briley_t

Hey, everyone. Here is my 1989 Comanche build. I drive it all the time. It’s currently got a 4.0 out of an XJ, Ax-15, 231, shaved dana 50 front, Yukon locker, 5.13s. Rear 14 bolt shaved, locked and geared, on Barnes4wd 4 link suspension. I’m running 39in KM3s and Trail Ready Beadlocks. I’m located in Kinston, NC.

So I drove it a little while with a few different colored body panels. But I decided to paint it myself. I just did a went with a deep gray. It definitely looks good from 10ft away but it’s a trail rig. I then got custom “hockey stick” decals made for the truck to break up the boring gray.

Here is a current picture of the Jeep. I’ll give the whole story soon.

To see current pictures of the Jeep, I post them mostly on Instagram under my page @sixfeetunderlj but I figured Id share my Comanche build. I bought the jeep a few years ago as a project truck. The jeep started life as a four-cylinder 2wd drive truck. When I got it someone had completely stripped the drive train, the interior, all the wiring, gas tank, etc. Everything was gone. But it was rust free so I wanted it. With the deal, I got a dana 50, sterling rear axle(didn’t use) seats(didn’t use), and a bunch of odds and ends metal parts. So then I hunted for a 4.0 5speed Cherokee to swap everything over. I found the perfect XJ for $600 and it even had a slip yoke eliminator already installed on the 231 transfer case and a winch bumper. I swapped everything over and had a running Jeep. I really wanted to do a custom shave on that dana 50 for high clearance. I have built dana 60s in the past, wanted to try something different. I ended up using a 14bolt in the rear, I already had gears and locker in with a shave kit. I did unibody stiffeners all the way down both sides. And found a 97 front grill and fenders. I also did the full window conversion, probably my favorite mod on this Jeep. I’m running a set of 7.5” coils and a radius arm set up in the front for right now. I'm looking into changing that soon. I threw on a set of 37in Toyo Mts and trail ready beadlocks. I will update this post more later. I’m looking for more “build”pictures. I really want to do the registry to find out the history on this Jeep.