98 XJ Limited Adventure is out there build

[vonguido]

Hey guys, figured I would put together a build thread of sorts over here since it's starting to pick up a little bit.
1998 Jeep XJ
4.0 w/ currently 208,000 miles
AW4
Np242 w/ hack n tap
hp30/dana44 from late 80s XJ the previous owner put in.
3.55 gears both open diffs
4.5-5" lift a mix between teraflex BB and 3" RE springs and AAL which needs replaced ASAP it's rusty and sagging. PO put it in
31x10.50x15 Mickey Thompson MTZ
Currie Currectlync HD steering
JCR front winch bumper
Smittybilt gen2 X2O 10k synthetic lined winch
RE HD track bar and bracket
AJ's Off-road super rock sliders
ARB Hi-output compressor
40" LED light bar

When I brought it home 2 summers ago.

How she looks as of the other day

 

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First year in pictures plus M&G

First year spent just driving and general maintenance





My buddies old JKU

Crawl race

 

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Replacing the drive shaft u-joints that were toast

 

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Heiney farms trip

 

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Servicing the Dana44



Replacing the shocks with Fox 2.0 shocks and new Currie steering





New hub assemblies




Ran on this call, faulty wiring




Replacing the entire cooling system, minus the heater core

 

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New Parts!

Brown Santa brings Christmas in July!









Paint and install.

 

[sean.m.adams33]

Nice xj! Looking good!

 

[vonguido]

Nice xj! Looking good!

Thank you sir!

 

[07JKSahara]

I love these things. Seriously if I could find one with less than 50k, I'd give up my GC.

 

[vonguido]

I love these things. Seriously if I could find one with less than 50k, I'd give up my GC.

I love them too, just game rust and uni-frame rot.... I have been looking online for another XJ with lower mileage that has no rust on the uni-rails, if I can get one for a decent price I will switch everything over.

 

[sean112280]

Nice looking XJ:thumb:

 

[vonguido]

Nice looking XJ:thumb:

Thank you!

I haven't really done much of anything but drive recently. I have been focusing on put some money aside for a JKU by the end of the year debating about whether to keep the XJ and use it as a trail only rig. Haven't decided yet....All of the low mileage/rust free XJ's I have found are selling for $8K or above which at that point I would rather just buy the JKU

 

[sean112280]

Thank you!

I haven't really done much of anything but drive recently. I have been focusing on put some money aside for a JKU by the end of the year debating about whether to keep the XJ and use it as a trail only rig. Haven't decided yet....All of the low mileage/rust free XJ's I have found are selling for $8K or above which at that point I would rather just buy the JKU

I'd keep it for just a trail rig then:thumb: