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[over2land]

I'm not too sure where I picked this misconception up, but I thought the 97 and up XJs were only offered with the 6 cylinder in 4WD trim.

I recently saw a 2-door 4-cylinder 2WD manual transmission'd 98 in a junkyard in Reno.

Interestingly, it had an electric fan.

Did they just use the old 2WD beam front axles?

What about the unit-bearing offset change? Didn't that require different brake rotors too? If so, wouldn't that have required new gears or spindles for a late model beam front axle to run late model brakes?

Any of you guys ever seen one of these before?

 

[julio_a]

I think those were essentially stripped models, meaning no options. Probably had manual windows and locks, maybe a cassette player, stuff like that.

 

[-96JeepSpeed-]

Sounds like a piece of **** to me. But yea, I see those pretty often.

 

[over2land]

Yeah, manual windows and locks.

The 4-cylinder still gets me though. I can remember looking at ordering an XJ in that time frame (likely it was a 97 or 98) and don't even remember a 4 cylinder on the options list.

 

[souske]

<-- Would love to find an unmolested late model 2dr

 

[over2land]

Makes two of us... despite the fact I know I have better access to the rear seat area with my 4 door.

 

[karstic]

WOnder if it was a fleet order?

 

[over2land]

I was wondering that too, but couldn't find any evidence of it, and it was black.

I'd have been more likely to believe the fleet order angle if it was white.

 

[IslanderOffRoad]

I've seen quite a few late model 2wd's.

 

[kastein]

I've seen all of that except the 4cyl (I wish I'd seen that)

Saw a 2-door 2wd 99 with a dealer/factory sunroof a while ago. That was a good day at the yard, there was an 88 longbed MJ w/column shifted AT and perfect taillights next to a few RENIX Limiteds with 242s and OHCs, a few mid 90s with OHCs, the 2wd 2-door 99 with the sunroof, etc. Almost every rare/uncommon thing I'd ever seen, all lined up in a row... except the 4cyl I wanted a d30 from!