BIGSLVRXJ
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- Des Moines, Iowa
Well just picked this up the other day as kind of a high school graduation present for myself. The money I got for graduation paid for half of it. Found it on eBay about 100 miles from my house and went to pick it up. It's a 1999 4.0/AW4/231/D30/C8.25. It also has a 3" Superlift kit with an AAL in the back (that's working on sagging already), Skyjacker steering stabilizer, and extended stock swaybar endlinks. The thing rides friggin awesome compared to my 1990 with the RE Superflex though. I don't know if the arms just aren't pulled out as much or what but it rides like a Caddy compared to my other one. It's a prior salvage unit, has 88,000 miles, runs like a champ and has working A/C, paid 2499.00 for it. I don't figure I got hurt too bad at all. It's nice to have something that's finally not almost as old as I am to drive around. I am keeping my other two Heeps also to my Dad's dismay so I'll try to get some group shots up also. Anyway...to the pics.
Now these are all the ones that were just in the eBay auction, I'm going to try to get more up tomorrow if I have time.
The only still damaged areas are shown here...
The guy built the bumper himself. He owns a body shop in a small town and has a plasma cutter. He did a great friggin job on the thing, capped off the ends, used really thick steel, added D-Rings, it really looks good I think. I think since this is my DD though I may get one that either wraps around or go back to stock and put this one on the rear of my MJ. I also plan to switch the TJ Canyons and BFG A/Ts off my other XJ to this one since it's just going to look pretty sitting in the driveway for the next month or two anyway. I also have a few questions since I'm new to the 97+ XJ world, mainly just stupid piddly ones.
1. Did I get the last year of the good Dana 30? It's the high pinion in a 1999 right?
2. Had they switched to New Venture from New Process in 1999? I don't know why I care on that, just curious.
3. The majority of the damage happened in the back end of the this thing, and the tailgate was replaced. That isn't where the "JEEP" is supposed to go is it? Didn't most of them have 4.0L over there? Is there supposed to even be "JEEP anywhere on the gate?
Thanks for any answers and let me know what you guys think.
-Collin
Now these are all the ones that were just in the eBay auction, I'm going to try to get more up tomorrow if I have time.
The only still damaged areas are shown here...
The guy built the bumper himself. He owns a body shop in a small town and has a plasma cutter. He did a great friggin job on the thing, capped off the ends, used really thick steel, added D-Rings, it really looks good I think. I think since this is my DD though I may get one that either wraps around or go back to stock and put this one on the rear of my MJ. I also plan to switch the TJ Canyons and BFG A/Ts off my other XJ to this one since it's just going to look pretty sitting in the driveway for the next month or two anyway. I also have a few questions since I'm new to the 97+ XJ world, mainly just stupid piddly ones.
1. Did I get the last year of the good Dana 30? It's the high pinion in a 1999 right?
2. Had they switched to New Venture from New Process in 1999? I don't know why I care on that, just curious.
3. The majority of the damage happened in the back end of the this thing, and the tailgate was replaced. That isn't where the "JEEP" is supposed to go is it? Didn't most of them have 4.0L over there? Is there supposed to even be "JEEP anywhere on the gate?
Thanks for any answers and let me know what you guys think.
-Collin
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