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November 2024 - An MJ for the Streets


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November 2024 - She's For The Streets

Owned by @Car Enthusiast

 

Build Thread-

 

 

 

Year/Model

1988 Shortbox base model

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Drivetrain

4.0 with 186K miles, BA10, and a Dana 30 rear end

Stock as a rock

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Cooling

Nothing wild, just the stock radiator

 

Electrical/Ignition

Butchered up wiring harness from the previous owner. I have a big 5 wiring kit and NickInTime display to put in it

 

Suspension/Steering

Explorer springs in the front and XJ shackles in the rear dropping it 4/3" respectively. Slapped in some QA1 single adjustable shocks on it (TS709, and TS706). The fronts are dangerously close to bottoming out, so I might have to send them back for a shorter piston version

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Interior

Seats and a console from a 2001 XJ replaced my old worn out bench seat

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Brakes- Stock

 

Lighting- Upgraded sealed beams headlights with wiring harnesses added on

 

 

Exterior- Only thing I have done was replaced the old flag style side mirrors on it for the bigger versions

 

Wheel & Tires- Mickey Thompson ET Streets 255/60/15s with some tire lettering and I painted the M/T logo red, on a set of powder coated turbines

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Misc- 

No real plans for this one, just have fun as a street truck. I might 4link the rear and bag it later on down the road. I would love to put an OGR body kit on it along with a roll pan to really lean into the street truck look! I just really want to drive this one around.

 

 

Best MJ story- Grew up and my Dad had an 86 2.8 longbed MJ. It was a dog, but I loved it. So that led me to finally getting one. I was looking and found this one in Louisiana (three states away) right when the pandemic hit back in 2020. I drove down there and picked it up and during the height of the lockdowns around here and driving it back on the freeways, it was a ghost town. Just me and my wife following in the van. Initially bought it for the step daughter to drive but she was blind and wanted to drive my Cherokee instead. Her loss! When she moved out and got to keep the MJ!

 

 

CC is Awesome! Why? I am on a number of automotive forums and communities from old Fbodies, to Corvettes and CC is honestly the best out of them. The level of involvement and what the members will dedicate to keeping these old trucks moving beats anyone else. From people producing hard to find parts to Cruiser keeping the old ones still going.

 

 

 

 

I really like this truck, it seems like a really great street truck. Congrats, Car Enthusiast!

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We’re almost twins. My MJ is pretty much stock as well and all street. Next set of tires might be some street TA’s if I can find some that will work. There’s a 2 inch spring lift on the front, but I sometimes miss the old nose dive look. Enjoying your build.

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On 11/16/2024 at 9:21 AM, pizzaman09 said:

This is a great looking driver.

 

How do you like the ride on those shocks?  I'm looking for something softer in the front than the Ranchos I chose.

 

They are single adjustable so it can go from very soft and bouncy to uncomfortable firm. I am 4 clicks in the front and 10 in the rear for a controlled, but not painful ride right now. They are pretty nice actually are reasonably priced. I will say that QA1 customer service was awesome figuring out what I needed. Other companies wouldn't even return calls or would just look a their catalog and repeat information that I could read online. QA1 was awesome to talk to.

 

On 11/19/2024 at 1:30 PM, OffGridResearch said:

Very Excited to see the transformation once the front end goes on! 

 

Looking forward to getting the bumper on and then the rest of your kit!

 

On 11/19/2024 at 11:33 PM, Motorhead X said:

We’re almost twins. My MJ is pretty much stock as well and all street. Next set of tires might be some street TA’s if I can find some that will work. There’s a 2 inch spring lift on the front, but I sometimes miss the old nose dive look. Enjoying your build.

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Your truck is the good looking, "went to college" twin! Mine is the rougher looking brother of yours

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