Junkyard upgrades

[yossarian19]

Oh - and River Rat -
99-04 Grand Cherokees had dual piston front calipers. You need to swap over the steering knuckles, re-build the track bar & build a new steering linkage to complete the swap though - the calipers alone wont bolt up.
93-95 Grand Cherokees had rear disc as an option, 95-98 had them standard BUT THE FRONT BRAKES WERE THE SAME AS ON THE XJ 93-98

 

[veedubshafer]

I think the pic of the yellow MJ at EZ Pull is funny because they have a sign at the gate saying "NO CAMERAS ALLOWED" HAHA

 

[Hammered]

yeah well... heh heh that mj is probably scrap metal by now

 

[builder]

I have a console heater duct on my 92 briarwood!

 

[moparjim1987]

sorry, yes, i used them as lower control arms on my jeep.
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[Spanky88]

im usin 95 chevy shocks so id imagine 88-98

 

[WOOLLYBUGGER]

It keeps the spring warm where periods of intense cold cause the coil
spring steel to become stiff and limit flex.

now that's funny, right there.

you're an idiot man, it adds 12 horsepower to non-ho motors.

and increases your valvestem coolant by 10%

AND it reduces rattle in your muffler bearings

 

[99xj4x4]

The cardian from a Ford Bronco driveline is much more high clearence than the stock XJ. As some know the cardian in the XJ cant be notched out for high clearence b/c the internals in the cardian bind up. The Bronco cardian doesnt have this issue, and uses the same size u-joints.

 

[Spanky88]

does that mean u can just swap out the stocker for it? what years?

 

[jwtrapper]

Not sure if its in here or not yet, I searched and didn't come up with anything.

I have some TnT coil buckets that allowed the spring to move around a little too much for my taste. I was out at the yard pulling some parts and found out that on the WJ's they have a lower coil spring isolator. I pulled two and put them over my coil buckets and they now hold the coil from moving around. They also raised my front a little bit and helped level things out. They should also fit stock coil buckets just fine. A great thing to have for a cheap junkyard find.

 

[veedubshafer]

Hmm nice...never saw any WJ's at my local place yet but seeing that they have some other vehicles up to about '01-'02 I would say they may get some at some point.

 

[smcdonaldaz]

the V8 ZJ(and maybe all) have a coupler in the middle of the radiator hose with a temp switch in it. I plan on using it with a relay to control an electric fan conversion.

 

[srimes]

The cardian from a Ford Bronco driveline is much more high clearence than the stock XJ. As some know the cardian in the XJ cant be notched out for high clearence b/c the internals in the cardian bind up. The Bronco cardian doesnt have this issue, and uses the same size u-joints.

fullsize or bronco 2? front driveshaft, right?

 

[johnferg69]

I see swapping out 97+ seats mentioned, any bolt in upgrades for the older ones. My 91 driver seat is shot!

 

[smcdonaldaz]

My understanding is that if you swap the mounting brackets the newer seats will fit in the older. I too need a new seat but having a 2-door bites when it comes to finding seats.

Also, if you can weld, you cold fab a bracket to fit most any set to fit.

 

[Dewidge]

My understanding is that if you swap the mounting brackets the newer seats will fit in the older. I too need a new seat but having a 2-door bites when it comes to finding seats.

Also, if you can weld, you cold fab a bracket to fit most any set to fit.

Sorry, floor pans are different on the newer XJ's so the brackets wont just mount up.

 

[Logans91XJ]

Hey everyone this is my first post to !! I love this thread!

Anyways I just wanted to chime in and say that if you have an older XJ with power seats the swap to manual seats from the same year or similar XJ is a cheap and easy swap then messing with power seats and broke seat tracks.

It cost me $11.00 per side and with just a elbow grease and Flat Black Spray Paint! I also dropped 13 lbs from each seat track..

I also wanted to know if you anyone has put the 96+ Rear Speaker Bar in the Older XJ's?

 

[dwchkypmp20]

can someone link me to a write up for the rear disk conversion from the Zj?

 

[smcdonaldaz]

Sorry, floor pans are different on the newer XJ's so the brackets wont just mount up.

What I meant was use the mounts for your year swapped into the newer seat. So you're using the mounts that fit your XJ. Say my '93 mounts swapped into '98 seats and put into my '93.

 

[smcdonaldaz]

can someone link me to a write up for the rear disk conversion from the Zj?

search for "rear disc brake" and you'll find lots