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Well my brother has a black 1999 4-dr XJ that has seen better days and given that I am always looking for ways to aggravate my wife it is likely going to come live at our house and become my hunting truck :thumb:
So, now that I've finally got a pretty good handle on many things JK, I need to start a new learning curve on the XJ. It runs well considering 210,000 miles on the I6 but there were a few minor scrapes along the way so some minor body damage like a fender flare scrapped off, and a few wrinkles.
Plan is to keep it somewhat mild but functional.
- Likely a minor lift thinking 2-3"
- Cut out the fenders to accommodate a 32-34" tire
- Add some type of fender flare -- liking the flat-fender look on these
- Sliders to provide some protection and a step up
- Top rack for gear and mounting location for some aux lighting, etc.
- Rear bumper and/or alternate functional spare tire carrier solution
- Front Bumper with winch eventually, but down the road a bit.
Questions:
- What is the wheel stub pattern on these (I'm guessing not at all compatible with my JK so can't use any of my spare JK wheels on it)?
- Are folks typically sticking with/running 15" wheels or would bumping up to a 17" be a reasonable idea (back to thinking that I could share some of my JK 17" cast off tires like stock Rubicon BFGs)
- What type of lift/tire combination given likely not going any bigger than 35" (advertised) height tire
- I thought I read somewhere that the OEM Rubicon shocks work well on these depending on the about of lift -- anyone have any experience/insights into this comment?
We that's enough to start. Will start a build thread once I have it and have had a chance to look it over to determine what else needs to be done. Thanks for any input/comments.
So, now that I've finally got a pretty good handle on many things JK, I need to start a new learning curve on the XJ. It runs well considering 210,000 miles on the I6 but there were a few minor scrapes along the way so some minor body damage like a fender flare scrapped off, and a few wrinkles.
Plan is to keep it somewhat mild but functional.
- Likely a minor lift thinking 2-3"
- Cut out the fenders to accommodate a 32-34" tire
- Add some type of fender flare -- liking the flat-fender look on these
- Sliders to provide some protection and a step up
- Top rack for gear and mounting location for some aux lighting, etc.
- Rear bumper and/or alternate functional spare tire carrier solution
- Front Bumper with winch eventually, but down the road a bit.
Questions:
- What is the wheel stub pattern on these (I'm guessing not at all compatible with my JK so can't use any of my spare JK wheels on it)?
- Are folks typically sticking with/running 15" wheels or would bumping up to a 17" be a reasonable idea (back to thinking that I could share some of my JK 17" cast off tires like stock Rubicon BFGs)
- What type of lift/tire combination given likely not going any bigger than 35" (advertised) height tire
- I thought I read somewhere that the OEM Rubicon shocks work well on these depending on the about of lift -- anyone have any experience/insights into this comment?
We that's enough to start. Will start a build thread once I have it and have had a chance to look it over to determine what else needs to be done. Thanks for any input/comments.
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