Pete M

according to Crawl magazine. certainly less than I thought, but there are infinite possibilities for add-ons and mark ups. I do wonder if Chrysler will try to tamp down on price gouging for the first batch... place your bets now for how long it takes to see the first Hemi transplant pop up. secondary bet, will the very first be a normal hemi, or a suped up model?

the perforated vinyl? I haven't seen a decent pair in a long while now. that stuff just does not age well. But they can be recovered by an automotive upholstery shop. there are also cloth buckets out there that came with the top of the line MJ/XJs.

those are unlike any mirror I've ever seen and do not show up in the brochures or my parts manual. I think they are aftermarket (possibly added on by a dealership). if you're looking for a mirror upgrade, the 97+ mirrors go right on and are big enough to be useful.

a million if you take good care of her. but seriously, we've got a couple members who have over 500k on original engines

there's gotta be some sort of contraption that allows a cut corner but using a long pole instead of assembling the monkey bars.

for a rotted pile of rust? I wouldn't take it if it came free to me with some extra money in the glovebox. although other people might pay slightly over scrap value for it.

not a chance in hell. this little baby is going to live a pampered life just as you see it now (except with headrests and the broken items fixed). Or at least as pampered as I can give it seeing as I don't own a climate controlled garage. (not yet at least)

about an hour away. faaaar too close to not go and at least take a look. I mean, what could it hurt?

looks good!

brought my nicer set of gray MJ buckets out of storage to clean them up. I've got a week of anticipation ahead of me, so I figure I need to do something MJ related. oh, and I also ordered a headlight relay harness. (I'm also starting work on the Dakota, but that's not an MJ so it doesn't really count here)

all I can add is that the XJ shackle is only good for 1/2" drop in height and brings with it the chance of inversion if the truck goes up on a lift because it's shorter (it can invert on the way down when weight is put back on the suspension). It's not the end of the world as long as you remember it and make sure it doesn't happen. Inversion of the shackle will essentially bend the main back on itself.

or just buy any cheap 4x4 2.5/5speed XJ of any year that you can find and swap later model shafts into the front. worry about finding a stronger rear axle for later. gearing is more important. (any 03-05 4banger liberty will have 4.10 gears in their 8.25 plus it's a couple inches wider plus it has disks already) does this project have enough budget for regearing the axles?

yeah, I can't wait to have a street legal MJ again.

yes he's given me a few days to gather up the funds and I should be driving it home in a week or so.

went looking at one to buy love at first sight!

keeping that engine?

I might have an MJ to drive by then

loganville GA

did I hear something about a get together at Bo's house? I'd be down with that.

you don't need to limit yourself to 98/99. all XJs up to and including 99 are high pinion. and they started using the bigger ujoints around ~95. but the ujoints and shafts can be easily swapped into earlier dana 30s too, including the CAD axles. It is a common upgrade to throw TJ shafts into an otherwise stock MJ dana 30. (all years of TJ have the bigger ujoints, but all TJ dana 30s are low pinion so the axle itself isn't an upgrade) there should be a writeup in the link in my sig.

yup, that be mine. I am the master of the MS Paint! there's another version where I think it was Don that added in the actual width measurements.

were any of those things... secured together?

rear axles are easy to pair. start with finding the front.

I think I did pretty good