Cheromanche...

[benjy_26]

Hello all.

 

I was talking to my brother the other day, and, while he is still very much a car guy, he's been once again bitten by the Jeep bug.

 

We've been looking high and low for a suitable MJ for him (he loves driving mine), but have come up empty handed. He's probably going to get himself a XJ, to be honest. We've been looking around, and all the XJ's we've seen have pretzeled rear springs. This is when I had an idea: Pretty soon, I'll have a set of Comanche leaves available that we can rebuild for the rear of whatever XJ he gets. The twist is: Why not make the XJ SUA? He doesn't want to go bigger than 31's, likes to camp (i.e. needs load carrying capacity), hates axle wrap, and would rather cut than lift to fit tires. How do y'all think this would work?

[yellaheep]

Cherokee rear leaf packs are much shorter than the MJ leaf packs.  No just bolting them in.... would take fab work and it would lengthen the wheel base (locates the axle farther back)...... and destroy departure angle given that the shackles would essentially be out past the rear bumper......

 

This is what a set of MJ leaf packs looks like under an XJ....... required custom shackle boxes and mounts out back.  Custom wheel well openings to accommodate the longer wheel base.

 

[yellaheep]

And how are you NOT finding MJ's in Texas????  I surf SearchTempest.com all the time and there's always MJ's out that way.

 

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/4522094193.html

 

 

http://easttexas.craigslist.org/cto/4508988355.html

[Zebvance]

Yea I look at them all the time on craigslist. I know I have seen a few decent ones around

[benjy_26]

Yella, Texas is BIG. From where I am, it's a 12hr drive to Dallas. In my corner of the world, MJ's just weren't very popular, I guess. I'm in far, far West Texas. The good thibg is that the weather out here is so dry, you'rr pretty much guatanteed a rust free vehicle.

[benjy_26]

That is a LOT of fender trimming...

 

My brother MAY be into that. lol

[Zebvance]

Where are you located exactly?

[benjy_26]

I, good sir, am in El Paso. Up here, it's definately XJ country.

[Zebvance]

ahhhh ok. Have you been looking in mexico for mjs? If you are willing to make the drive there ae some deals that pop up in San Antonio/ Austin some times. I picked up my mj from Austin, texas.

[Zebvance]

BTW I'm heading out to your part of the state for a trip in aug. Going to go to big bend. Ever been? How is it?

[benjy_26]

Crappy cell reception, TONS of dirt tracks to wheel in! I like it, but it's a few hundred miles south of me, so I go infrequently. i'm actually in SA this weekend. I'll look around for MJ's.

 

As far as Mexico, there are a few across the border, but getting them legal if bought is kind of a pain...

[benjy_26]

Take water, BTW. I went out to do some surveys near there last summer and it's HOT and DRY.

[Spectormj]

Talk to Dave92cherroke  he has a nice Chermanche

[benjy_26]

 

Will do, Spector.

 

 

Zeb, there's a PDF out there showing some ofthe mapped trails and descriptions of Big Bend. It's titled Roads to Nowhere. I'd post a link, but am currently on a mobile device. :-/

[Zebvance]

Will do, Spector.

Zeb, there's a PDF out there showing some ofthe mapped trails and descriptions of Big Bend. It's titled Roads to Nowhere. I'd post a link, but am currently on a mobile device. :-/

 

Nice I'll have to check that out. I'll prolly borrow my fathers jk out there. The lady friend isn't going to like a 10 hour drive I'm the mj with no AC. Not to mention I'm not going to enjoy getting 12mpg with the mj either.

[benjy_26]

Cool deal! Make sure thag JK jas some stout tires, though. There's a lot of sharp rocks out there. My KM2's took quite the beating laat time I went out there.