The Ellusive 5.9 L

scoobyxj said:
If it says Laredo it is NOT a 5.9ltr. Many Laredo's came with body colored molding. My ex's 5.2 Laredo has body colored, and a guy I used to work with had a Laredo that was loaded up just like a Limited, body colored molding. The 5.9 came in one flavor only that was Limited. Hood vents, honey comb grill, and 5.9limited badging are the tell tell sings. I have seen white, silver, and green. IIRC there was black too.
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Yup, its prob a 98 GC special edition, its a laredo with the full body color paint just like the limited, Jeep also made the special edition grand cherokee in 04, same idea...The cherokee "classic" model is also like that, sport interior(96) with body colored flares etc like the country/limited, the 98-00's have different seats then the sport though

If its not a 98 i'm sure dealers would paint the plastic panels on request for some more $
 
EBXJBOB said:
Yup, its prob a 98 GC special edition, its a laredo with the full body color paint just like the limited, Jeep also made the special edition grand cherokee in 04, same idea...The cherokee "classic" model is also like that, sport interior(96) with body colored flares etc like the country/limited, the 98-00's have different seats then the sport though

If its not a 98 i'm sure dealers would paint the plastic panels on request for some more $
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IIRC 98 deleated the gray plastic, and all where body colored. I am not real shure on that. Just was thinking I read it somewhere.

EDIT: Nevermind!
 
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I did a bit of looking real quick gray molding is supposed to be the only trim option for Lerado, but that isn't true. It also stated only crome grill, and that's not right eather. I tried to post what I found in the "EDIT" above, but it wouldn't post so it made sense, so F*** it.
 
I don't know why but every time I get into a grand cherokee it just seems cheap and extremely plasticky, and I just think that the xj is so much more rugged, that's what pushed me over to the xj. And I hate the 318, I know the figures don't say so but I swear the 4.0 has more power and torque.
 
just sold our 5.9 ZJ. 13 MPG always. Towed with it ONCE. it sucked. that thing could barely stop itself let alone my XJ on a trailer.

Nice rumble to the exhaust and the off-the-line torque was impressive though
 
SeanP said:
just sold our 5.9 ZJ. 13 MPG always. Towed with it ONCE. it sucked. that thing could barely stop itself let alone my XJ on a trailer.
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Really? Shit, mine must be majic then. I couldn't be happier with the way it tows and with the brakes I've got on the trailer it can stop just as hard with the trailer loaded as it can by itself. And 16 MPG in commuting traffic ain't too bad.
 
vetteboy said:
Really? Shit, mine must be majic then. I couldn't be happier with the way it tows and with the brakes I've got on the trailer it can stop just as hard with the trailer loaded as it can by itself. And 16 MPG in commuting traffic ain't too bad.
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It isn't magic. My father has one and regularly gets close to 20 on the highway, 16 around town.

As with any hotrod its all in how you drive them. If you are hard on the throttle everywhere you go then they are going to get bad mileage.

BTW. My dads is for sale.
 
they didn't make green ones, the only colors were platinum, black, and white. the 5.9 is considerably faster than the 5.2L. they didn't come with any gold trim, the badges were a silver color. They also all had dark grey, maybe black leather. The only real problems is the full time transfer case. The cluthes in them wear out and can get noisy and not function properly. Expensive to repair,and some people swap in a 231 to have RWD and better reliabilty. Once they get modded, the trans is an issue, as mentioned above. I've wanted one for years, regardless of the gas prices. it has to get better MPG than my wore out 4.0. If you're looking for one, try and get repair records. If they are not taken care of, they start showing the age real quick.
 
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