once red Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Guys (and any women on these pages), What are the differences between the Comanche Eliminator and Sportruck packages?? (Inquiriing minds want to know). Slainte' :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
once red Posted November 18, 2006 Author Share Posted November 18, 2006 Just went back into the archives and found Rob's scan on "History of the Comanche". In it there was info on trim differences. Thanks :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabastian Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I have been looking for this comparison but can't seem to find it... Would you mind sharing the article or at least link to it? Thanks! S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comancheap Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 And where are these archives? I've been doing a lot of research around here, but there's still a lot more I'd like to know. Anyone? Bueller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Guys (and any women on these pages),What are the differences between the Comanche Eliminator and Sportruck packages?? (Inquiriing minds want to know). Slainte' :cheers: Pretty simple -- opposite ends of the spectrum. The Eliminator was a top-end model, with bucket seats, center console, alloy wheels, the whole enchilada. The first year of the Eliminator, it was only offered in 2WD. The SporTruck was the base model. I have an '88. Bench seat, idiot lights, the ungly "station wagon" steering wheel. rubber floor mat instead of carpet, only one side mirror and it's a cheapie, screw-to-the-door type, not the XJ style, and base model 15x6 steel rims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comancheap Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Perfect! I love the elcheapo models! No effin carpet to clean or anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warf90 Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 I agree, I would love to find that rubber mat somewhere since I have removed the carpet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 alsoone says sport.. and the other eliminator :nanner: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Keep in mind that there were some options for the SporTruck and not all of them will be totally bare bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOMJ87 Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 mine had good mirrors on it. :D Cole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenosha Warrior Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Guys (and any women on these pages),What are the differences between the Comanche Eliminator and Sportruck packages?? (Inquiriing minds want to know). Slainte' :cheers: Pretty simple -- opposite ends of the spectrum. The Eliminator was a top-end model, with bucket seats, center console, alloy wheels, the whole enchilada. The first year of the Eliminator, it was only offered in 2WD. The SporTruck was the base model. I have an '88. Bench seat, idiot lights, the ungly "station wagon" steering wheel. rubber floor mat instead of carpet, only one side mirror and it's a cheapie, screw-to-the-door type, not the XJ style, and base model 15x6 steel rims. my sportruck must be middle of the line. Its got both mirrors, the XJ style, but has the idiot lights, bench, but had the supersoaker carpet. How hard is it to switch a steering wheel? Ive got my hands on a interior-matching jeep wheel with the fake hex screws in it that I wanna put on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisty Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Guys (and any women on these pages),What are the differences between the Comanche Eliminator and Sportruck packages?? (Inquiriing minds want to know). Slainte' :cheers: Pretty simple -- opposite ends of the spectrum. The Eliminator was a top-end model, with bucket seats, center console, alloy wheels, the whole enchilada. The first year of the Eliminator, it was only offered in 2WD. The SporTruck was the base model. I have an '88. Bench seat, idiot lights, the ungly "station wagon" steering wheel. rubber floor mat instead of carpet, only one side mirror and it's a cheapie, screw-to-the-door type, not the XJ style, and base model 15x6 steel rims. my sportruck must be middle of the line. Its got both mirrors, the XJ style, but has the idiot lights, bench, but had the supersoaker carpet. How hard is it to switch a steering wheel? Ive got my hands on a interior-matching jeep wheel with the fake hex screws in it that I wanna put on. i have a steering wheel like that too. i think you need a steering wheel puller. if somone could confirm that...it would be super! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 my sportruck came with full gauges, 4.0, 4x4, no carpet (to my knowledge) bench seat, and A/C. but ive got the crappy flag style mirrors, (ive got two of them though) and the "stationwagon wheel" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feerocknok Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 What is this "station wagon wheel". I've only seen the fake hex head wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986Comanche Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 also one says sport.. and the other eliminator :nanner: No... One says SporTruck and the other one says Eliminator... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comancheap Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 So, just out of curiousity, could the SporTruck I'm looking at have a stock tach? Did any of the Manches? That's about the only "option" I think I care about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feerocknok Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Most trucks came with idiot lights, and the 2 actual gauges are the speedometer, and fuel gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 So, just out of curiousity, could the SporTruck I'm looking at have a stock tach? Did any of the Manches? That's about the only "option" I think I care about. My sportruck has a tach. Well, full gauges. And PS, tilt, carpet, and a bunch of other stuff that I guess might be options... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 So, just out of curiousity, could the SporTruck I'm looking at have a stock tach? Did any of the Manches? That's about the only "option" I think I care about. My '87 MJ Pioneer has full gauges and a tach, and carpeting. My '88 SporTruck has a rubber floor mat, idiot light cluster, and the station wagon steering wheel. I beliece the '86 'X' model had full instrumentation, as well as the Eliminators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaekl Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I know all about the availability of the gauge package. When I was buying my 86 Cherokee, Base with no gauges, I wanted the dealer to put the gauges in. You know the routine, back to the manager, call to the factory, etc. "Can't be done. Maybe $800." I priced the parts over the counter at about $200 and got a wiring diagram and decided it would be a direct plug in as we now know. So off to the junkyard and found a 85 unit and in it went for $50. However, had I looked in the Comanche brochure while I was waiting for their huddle, I would have seen that the gauge package was optional on all models. Where the Cherokee had no gauges available for the Base. The other models all had the gauges but the tach was an option. Got took again. Again brilliant marketing and packaging. There are three different gauge assemblies. No gauge, gaues without tach, and complete. It is not a simple matter to pull the fuel gauge and plug in the tach. You need the full panel. An make sure it is the right year. I found out there was a major design change 85 to 86 so I had a 6 cylinder tach in a 4 cyllinder because the older style tach was much more expensive. Then there was the speedo cable change (87, 88) which is really an entire different gauge panel design. And this is all with the blue face gauges. I don't know about the other type. Bottom line, any Comanche could have a tach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 my sportruck has a tach... just like he said. the "station wagon wheel" has a sort of trapeziod shaped center, taller than it is wide, and two wide supports that go out to the wheel at about 4 and 8 oclock. i might have a pic lemme look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comancheap Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 That'd be cool if you did. I don't really care what the steering wheel looks like, as I hope to be looking outside of the rig when I'm driving it, but it's nice to know in advance, maybe another thing to add to the mod list, if the stock wheel's as ugly as it sounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbhill Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 my 91 sport truck has some "bullet" style mirrors on it. rubber floor/bench and full instrumentation. its a 4.0 5spd 2wd... also gota pic of these "blue gauges"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 The aforementioned "station wagon" wheel looks like this, only not stripped. I'm sure someone has a better pic. :D (is it even possible to have a worse pic?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 I like that wheel better than the 'upgraded' one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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