YELLAHEEP
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Littleton, Colorado
Y'all know this rig. You've read the threads and know she can be a drama queen of a rig. But, I believe I've got it sorted out and since I can't seem to do anything with it except flat-spot the tires on the driveway...... I should just face reality that I've lost interest and let her be used and enjoyed by someone else.
1997 Jeep Cherokee XJ. 168K miles. 4.0L Automatic 231 t-case. SE model having cold A/C, power mirrors, manual windows, manual seats. Runs good, passed emissions very well.
The suspension ride is incredible! Best ride from a lifted Cherokee I’ve ever had – and I’ve owned numerous lifted Cherokees.
Details/specs:
• Warn winch bumper
• C-Rock inner and outer steering box brace kit
• Smittybilt xrc8 winch with synthetic line and hawse fairlead
• Hella off road lights with stone guards
• Optima Red Top battery
• H4 headlights with associated harness/wiring
• Metal 3-core radiator
• Rear main seal done last year
• Cold air intake (drawn through fender, into custom filter box)
• Throttle body spacer and large bore throttle body
• ’01 H.O. intake manifold
• Alarm system with remote start
• Recent windshield
• Factory window tint
• CD stereo with 6 speakers, 10” sub and 2 amps
• Custom cowl hood
• Bushwhacker fender flares with a new in box 2nd set available.
• Rock Hard 4x4 full interior bolt-in roll cage, powder coated black. ($1,000+ cage new)
• CB radio/antenna
• Rear swing-out tire carrier bumper
• Custom rock sliders made by CrawlerTech welded to ¼” plate frame stiffeners
• 35x12.50x15 Mickey Thompson MTZ’s (5 of them) with 80% tread
• (4) DIY beadlocks with new thicker trim rings 15x10 5 on 4.5” lug pattern internally balanced with air-soft BB's. Spare is a Street Lock wheel.
• Rubicon Express 6” lift kit: Adjustable Super Flex upper and lower control arms, drop bracket kit, modified HD track bar and HD bracket, Track bar to unibody cross brace, 4 Rubicon Twin Tube shocks.
• ACOS front adjustable coil spring mounts.
• Rear leaf packs are BIGoffroad 6” FlexE made by Alcan Spring and 1” boomerang shackles.
• New front brakes.
• Built D30 front axle with new u-joints, TNT truss, custom OTK heim joint steering, LCA skids, JKS Over Axle track bar bracket kit, Warn diff guard.
• Powertrax D30 locker available, not currently installed.
• JKS sway bar links and custom inner-C mount brackets (not installed currently)
• Built D44 rear axle with simple tube truss, TeraFlex disc brake kit with e-brake as well.
• 4:88 gears
• Rear Detroit EZ locker
• Rusty’s gas tank skid
• Appalachian Armor t-case skid
• Custom rear drive shaft
• 231 T-case with Advance Adaptors HD slip yoke eliminator kit
• New catalytic converter and cat-back custom exhaust by AA Performance Muffler (Oct ’12)
• Spare body parts: hood, header panel, 3 doors and rear hatch – all same color as jeep.
Honesty:
• Fuel gauge may have a short – will read full until half tank, then goes to empty until ¼ full, then reads accurately until empty.
• Check engine light occasionally comes on after highway use sometimes. No known reason. Generally resets with a cycle of the ignition key. Never sets a code, never has a driveability issue when it comes on. May be related to the fuel gauge.
• 3 of the 4 bead lock wheels are very slightly bent. These have been on multiple jeeps over the last 10 or so years and have seen severe duty. They do cause a shimmy in the front that transmits to the steering wheel but it drives straight and does not induce “death wobble”. I do not daily drive this jeep and generally trailer it when using it so better wheels would be recommended for daily driver use.
• Front suspension components are in good working order, but there is some popping from the flex joints. Pretty common but to someone that hasn’t had this kind of suspension, it can seem noisy and disconcerting. Checking and tightening the joints may be worth doing in the near future.
• Heat isn’t working well. Likely just a blend door actuator or vacuum related issue. Haven’t looked into it as I rarely drive it during the winter.
• Steering box and oil filter adaptor leak just a bit.
• Parasitic voltage draw from the constant monitoring of the alarm. If left sitting for a couple weeks, the battery needs charged/jumped. Non-issue when driven daily.
Extras included for full asking price, or can be negotiated in or out of the deal for price adjustment:
• Serious Offroad Long Arm suspension/crossmember kit. Brand new, uninstalled, custom made to fit this jeep with its frame stiffeners. $550 value.
• D30 front PowerTrax locker $140 value.
• Cowl hood (have a stock hood that can go in place of it) $100 value.
• New set of Bushwhacker fender flares $300 value
• XRC8 winch with synthetic rope and hawse fairlead. Can remove it to lower price ($400 value) or swap it for another XRC8 with steel cable and roller fairlead to lower price $200 value.
• Spare body parts: The spare left front fender will be included regardless. All other parts are negotiable if not wanted. ($260 value)
Asking $7500 for the jeep and EVERYTHING else. Trades considered.
720-879-1399
1997 Jeep Cherokee XJ. 168K miles. 4.0L Automatic 231 t-case. SE model having cold A/C, power mirrors, manual windows, manual seats. Runs good, passed emissions very well.
The suspension ride is incredible! Best ride from a lifted Cherokee I’ve ever had – and I’ve owned numerous lifted Cherokees.
Details/specs:
• Warn winch bumper
• C-Rock inner and outer steering box brace kit
• Smittybilt xrc8 winch with synthetic line and hawse fairlead
• Hella off road lights with stone guards
• Optima Red Top battery
• H4 headlights with associated harness/wiring
• Metal 3-core radiator
• Rear main seal done last year
• Cold air intake (drawn through fender, into custom filter box)
• Throttle body spacer and large bore throttle body
• ’01 H.O. intake manifold
• Alarm system with remote start
• Recent windshield
• Factory window tint
• CD stereo with 6 speakers, 10” sub and 2 amps
• Custom cowl hood
• Bushwhacker fender flares with a new in box 2nd set available.
• Rock Hard 4x4 full interior bolt-in roll cage, powder coated black. ($1,000+ cage new)
• CB radio/antenna
• Rear swing-out tire carrier bumper
• Custom rock sliders made by CrawlerTech welded to ¼” plate frame stiffeners
• 35x12.50x15 Mickey Thompson MTZ’s (5 of them) with 80% tread
• (4) DIY beadlocks with new thicker trim rings 15x10 5 on 4.5” lug pattern internally balanced with air-soft BB's. Spare is a Street Lock wheel.
• Rubicon Express 6” lift kit: Adjustable Super Flex upper and lower control arms, drop bracket kit, modified HD track bar and HD bracket, Track bar to unibody cross brace, 4 Rubicon Twin Tube shocks.
• ACOS front adjustable coil spring mounts.
• Rear leaf packs are BIGoffroad 6” FlexE made by Alcan Spring and 1” boomerang shackles.
• New front brakes.
• Built D30 front axle with new u-joints, TNT truss, custom OTK heim joint steering, LCA skids, JKS Over Axle track bar bracket kit, Warn diff guard.
• Powertrax D30 locker available, not currently installed.
• JKS sway bar links and custom inner-C mount brackets (not installed currently)
• Built D44 rear axle with simple tube truss, TeraFlex disc brake kit with e-brake as well.
• 4:88 gears
• Rear Detroit EZ locker
• Rusty’s gas tank skid
• Appalachian Armor t-case skid
• Custom rear drive shaft
• 231 T-case with Advance Adaptors HD slip yoke eliminator kit
• New catalytic converter and cat-back custom exhaust by AA Performance Muffler (Oct ’12)
• Spare body parts: hood, header panel, 3 doors and rear hatch – all same color as jeep.
Honesty:
• Fuel gauge may have a short – will read full until half tank, then goes to empty until ¼ full, then reads accurately until empty.
• Check engine light occasionally comes on after highway use sometimes. No known reason. Generally resets with a cycle of the ignition key. Never sets a code, never has a driveability issue when it comes on. May be related to the fuel gauge.
• 3 of the 4 bead lock wheels are very slightly bent. These have been on multiple jeeps over the last 10 or so years and have seen severe duty. They do cause a shimmy in the front that transmits to the steering wheel but it drives straight and does not induce “death wobble”. I do not daily drive this jeep and generally trailer it when using it so better wheels would be recommended for daily driver use.
• Front suspension components are in good working order, but there is some popping from the flex joints. Pretty common but to someone that hasn’t had this kind of suspension, it can seem noisy and disconcerting. Checking and tightening the joints may be worth doing in the near future.
• Heat isn’t working well. Likely just a blend door actuator or vacuum related issue. Haven’t looked into it as I rarely drive it during the winter.
• Steering box and oil filter adaptor leak just a bit.
• Parasitic voltage draw from the constant monitoring of the alarm. If left sitting for a couple weeks, the battery needs charged/jumped. Non-issue when driven daily.
Extras included for full asking price, or can be negotiated in or out of the deal for price adjustment:
• Serious Offroad Long Arm suspension/crossmember kit. Brand new, uninstalled, custom made to fit this jeep with its frame stiffeners. $550 value.
• D30 front PowerTrax locker $140 value.
• Cowl hood (have a stock hood that can go in place of it) $100 value.
• New set of Bushwhacker fender flares $300 value
• XRC8 winch with synthetic rope and hawse fairlead. Can remove it to lower price ($400 value) or swap it for another XRC8 with steel cable and roller fairlead to lower price $200 value.
• Spare body parts: The spare left front fender will be included regardless. All other parts are negotiable if not wanted. ($260 value)
Asking $7500 for the jeep and EVERYTHING else. Trades considered.
720-879-1399
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Buuuuutttt then again I could still possibly keep it if I get rid of the other jeep quicker. GLWS though!
