Joliet Johnny
05-16-2015, 06:40 AM
Ive been in my house for about a year now so now its time to start my build. Of the XJ, I tire of the EG.
http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/jolietjohnny/377101_4364888570873_1693199407_n_zps7498be43.jpg (http://s1222.photobucket.com/user/jolietjohnny/media/377101_4364888570873_1693199407_n_zps7498be43.jpg. html)
History:
I went to look at a 94 Wrangler and it wasnt that great. As I was driving out of the dealership I spotted my 99 red XJ. I needed to finance something to build credit to buy a house so I bought that XJ with its clean car fox report. After all was said and done almost $5k and a week later a 96 lifted on 33s showed up for $200 more :( well it came with a 30 day warranty which I wish was a 32 day as my XJ left me on the side of the road overheated. Water pump ate itself and was leaking. No problem and fixed the next day, but I didnt know the radiator had one week to live. Yeah that was fun, Nobody had the right radiator for my XJ so I settled for one from a 96 or so and everything that went wrong did and I ended up installing a trans cooler (http://www.xjtalk.com/showthread.php?t=7973) after all that my XJ has been mostly problem free for the past 4 years, until now. You may have noticed I said car fox instead of carfax. I pulled off my flares and bumper covers and found lots of rust and yeah my XJ has taken a bad rear hit before. I also saw evidence of a front hit when changing my radiator and I like to think my yelp review put that place out of business. So now Im at a point wher I can make my XJ presentable and sell it or build it and I have chosen to build it. I generally have one day a week to do anything but Ill do my best to click on the computer once a week and post pics of what I have done. Im focusing on body fixing and mods right now so any suggestions are welcome, its mostly stock right now.
http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd490/jolietjohnny/377101_4364888570873_1693199407_n_zps7498be43.jpg (http://s1222.photobucket.com/user/jolietjohnny/media/377101_4364888570873_1693199407_n_zps7498be43.jpg. html)
History:
I went to look at a 94 Wrangler and it wasnt that great. As I was driving out of the dealership I spotted my 99 red XJ. I needed to finance something to build credit to buy a house so I bought that XJ with its clean car fox report. After all was said and done almost $5k and a week later a 96 lifted on 33s showed up for $200 more :( well it came with a 30 day warranty which I wish was a 32 day as my XJ left me on the side of the road overheated. Water pump ate itself and was leaking. No problem and fixed the next day, but I didnt know the radiator had one week to live. Yeah that was fun, Nobody had the right radiator for my XJ so I settled for one from a 96 or so and everything that went wrong did and I ended up installing a trans cooler (http://www.xjtalk.com/showthread.php?t=7973) after all that my XJ has been mostly problem free for the past 4 years, until now. You may have noticed I said car fox instead of carfax. I pulled off my flares and bumper covers and found lots of rust and yeah my XJ has taken a bad rear hit before. I also saw evidence of a front hit when changing my radiator and I like to think my yelp review put that place out of business. So now Im at a point wher I can make my XJ presentable and sell it or build it and I have chosen to build it. I generally have one day a week to do anything but Ill do my best to click on the computer once a week and post pics of what I have done. Im focusing on body fixing and mods right now so any suggestions are welcome, its mostly stock right now.