Lowering XJ

[JnJ]

gotta love the closed-mindedness around here.....:twak:

Naw, it's just one idiot.....

 

[M. Lake]

Get a clue.

Jeeps go up not down, if that piece of s*** ever showed up or any other lowered jeep i'd make every attempt to slash their tires...it's just wrong that's like lifting a cadillac 13 inches and putting swampers on it... you just dont' do it

Or taking a Lincoln and making it an SUV with a fold down tv with DVD.

Or taking a perfectly stock jeep and raising it. Buba, if jeep wanted your XJ with an 8" lift and 35" tires, it would come that way stock. Do you not get the concept of "MODS" and "CUSTOM", or how about "SOMETHING NEW"?

Fear Change, it does you good :angel: and keeps the whole world in track to your ideas. Wasn't there other people that believed that things should be a certain way and others had been killed becouse they were not that way, yes, hold on, oh yeah his name was HITLER :flame:

 

[Majo]

Sorry for my previous comments, I apologize if I angered people, shouldn't have posted what I did, but as now I can't take it back I apologized.

 

[woody]

Everyone please keep in mind that these forums are intended to be family friendly! If another person is into mods you care nothing for, just let it pass and don't comment. I see mods on XJs every day that I wouldn't wish on anyones (don't make me list them, I'll get the Willys), but it's the other Jeeper's thing, not mine so I tend to shaddup unless it's something grossly unsafe

This is the place to discuss performance & handling enhancements to the XJ & MJ, and the hi-lift crowd is very welcome to glean hot-rod tips over here.

Thanks & let's try to keep it fun for everybody!

87 MJ 2WD SWB
88 XJ 4WD Limited
89 XJ 4WD Pioneer
89 MJ 4WD Metric Ton
90 XJ 4WD Limited
4.0 litre Renix Rocks!
Colorado Red Sucks!

 

[RNMedic]

the Eagle brasckets will fit the 4.0 block the problem is the suspension the eagle has a very short Dana 30 mounted to the block and the frame but independent arms for the front and attaching those would be the fabricationproblem My old eagle block isinthe garage as the goal of a stroker .the eagle halfshafts may need to be upgraded fopr that and there was rumors that cadillac eldorado shafts may fit. good luck with it, John

 

[M. Lake]

Sorry to stick a fork in the gears of thinkin but, if we are talking about lowering it (like i was) and adding a massive motor (like i was) would the D30 from the Eagle not hold up to that much power? Some were in the 600-700 HP/TQ range. SBC maybe like the mero LS1 with a bunch of bolt ons and some internal work, dual turbos. Plus the weight of the block alone.

 

[RNMedic]

dunno in awd mode maybe, but then again?????

 

[Gecko]

Completely off topic, but I would like to say that I get the best of both worlds. When I'm done, or even get enough money to start (damn high school budget) I'll have an XJ lifted 6" or so with 33s or 35s, not too shabby and my best friend is building a '72 Oldsmobile Cutlass that will have a 600-700hp 440 CI small block stroker (maybe a 150 shot of NO2 on it cause hes using all forged steel parts). Then I can wheel all I want and smoke everyone in a race.

 

[Brian Felts]

lowering

There is hope for you I used to be a hardcore lowrider freak until i became a land owner my lowered S10 is sitinng under a tree collecting sap
dont go any where withot my cherokee. think ground clearance

 

[REDXJ4FUN]

Brian have not read the rest of this thread? go back and read just the 5th page and maybe you'll get a hint and read the topic at the top of the S and P page that dicusses the idea behind the fourm.

 

[JnJ]

Re: lowering

There is hope for you I used to be a hardcore lowrider freak until i became a land owner my lowered S10 is sitinng under a tree collecting sap
dont go any where withot my cherokee. think ground clearance

Some people just dont seem to think/read before opening their mouths (typing).

 

[CW]

This forum has been created for people to discuss modification and tuning issues related to street XJ's.

This may include lowering XJ's, or just performance tuning a stock suspension XJ and more.

IF you do not care for this type of modification, that is fine. Bashing or rude comments towards posters will not be tolerated.

As always, the "Report This Post" feature is the best way to deal with a post that is out of line.

Enjoy the forum!

Maybe we should make this come up before you enter the forum and you must click a button that says you read it to enter. Maybe if we shove it in peoples faces they will get the idea.

 

[REDXJ4FUN]

LOL That not a bad idea. I love my jeeps no mater what they are. My limited is on 35 and beat to no end and i give it no mercy on the trail and when I build my soon to be 2 MJs one wild eat up the pavement and the others will eat the rocks.

 

[Eagle]

We probably need more people like Andy from PA, the NAC VP. He has a very big XJ -- and a 2WD semi-slammed MJ. Hey, it looks nice and he wasn't planning to wheel it anyway, so why not?

 

[dogtired]

Hmmm
What Ford parts fit on an XJ? I just got mine a few weeks ago... my first Jeep woohoo! I am discovering lots!

Third is aftermarket support and availablility. A bazillion Cherokees were made. Everybody has been making cheap parts for them for over a decade. Even Ford has unknowingly been making parts for the XJ.

 

[mark268]

Although my jeeps are lifted I am a fan of a nice lowered vehicle. I have years of lowrider hystory. Does anyone have any good pics of a lowered XJ ? I really like the SUV performance look, actually my favorite would be a 03 4 door blazer, but I can see the XJ looking similar/

 

[91XJlimited]

Back to the actual lowering concept....SUA would be the best route. Not only would it lower it, but still give it the same load bearing characteristics instead of giving it weak leaves, or less leaves. It wouldn't drop it to the ground, only the width of the axle. So maybe like 4"? I think you'd would have to drop the rear 4" for anyone to notice it anyways. Oh, and on the cutting coils....That's the way I would go too. The thing about calculating how much you cut off/how much it drops won't work because most coils have what you would call a "Dead Coil". Which is the top coil on any coil that I've ever cut. Let me know if you think something I said is wrong so I can make you feel dumb. Just kidding

 

[Phil]

Back to the actual lowering concept....SUA would be the best route. Not only would it lower it, but still give it the same load bearing characteristics instead of giving it weak leaves, or less leaves. It wouldn't drop it to the ground, only the width of the axle. So maybe like 4"?

Naw dude, you're doing the opposite of what I'm doing next weekend, so let me spell out the way I see it. First, yeah, you've got your axle tubes, whether it's like 2.75" or 3" I dunno, depends on whether it's a D35 or an 8.25". Plus you've got the thickness of the leaf pack, so that's like another inch or so. Then you've got the old and new spring perches. Sure, on the bottom you could do basically a flat plate welded to the tube, but I think you'd still be about 1" between the two. So I'm seeing like 5" or so. Just a little bit more than 4", but I think you'd have to get creative with tire diameter and width, and wheel width and backspacing, and sheetmetal relocation to make it work. Oh yeah, and when you go SUA, the spring plate, and so U-bolt ends, are underneath the axle tube also. And you'd have to do raised shock mounts, I think, because they hang down kinda far on lifted XJs, forget about on lowered.

I think this may be my longest post, and it's on the street forum the night before I go on a snow run. Wow.

 

[M. Lake]

Here's a thought!

Portal axles flipped over........5" and same springs

Just kidding. :anon:

 

[Andy in Pa.]

We probably need more people like Andy from PA, the NAC VP. He has a very big XJ -- and a 2WD semi-slammed MJ. Hey, it looks nice and he wasn't planning to wheel it anyway, so why not?



I don't know Eagle, I am putting a D44 with a Lock-Right in it sometime soon, and I have been experiencing delusions of "Pre-Runner"-ing it recently. We'll see, it may end up getting lifted yet. In its lowered state it is very fun to drive on the back roads. I hope to hang that rear end out even easier in the corners with the rear locker.

Oh yeah, I do have that big XJ too, probably ought to wheel that thing some time soon.....

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