My 99xj build

[mcguyver_xj]

Well I am new to this site but am not new to other forums but I enjoy sharing my XJ with others and looking at others XJ's as well and in my intro thread i got some mention of people wanting to see more of my XJ...I bought my XJ a little over a year ago it was a bone stock 1999 Cherokee Sport in need of maintenance and repair from the second owner who took very good care of it but needed a down payment on a new car so i scooped it up for 750 it had 208k miles, auto trans, np242, hp30, c8.25, rust on the roof/rocker panels/ and rear quarters and i loved it:
first brought her home

wasted no time ripping out the musty carpet, the front bumper was so rusty from highway travels i took it off and started on much needed repairs:tune-up, brakes and brake lines, rear wheel bearings, fluids, front bearings, and then it sat until funds came around for a lift kit...

Lift time came i went with 4.5" Rusty's Offroad kit with full coils, shocks, track bar, adj. short lca's, 3.5" leafs with 1" shackles but as i went to bring it to my buddies my alternator and ac compressor seized up so i went bought new alternator, ac bypass pulley, new water pump and tstat and radiator, and did a new belt and tensioner pulley...


lifted with bald 31's


then i finally registered and insured it and took on some small projects as a jeep build can be a slow process...
hi lift under back seat

cut out and replaced rear quarters

rear Or-Fab bumper mounted (from my old xj)

[mcguyver_xj]

then my buddy bought a TJ that he was gonna lift to 3" and put his 35's on so he didn't need the great condition 32's so I bought them for dirt cheap

first wheeling trip

ouch

thank god for cheap jeeps that i have parted out and kept spare parts from


so then i installed some beefy steering along with a steering box and spacer and brace and a track bar brace

did a spectre cowl intake and modified a stock front bumper

flex test


Detour's a-pillar brackets


Brown Dog motor mounts



painted rims and manual window conversion from 5-speed donor vehicle (oops spoiler alert)



random pics of progress




long arm's courtesy of Rusty's



tomken gas tank skid and doorless mod

[mcguyver_xj]

GoFerIt tie rod flipsert


wheeling







35's.....

and some bedliner


custom front bumpstops


custom rear bumpstops with HD Offroad shackle relocaters



custom exhaust

traded tire carrier for half doors


wheeling

[mcguyver_xj]

NP241OR swap was easy enough if you have the correct yokes courtesy of JB Conversions and a front driveshaft for the rear only modification needed was adjustment of shift linkage and to the tranny mount






also relocated the washer fluid reservoir

[mcguyver_xj]

Great American Jeep Rally 2012 no pics of me on the rti ramps or in the medium rock course (twice) but i got damage pics




not damaging just appealing

[mcguyver_xj]

now that this is caught up to date i have undertaken my 5-speed swap will be posting pics and answering any questions or going further into detail about anything thats just been posted thanks all enjoy...

[4.3LXJ]

Nice build. And you get extra points for the GF posing too.

[Brasscatz]

Very nice! You've got a lot of work in that thing!

[bluedragon436]

That is a nice rig you've built up in a short time!! Look forward to seeing it progress!!

[mcguyver_xj]

thank you all it has come a long way: but todays updates

if you wanna run a np241or and an ax15 this is what your tranny mount needs to look like:


but other than that got the pedals in, floor plate installed, vent lines run for trans and t-case, ecm bolted down, tranny seals replaced, and other small stuff now just to get the new flywheel bolts and homeward bound...

[Carves]

Very jealous of your manual window conversion ...

Wish we got more model variety down here to make the junkyards worth visiting ..







Ohhhh ... and your other mods are cool too .... just not what I require ...

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[XJ Wheeler]

Great build, man. Seems as though you've got some experience under your belt. Keep 'em coming, mate.

[mcguyver_xj]

pedals bolted in, flywheel/clutch/tranny are in, t case is in, master and slace cylinder are in...need a different rear driveshaft, working on modifying tcase linkage so it will work, add fluids and it will be done

[mcguyver_xj]

everything is all set! except for a rear driveshaft still hunting at least for something temporary

[mcguyver_xj]

Dropped off the front tj shaft I bought at endangered to a machine shop to be shortened and balanced and i test drove her in front wheel drive its gonna take some getting used to but its awesome...also got some minor things to figure out like my oil pressure gauge not working and having an evap leak...