guys sell parts like motor mounts and such
I would like to know why he put SAE bolts in for the headers. Thread pinch is metric 8x1.25
Ball park how much does the engine swap alone range💰?
This thing rips holy shxt
So clean.
How did you retain the factory gages... is the 4.0 ecu still in place and just piggy backed? Any tips would help
What is the gear on it, and is the gear normal? The Cherokee can ride on the LS60 and bear the power
Nice build guys, how did you manage to get the tachometer to work on the original clusters?
That’s a nice looking XJ
Seems a shame it will never see a trail but given how close the fenders are to the wheels I doubt it would make it far with so little travel. Pretty build for sure.
Uptravel is overrated.
That’s a great looking build!
Wish I knew how much to save up for a near identical build...
Wow
I'll want mine the same
Congratulations great job 👏 👍
TTM time,tools,money can fix anything awesome xj.mine is a 96 and i dont have ttm
I would love to send my 92 to you guys but apparently I got to win the lottery first
Where do you guys get your interior parts? Are they reproduction?
We typically refinish everything. We have other videos showing some of that process
@DavisAutoSports, y’all ever think about putting an OM617 in?
What camera/lens did you use for this? Amazing job filming this awesome build!
Mine looked like this, until spring, after 1 Utah salty road winter... 😭
How did y’all keep the factory cluster? I am fixing to do a ls swap on mine and want to keep factory dash.
Where can I get those motor mounts? And that rear brake kit?
Kool swap, but one question,...Why go with rear drums when you could've gone with disc brakes on all 4 corners ?
Those are disc brakes with parking brakes
Where is the HVAC? I know you said it is there. Where?
Art
Are those custom motor mounts? Or are they available for sale?
What brand of exhaust headers did you use, or what application?