Project XJ Gets a Serious Makeover
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- In this video I completely disassemble the Jeep XJ for a deep clean and to fix a bunch of small issues. I also cut the fenders to make room for our new tires and so the jeep can flex out more. Bunch of small budget minded things to make this jeep 1000x better than when I bought it.
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900 is a deal. I had the exact same XJ a few years back. Full build. With almost 300K miles on it still sold to the first serious purchaser and made money. Great platform. Nice start. Good Luck.
Best platform for a budget Jeep build. Add bumpers, sliders, winch, and 33s. Done. Mine has been built that way for years and been all over Moab. Have fun with it!
4.0 with a ax 15 is a dream xj !! 91 wrangler 2.5 ax 5 here. Can't wait to see more video's
Good workmanship! Looking great!
Looks like your drill is smokin a cigar. Impressive cleaning job!
Awesome. Interior work is really inspirational.
The inner OCD in me loved this. I've been here with project cars before, and this is a GREATTTT first step to ensuring you love your project car, and that you continue to care for it.
Nice work. You got a plan!
Fantastic job on the interior
I was surprised how clean it turned out 👍👍
That console on this pile is exactly why I don’t allow and food or drink, besides water, in my cars and truck. Looks like it was a dog hauler as well. I would take this thing to the car wash and have at it inside. Taking out the whole mess will do it as well. Well done!
Man..... awesome video!!! Thanks for doing this budget build..... I would love to see this in person.... I do live in Colorado and I am new to wheeling
That inline 6 has such an iconic sound. Honestly the Jeep looks way better off with you than it did before!
they are such good sounding engines, there is nothing that sounds similar to the 4.0
That's a factory track bar mount - Rough Country makes an adjustable track bar with bushings on both ends (instead of the tie rod on the frame end) and it comes with a new, beefier mount. It's around $150 plus shipping. They have two options. 1 for 0 - 3.5" of lift and another for 4 - 6.5" of lift. Choose wisely! But yeah, it's good to replace that. The holes tend to wallow out which causes some pretty severe death wobble. You might look into replacing the axle side track bar bracket as well with a beefier one. The stock bracket is made of pretty thin metal and it wallows out easily as well.
Nice work on the seats!!
You clean 🧼 very well what a transformation 👍🏾nice build keep it going
Jeep is coming together looking good can't wait to see it with the wheels. Have a good day and stay safe Jimmy from Massachusetts
damn that jeep cleaned up surprisingly well
Love what you did to it so far
I have the twin to your XJ. I couldn't believe how dirty it was inside. I am doing the same thing as you are except replacing the carpet and uplostery. It took me 4 hours to get the dash, the console, and front door panels cleaned. I used Simple Green and a scrub brush. I think the same 24 pack of coke, plus several gallons of coffee and hot chocolate, seasoned the interior. Coffee grounds?....Wonder why that is. The cargo area looks like a mixture of motor oil and and dirt so thick that it looks brown instead of gray. My wife wont even get in the vehicle. On the plus side it has 4 /12' long arm lift with 33's and a 10,000 pound winch with synthetic cable. Fenders were already trimmed just like you did it. Oh, and it came with a boom box.
Steering I have the JCR box plate and spacer and a MORE cross brace, the stock spacer is pot metal and once it fails you get those unibody cracks. Get the unibody stiffeners on there while you are at it, or make your own. The stock bumper mounts are not enough on their own if you need to recover.
That is the stock trackbar mount, Iron Rock Offroad as others suggested is a double sheer, and get their adjustable bar as well.
With a welder and plate you could avoid buying these parts and make your own for budget.
Remove your rear anti sway bar if it is still there.
Brace for inner steering box do hooligan offroad, and outer brace most that I know is on aftermarket bumpers, track bar is stock so you need a track bar drop bracket and adjustable track bar, do frame stiffners, also boomerang shackles for rear and only do lunchbox locker in front and make the rear a 8.25 limited slip and do upgraded steering parts.
I ❤️ my white 98 XJ! I added a RE 3.5" lift & 32" KO2s. Looking forward to seeing your progress.
I have a 96 Cherokee with Yokohama geolanders ats and a Spartan locker in the rear Re4.5 lift.the thing rides like a Cadillac
Grandma coming in clutch with the mats👌
That is a factory track bar mount on the frame side (I'm a Jeep XJ guy). Most aftermarket front bumpers have frame tie-in brackets (a heavy plate to sandwich the frame rail), look at getting a steel spacer for under the steering box, the factory aluminum ones typically crack, and there's a brace for the steering box that mounts to the opposite frame rail with a clamp around the round part of the casting near the sector shaft (output shaft). That thing has surprisingly good looking floor boards, that's quite the find. Oh, and I see you're going the light bars before lockers route..... Shame! You can still put the 33x12.5" tire on the 15x8 rims, in fact they work better when you are aired right down for wheeling, but you've already ordered the 10" wide so, oh well.
Don't worry about the water with the intake. The way it is designed it should stall before it sucks water past the filter. Also, keep a steady pace on water crossings, make a wave in front of the vehicle (if standing water) and push that wave thru until the exit...this helps keep the water low around the engine.
Not a bad looking Jeep! I would definitely run 33x12.5 on 15x8 over 15x10 though for the extra security while airing down.
Hell ya looking way better...cleaned up good for what it was 👌
Great thorough cleaning! Bedliner paint is great for protecting in the wheel wells/bumpers. Looks great, looking forward to the next video
Don't forget your recovery gear and hook up points. Didn't hear you mention anything other than a winch. Hi-Lift Jack and frame mounted tow hooks are a must have in my opinion.
Run a 15x8 wheel. Don't have to worry about knocking a bead off with an 8 inch wheel. Plus they still look great!
Wow! Big difference! I was pretty sceptical after seeing the first video, but it sure cleaned up pretty nice. One thing you might look into as far as the oil leak is concerned is to check the oil filter adapter. The O rings on the four liters are notorious for getting hard and crusty and leaking between the block and the adapter. You can get the o ring kit for a few bucks on Ebay. They're kind a pain to change, but it's worth it to not have oil leaking everywhere. Good job so far by the way.
You could take off the sway bar and brackets, then replace the sway bar bracket on the steering box portion with a small chunk of flat stock.
Looking good man. Hope all is well out there!
Redrill the leaf spring center pin bolt hole on the rear axle spring perch one inch forward. It will move the axle back and give you more tire to body clearance .
Earned my sub with this video. Plus I'm your Canadian doppelganger. 🤙
Cleaning the interior was a HUGE difference 👍
Sure someone has said it, but do a DIY cowl intake with Spectre 3" mounts. Knocked it out in 30 minutes, uses the stock airbox and brings a hose up into the cowl on driver or passenger side (passenger side is drier, but driver side is way easier to route)
Great videos man! Would love to get in that beautiful shop.
Costs less than $30 and almost guarantees water-free airbox (unless you're sinking...OOF)
JCR off road has a DIY bumper kit with bracing that mounts using the steering box bolts, so its a two in one.
With what you have done so far you just made yourself a Jeep worth thousands more! Elbow grease goes a long way!
Lincoln lock the rear, lunch box in the front, 1 ton steering, steering box braces, winch , and a cooler full of beer and shel be aight
welding it would 'splode that little axle
@griffin pierce I like ur style sir
keep the suspension as stock as you can maybe add some wheel spacers or spring spacers if you need them to run 33s, throw a lunch box locker up front or a selectable in the rear if you can, one axle being locked makes a huge difference when your crossing ditches or weight is all on one side, fab up some home made bumpers and go put some miles and trails on it start stage two of upgrades in a year or two if so inclined
so jealous of that shop lol
The common denominator of all these XJ videos... The guys are smart enough to own a garage or pole barn. One more year wrenching in the yard on my end and securing tools from the hood - I might have to switch to golf. God help me if that happens..
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Nice work!
Damn buddy, you went HAM on that interior. Nice work! I'm actually surprised the headliner is still attached. That's usually the first thing to fail on XJ's.
They make rubber carpet for those, I'd switch to that if your going to be wheeling a lot.
Make rear bumper into air tank for filling tires or small shot of air for air tools and using ac compressor to fill it. Have air line hookup under gas door. Jeeps turning out way better then i thought i would mice job. Now im thinking about getting a old Cherokee now so i dont take my nice jku wheeling lol
I can't wait to see the bumper
A realy informative and good video as always!Jeep starting to look nice!
The inside looked like it had Aids, but now it's a 1000 times better.
Keep up the good work!
Looks great! I'd add some paint to those front fenders where you cut them. Also put that bed liner on the step rails... that'll help to clean it up really nicely!
I would suggest taking a few leaves out of the back and cutting them down to the size of the blocks so u keep the same ride height but allows for more flex. If your staying on a budget.
Low key you're slowly making it into a doomsday vehicle. The 360 lighting reminds me of i am legend 🤣
Hayden, Build him a sick snorkel ;)
@@Cre8toR87 i told him this already 🤣
Nice.
Wit - Let him build one, You big dumb dumb. ;-P
Steering box from a 99 durango. Pretty much exactly the same just bigger and stronger. Front end stuff. Keep the death wobble away
1 need to put it on the lift.
And some cheap seat covers wouldn't hurt. Cover the stain. Looks good. You cleaned it up well.
Good shit man, look into a shackle relocation bracket, that will help with better flex in the rear and ride quality.
Watching you rip that trim off was oddly satisfying lol
Sick shop!
Keep up the good work. Great detailed videos
I’m getting a 99 Jeep Cherokee in a week, gonna clean it up and lift it soon after... I’m in Colorado.
That is the oe track bar mount... And I I know jcr has a good steering box bracket I believe they sell it on its own. Like the direction of this jeep👍🤙
I know that the 4.0L is an absolutely AWESOME engine, but I personally think that this Jeep would be unstoppable with a good suspension setup and a 4bt under the hood with an upgraded pump, injectors, and a bigger turbo. I'm sure you could get that 5 speed to bolt up to it somehow. I'm sure there has been V8 swaps into the XJ chassis before, MAYBE you could do a LB7 or LBZ swap...😉
Get the THOR cowl intake for it. Raises the intake level and completely eliminates the factory air box so you can run dual battery setup or compressor, or anything else you may want
with some tubing and an inline filter you can make one for 1/5 the price
check your oil filter housing they leak alot and the t60 is stupid tight if factory. track bar mount stock and iv got same tires on my xj their pretty good
Bro looks pretty good 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I’m not a Jeep guy but buying this thing was a great decision might be a clap box but hey this jeep means more content.... more videos.... bring it..... I love watching this shit..... 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Nice build! Doing the same myself with a XJ low cost build! And really want to hear how new tires are because they are what I was going to put on.
They make braces that brace the steering box and track bar and with 33’s on the stock unibody I’d highly recommend it
Damn good job on interior
I don’t do insta spam but I’ll wait for the video.
I have the same winch setup on my Suzuki jimny with all the cables run to front and back so I just slide in the winch and plug in the cables then the switch on the dash controls it where ever it’s mounted, also has a remote plug incase in roll it over again and need to winch it without wanting to be inside.
Nice project
Despite being goofy as hell, you do great work. I really enjoy your channel
Thanks for the video! Out of all the youtube videos yours are the only videos I actually enjoy watching to the very end. Great content! Peace.
oil leak on the passenger side is most likely the oil filter adapter. It is $5 in o-rings of a solution. Super simple.
Them wheels and tires are gonna look 🔥🔥 love me a jeep lol
Those tires are going to be sweet
Maybe a air snorkel intake?? Good work dude. Impressive
tie the front bumper in to the steering box bolts with some 1/4inch plate, there are matching bolt holes on the other side will help the box and if you use only the bumper bolt holes you will rip it off at some point its not strong enough for a winch. most after market bumpers come with brackets that tie in to the same place. same for the rear just look up some vids its easy, yes if you are going to keep the coil springs and 4 link you should probably run a steering box brace and yes that is the factory track bar mount. I would up grade its not that much to do so, you can probably make you own
Cool project man. Subbed!
Just picked up my first jeep, always been a SAS toyota kind of guy. But I got a good deal on a 96 Cherokee, so I'm excited to try something different. I'm located in Colorado but on the western slope. It's cold but it's still rona season over here 🤘
do an in depth video on the lunch box lockers... im also trying to get those done
That interior could gag a maggot. Good job cleaning that up.
Nice job. Love the content! Keep it up. You bring a different element than majority.
Air snorkel for the intake side be best bet in the end for off road probably and could easy be made up of cheap material another common mod for Jeeps gear swap probably go 4.56 that make better use of the power you have
I got the spartan lockers for both my front and rear on my XJ! I’m loving them, they’re cheap and put in work
Jeep looks soooo much better! cant wait to see some footage of some trails when its ready!
Totally agree with what and how you do/did so far. Would you consider selling once it's done?
I know this sounds crazy but for stain removal, use Opti-Free Puremoist saline solution. It takes stains out of everything. Don't dilute it just squirt it on the stain run it it. Let is sit for a one once you have the stain completely saturated. Then scrub the spot adding some squirts of saline when needed. No rinsing necessary.
Me neither bro ups stay behind on my orders! Believe it or not the post office is the quickest for me most of the time
hi ,doing a good job. if you don"t have frame stiffeners, you should look into them. there not expencive , and they will save your frame when off roading. there are a lot of video 's on youtube that show guy"s doing It. good luck ,have fun.
Man perfect candidate for 2.8 Cummins swap. AX15 adapter already made for it. Great grab for 900.
Love the progress, the only thing i ask is that you record more of it
Damn that interior cleaned up good, no way you were gonna make it that clean with leaving the interior installed
Get a cheap snorkel and I highly recommend hood vents to keep the Cherokee cool on the trail.
That air saw is sick af
Budget mods? LS Swap it 🤷🏼♂️
Turbo kit. lol.
YASSSSSSS
@@MrClarkisgod ikr it would be cool to see that inline 6 4.0litre turbo up
I have the milestar patagonias on my duramax and for the price they are one hell of a tire. Not terribly noisy for an aggressive tread. Let's wheel sometime though! I'm south of you a few miles in Canon city but have an xj as well I've been working on here and there.
I'm over here saving money for Suzuki Jimny 2019. Can't wait to modify and rip it;
I really want 1 but sadly dont offer them in canada
33s max i want
put it on 33x10.5s lol
They also make frame stiffeners that you can look into as well
I’ve always ran an 8” wheel with 12.5” tires. I’ve seen a lot of guys pop a bead with the wider wheel width.
I run 6psi on my Cherokee with Yokohama geolanders ats 33s on 10 inch steel rims and never lost a bead.
I’ve seen it happen more than once. Wouldn’t say it if i hadn’t seen it first hand.
Keith Lea but most of the guys i wheeled with out in Utah ran 35’s minimum. I guess the bigger side wall you get the easier it is to pop the bead
Get some frame stiffeners and the more steering brace i did both to my xj and it made a world of difference .btw i live in berthoud