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It’s exclusive to us AMC era folks! The one I got is spray bombed or something but it’s not cracked or anything. The last 10 slot I saw at the JY had a good crack, saved it for the next guy

Had a change of heart and I will soon have an oem 10 slot grill. I like the 10 because it is 80s only, even though it’s not correct for an 89.

My gauges fuse connector was partially broken, so I’d lose my gauges intermittently. Finally got around to removing it from the fuse block to replace, and realized it was bridged to another connector. Since it’s a pain in the butt with not much wire to work with, I just flipped it so the bad connector was in the ignition slot now. Easy fix without having to do any cutting.

They are almost always broken. My paint guy isn’t worried about painting the chrome stuff I have. After some digging it sounds like the headlight bezels have different mounting points. Black 90s stuff is easy to find

That would be cool! I have two XJs with the full chrome in good condition. I’m in East OR. Black Renix grill parts are hard for me to find. Id imagine the newer parts from 91-96 use the same mounting holes, just not metal trim. The simpler grill setup would be nice since I’m used to the 3 piece 97-01 header panel already.

Any of you guys know if I can use 91-96 grill and headlight bezels on my Renix header panel? I want to have the grill color matched black and don’t trust using chrome parts to do so. Finding good Renix era black plastics is a challenge.

Thank you! The lines are similar to the door panels, very happy with the look and no longer smelling the old vinyl

Cruising the 1990 XJ a bit today. My wife came up with the term Renix Rx, the Renix doctor

Adjusted the seat back to its usual location. Close up shot of the fabric

Bench seat reupholster complete! Need to get some new hardware to bolt it down.

Yes I thought it was cheesy not having a cap. I made the mistake of buying crown fender flares one time, never again. Not sure how they stay in business.

Here’s my take on the fuel pump ground upgrade/refresh. For better or for worse, I thought this was a solid way to do it.

Looking a little rough right now, some fresh paint will be night and day difference! The Borla exhaust tip for the mighty 2.5 Also am rocking some KYB shocks that were recommended by Kolak. Great ride with these.

Soon to go in the engine bay. I’ll use my Renix top half with the bottom half of the later air box. No more warp! We’ll see how the quality it on this replacement coolant bottle, mines still working but has busted tabs

That’s interesting that the earlier ones were external, however I just received my 90’s bearing retainer in the mail today. NOS mopar one. Should be getting the bellhousing soon. Looking forward to that job when the time comes.

I was pretty bummed about it a week ago! We’ll keep them on the road one way or another. My plan was to clean up my flywheel and use a clutch for a 94 2.5 XJ with my TBI flywheel. From what I’ve gathered researching, that should work. On the ZJs, they had the external slave in 93. No conversion needed when I did that swap on my 98, just a CPS for a 98 ax15 XJ.

Haven’t had this issue with my e-brake but I’ll be wary now! I rarely use it cause I don’t want to break it.

Thank you very much! Have wanted to make a build thread for a long time now. I really do like the 2.5, it’s a great motor for running around town. Not having new flywheels available is a bummer. Couple other things I just thought of that I plan on doing. 1: I have a full rebuild ready for the throttle body (injector, regulator, seals, etc) 2: Someday swap in my non-disconnect front axle that’s been sitting in my shed. I converted my stock disconnect one to a solid axle shaft in 2021. The first seal lasted a couple months. The second one is still going strong! 3. Harmonic balancer.

We are now up to speed and at present day! Plenty to do and will post pics when I do it. 1: Big 7 battery cables (making my own, using their fuse holder and military clamps) and install steel battery box to replace my cracking plastic one. 2: Swap over the header panel, front bumper (will get matched to the rear bumper powder coat) and fenders from one of the XJs. I have three 8 slot grills to choose from. Wanted a 10 or 21 slot at first but think the 8 will do just fine. 3: Finish up the last of Cruiser54’s ground upgrades. Last one is the blower motor ground. Will also replace resistor while I’m at it. I just did the fuel pump ground wire upgrade by the gas tank, will have to post pics of that. Did that in a way I haven’t seen anybody else do it using a ground stud instead of splicing in a wire. 4: I have a 97-01 air box bottom half that I will use with my Renix top half. My Renix box is super warped and the all thread I used to unwarp it 5 years ago bugs me. 5: Charcoal canister and valve cover breather hose reinstall. 6: Clutch master is slowly starting to seep, have ordered the parts to convert to external slave. I just found out that there are no new TBI flywheels available anymore, so hopefully mine is good! 7: Paint it back to factory black!

I got the call they were ready for my seat. Forgot to mention in my last post I had put the black mini console in as well. This picture still has the gray one in.

Black vinyl Sun visors installed.

Older style lower dash panel cleaned, along with the black arm rests and window crank handles.

I make a junkyard run once or twice in a year. Happened upon this 86 XJ with black interior! Grabbed what I could from it.

I scored and the blue XJ had a working factory cassette head unit. Bought a cassette adapter and am enjoying the vintage sound. I mostly listen to hair bands and grunge in this. I am rocking the stock size door speakers. Polk iirc? Also got the relay cover that I never had. Will also be putting a charcoal canister back in from the blue XJ. These XJs have those little things my MJ was missing.

Remember I said I wanted to go back to the Renix header panel and fenders? I had the chance at a couple dirt cheap 1990 XJs that were an hour away on the same street. Both drove home on the freeway. Both have great parts to donate. White one was nasty smokers rig, and will be cleaned up and flipped. Blue one will be sold off mostly intact. If I had the time I would take the 4.0/Aw4 from one and convert my MJ. Unfortunately I don’t, but luckily I’m pretty content with the 2.5.