Basslicks
03-17-2014, 09:13 AM
2000 Grand Cherokee Laredo
also 2wd
4.7l v8
d44a rear w/ factory LSD
Leather interior - which was nearly flawless except for the driver's seat
Sunroof
Odd "ticking" sound coming from the engine that the PO told me was an exhaust leak - to which I was dumb enough to believe.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qh4BJoZCl5U/T9f9vni5-HI/AAAAAAAAATM/9W-d4lHzYCo/s800/IMAG0370.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Aus4AIOt0YM/T9f9y-yyPXI/AAAAAAAAASY/n5DSXPSMnis/s800/IMAG0371.jpg
Loved it and hated it all at the same time because bone-stock with both sway bars on and connected, it flexed better than my XJ...
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7XhZU4JGcxk/UKDr2O_mD-I/AAAAAAAABEY/-M1i7OH8XZ4/s800/IMAG0004.jpg
These sucked...
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dnyurBU-TXs/UKDr_UMdCbI/AAAAAAAABEo/kuEsYhkGIZw/s800/IMAG0021.jpg
Got this stuff from walmart for 12 bucks.... works great
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YWa1dLX8KL8/Uv59DB1O6ZI/AAAAAAAAHq0/l9ez-J6TV8E/s800/IMAG0324.jpg
Made them look like this:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-25cZ2etVK_c/UKDs9ydyO0I/AAAAAAAABGw/iGEoSEKOhSw/s800/IMAG0326.jpg
You'd swear those were new lenses wouldn't you?
So pretty
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cNvFif7Q7rg/UKDutJCAGcI/AAAAAAAABIE/zCi_a4FIoUg/s800/IMAG0338.jpg
Got the correct size tires for it (245/70r16's) because the PO had 225/70r16's on it... and they sucked. Don't mind the frost of the paint... it was a lil chilly that morning.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nuqaHskdIQQ/UTlOwe12CZI/AAAAAAAABc4/HcG2f62gP34/s800/IMAG0638.jpg
Drove around with them for about 6 months and scored a dealon a set of 17" moabs and found some tires off a stock XK to go with them.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-t0O-tN3MkBg/UTlOyeUdO2I/AAAAAAAABc4/PbXMJ4Zw4Xo/s800/IMAG0640.jpg
Jeep should have equipped these from the factory!
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nu5Bt4oIbBc/UTlO4ILZrzI/AAAAAAAABc4/Bh7f7kiH1l0/s800/IMAG0642.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bXnTMBPY6QM/UTlO7iemNMI/AAAAAAAABc4/Yz1RP5oxAqI/s800/IMAG0643.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zS3eUpSD9QY/UTlO_a9puWI/AAAAAAAABc4/hN2hCckipt0/s800/IMAG0644.jpg
Oh yeah.... about that "ticking"... turns out the earlier 4.7 litres are notorious for dropping valve seats if the motor is run hot. I never ran it hot but apparently the PO did. Heads are Aluminum, seats are Steel.... doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that's a formula for failure. Turns out, it would have been about $2500 to fix w/ lots of down time, and maybe about half that in cost if I did it myself, but about 3x the amount of down time... E.I. not worth it.
Thus the minivan :mad:
also 2wd
4.7l v8
d44a rear w/ factory LSD
Leather interior - which was nearly flawless except for the driver's seat
Sunroof
Odd "ticking" sound coming from the engine that the PO told me was an exhaust leak - to which I was dumb enough to believe.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qh4BJoZCl5U/T9f9vni5-HI/AAAAAAAAATM/9W-d4lHzYCo/s800/IMAG0370.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Aus4AIOt0YM/T9f9y-yyPXI/AAAAAAAAASY/n5DSXPSMnis/s800/IMAG0371.jpg
Loved it and hated it all at the same time because bone-stock with both sway bars on and connected, it flexed better than my XJ...
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7XhZU4JGcxk/UKDr2O_mD-I/AAAAAAAABEY/-M1i7OH8XZ4/s800/IMAG0004.jpg
These sucked...
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dnyurBU-TXs/UKDr_UMdCbI/AAAAAAAABEo/kuEsYhkGIZw/s800/IMAG0021.jpg
Got this stuff from walmart for 12 bucks.... works great
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YWa1dLX8KL8/Uv59DB1O6ZI/AAAAAAAAHq0/l9ez-J6TV8E/s800/IMAG0324.jpg
Made them look like this:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-25cZ2etVK_c/UKDs9ydyO0I/AAAAAAAABGw/iGEoSEKOhSw/s800/IMAG0326.jpg
You'd swear those were new lenses wouldn't you?
So pretty
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cNvFif7Q7rg/UKDutJCAGcI/AAAAAAAABIE/zCi_a4FIoUg/s800/IMAG0338.jpg
Got the correct size tires for it (245/70r16's) because the PO had 225/70r16's on it... and they sucked. Don't mind the frost of the paint... it was a lil chilly that morning.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nuqaHskdIQQ/UTlOwe12CZI/AAAAAAAABc4/HcG2f62gP34/s800/IMAG0638.jpg
Drove around with them for about 6 months and scored a dealon a set of 17" moabs and found some tires off a stock XK to go with them.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-t0O-tN3MkBg/UTlOyeUdO2I/AAAAAAAABc4/PbXMJ4Zw4Xo/s800/IMAG0640.jpg
Jeep should have equipped these from the factory!
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nu5Bt4oIbBc/UTlO4ILZrzI/AAAAAAAABc4/Bh7f7kiH1l0/s800/IMAG0642.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bXnTMBPY6QM/UTlO7iemNMI/AAAAAAAABc4/Yz1RP5oxAqI/s800/IMAG0643.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zS3eUpSD9QY/UTlO_a9puWI/AAAAAAAABc4/hN2hCckipt0/s800/IMAG0644.jpg
Oh yeah.... about that "ticking"... turns out the earlier 4.7 litres are notorious for dropping valve seats if the motor is run hot. I never ran it hot but apparently the PO did. Heads are Aluminum, seats are Steel.... doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that's a formula for failure. Turns out, it would have been about $2500 to fix w/ lots of down time, and maybe about half that in cost if I did it myself, but about 3x the amount of down time... E.I. not worth it.
Thus the minivan :mad: