2WD Cherokee Airbagged

[Dammerung]

Alright, so in the pursuit of a 4wd conversion, my Dad and I are looking to get a 4wd, convert it to 2WD, and drop it. But he wants airbag suspension. Anyone see any guides, how-to, or had personal experience?
 
 
1988 Jeep Comanche Pioneer
4.0 Liter w/ AW4 2WD

[MiNi Beast]

I'm say what? 

 

4x4 conversion for another MJ while then converting it into a bagged 2wd?  

i have seen them. look into the street comanche guys, good info for lowered MJs. 

i debated air bags on my lifted rig as well, smooth ride, can haul more, umm you have me thinking again...

[Dammerung]

I'm say what? 
 
4x4 conversion for another MJ while then converting it into a bagged 2wd?  
i have seen them. look into the street comanche guys, good info for lowered MJs. 

i debated air bags on my lifted rig as well, smooth ride, can haul more, umm you have me thinking again...

Lol, got to do something with the other one! It’s either that or do an interior swap and take the motor to build a stroker later on, and right now I personally don’t have the time to get into that.
My old man, however, was into low riders and slick old cars - had a hand-built s10 he tricked out and lowered. He’s looking to get back into the scene again now that he’s close to retiring and figured he might as well burn money in doing a Cherokee that’d be butchered for parts and sent to the junk yard.

He’s the reason I have Chevy drop shackles to be able to lift my rear end at all for the 4x4 swap - he bought them for the old 1500 he’d had before he had me.


1988 Jeep Comanche Pioneer
4.0 Liter w/ AW4 2WD

[Pete M]

been a bit since I've ducked my head under the rear of an XJ, but I don't remember a lot of room for bags. 

[Smokeyyank]

If you're gonna bag something find a frame. Way too much work trying bag a unibody and a lowered Jeep looks like s h I t IMHO. 

[FrankTheDog]

Why convert a 4wd Cherokee to 2wd when you can buy a 2wd Cherokee to begin with? I have had 2 or 3 of them.

I have a nearly rust free  2wd at home now. It does have a 4wd transmission though. I couldn’t pass up a good running $50 transmission.

[Dammerung]

Why convert a 4wd Cherokee to 2wd when you can buy a 2wd Cherokee to begin with? I have had 2 or 3 of them.
I have a nearly rust free  2wd at home now. It does have a 4wd transmission though. I couldn’t pass up a good running $50 transmission.

I’m planning on using the 4wd components for my Comanche.


1988 Jeep Comanche Pioneer
4.0 Liter w/ AW4 2WD

[FrankTheDog]

I see, two birds with one stone.

[Money_Pits]

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f46/behold-project-troll-109926/

 

I remember seeing this a long, long time ago, and if you can find the NAXJA post, i'm sure there are more details. Would be a lot of work, and he had to use a Ranger frame for it. I don't think, as others have said above, that the unibody is conducive to big drops. But good luck with it if you and your dad go for it