We’re getting our Project Cheep Cherokee ready for the trails and since it needs some better legs to stand on, we’re adding a lift kit and swapping in our new junkyard 8.8 inch rear axle. Then up front, we’ll upgrade our differential and get our XJ riding on much bigger wheels and tires.
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PARTS USED IN THIS EPISODE:
Airaid: Replacement air filter.
All Star Auto Salvage: Used rear 8.8 axle housing, used front axle shafts, battery box.
Auto Body Color & Supply Co. Single stage Acrylic enamel PPG paint and catalyst.
Auto Body Toolmart: Five ton Mighty Pull frame puller, hook and chain sets, floor anchor pots, Mo-Clamps.
Bushwacker: Five inch “cutout” flares for 84-96 Jeep XJ two door models.
Cherry Bomb: 2 1/4″ Cherry Bomb Glasspack muffler.
Hypertech: Max Energy E-CON economy Power Programmer.
JD Squared Inc.: Model 3 tubing bender.
Lincoln Electric: Lincoln Mig welder and equipment.
Midas: Machining rotor surfaces.
O’Reilly Auto Parts: Leaf spring perches, u-bolts, driveshaft flange, brake cleaner.
Quadratec: 15 x 8, 5 x 4.5, 4 inch B/S, Silver Cragar 399 series.
Quadratec: 48 inch hi-lift jack, handle keeper, bumper mount.
Quadratec: Accel Super Tune Up kit, upgraded fuel pump.
Quadratec: Bestop Trailmax high back denim seats.
Quadratec: Ected differential for Dana 30, ring and pinion gears, Overhaul kit.
Quadratec: Mile Marker PE8000 winch and winch mount adapter plate.
Quadratec: Skyjacker three inch value Flex Lift system with front coil springs, Nitro shocks and rear leaf spring replacements, polyurethane one inch spacers.
Quadratec: Spidertrax wheel spacers.
Quadratec: Steel front fenders both drivers and passenger side, manual mirrors for both sides, side marker lens for both sides, parking lamps for both sides, front header panel.
Summit Racing: 33×12.50R15 BFG Mud-Terrain KM.
A TOTALLY AWSOME BUILD!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!
So much for a budget build imagine that
God no not spacers order you some offset rims. Get rid of those spacers
13:47 love the lug nuts being backward. No clue why you would ever need to do that….
the announcer "When we get back" always sounds like he is trying to squeeze out a large dry one.
way to much talk
Watching this again 3 years later again it's crazy to see how rare the 2 doors are know
You may find driving the tow rig to the trail cheaper on gas than driving the Cherokee XJ 😂
WHAT DID THE FRONT AXLE SHAFTS COME OUT OF
Good subject matter, the hosts delivery of the awful script, ruins it though.
Came to them run down, beat up and barely alive. Pfffft! That thing would've handled 20+ more years of abuse in the condition it was in when they got it.
Great videos, but your announcer with his fake "tough guy" voice is a real put off.
What do you do with all these vehicles you build?
The narrator sounds like a hanna barbera cartoon character trying to sound tougher than a angry pole cat in a dumspter fight. Find him a job on cartoon channel.
Not a cheap jeep at all,,, any 1 thing you've done cost more than have totally invested in my 98zj,,, tho when you're not paying a penny,, just throwing sponsors crap at it ,,,
So basically I need to learn how to weld
What model phord did u pull the 8.8 from? Explorer?
The short videos on Facebook keep bringing me back 😂
Best narration on You Tube!
Love the build but want locker did they use? Can't seem to find it online.
I watch this years ago and almost forgot that was dumb as hell leaving the factory sway bar with those upgraded Leafs I have homemade Leaf packs and do not even feel the difference when ditched my sway bar on the highway but off-road it made a hell of a difference
Those are my favorite set of stock steel Jeep Wheels everytime I come across a cheap set I pick them up
Have Tommy grow out his mullet again lol.
It wasn't quite a mullet but I remember his hair being considerably longer in his earlier years.
A winch is a tool that needs to work when you need it . I don’t understand why people cheap out on China made winches. You are also financing the enemy and exporting American jobs.
I had Midas do a complete brake job on my son's wheelchair van. I did the whole thing, caliper, rotors, bearings and anything that looked bad. 11 times back to the shop and I ended up redoing it my self….$1200 not well spent
Last Cherokee I said was a budget build ended up costing over $8k in parts alone!
@7:38 "Viola", jajaja.
They keep talking about money like it's coming out of their personal pockets
Just found your channel watching every single vid
When you put the cable clamp on the emergency brake cable. You put it on upside down. You never put the saddle of a cable clamp on the dead end of the cable. An old standard in the application of cable clamps. You never saddle a dead horse. Reverse that so that it doesn't come apart.
Does the offset of the 8.8 work on the jeeps?
Can a 8.5 10 bolt ring gear interchangeable with a 8.0 10 bolt ring gear on my 09 Chevy Colorado LT xcab 2WD 5 speed manual
$800 elocker is definitely budget huh?😂😂 You can pull a limited slip out of a Dana 30 volvo rear for pennies and it bolts right into the Jeep front. That's my setup.
When does this get cheap?! Also, why the hell are they always giggling like 12 yearold girls talking to their crush?
did they re gear?
We like to take a breath when we run low on oxygen, ha. Why do they give little laughs? Nothing was funny or clever. Cheese ass waste of time.
looking to do a lift on my 01 xj how does everyone like the sky jacker lift that are running them only wont a 3 in. as well. looking for a combo between road and trail.
Old vid I know. Wow not so competent xj build.
Xj crush in roll up front at wind shield.
Skyjacker suxs.
Xjs aren't spring under but I like the animation.
Throw rotors away their cheap.
8.8 install kits are cheap for last 10y +.
Auburn e locker is the biggest pos on our planet. And its a posi till locked so not for front diffs wo locking hubs.
Opinion only, 37s too big they kill xj zj yj tj. D30 is only barely good for 35s. 33s if u run it hard.
Machining rotors is a scam. Its cheaper and better to just buy new ones.
I need differential is not bulletproof you need to come up with something a little stronger even at six cylinder makes enough torque to shred it
Wheel spacers are not legal in Australia and some other countries as they have been connected with accidents! See worst 4×4 mods. Basically spacers require constant "checking" , About 500 miles after installation to confirm they are on properly and then every oil change or 3000 miles, which most people forget or are to lazy to do. Or they trust tire shops with employees who may not know how to check and maintain them. In addition there are cheep ones on the market that are just unsafe period.
I would like to see a engine swap from a 2.9 5 speed
To a 5.3 on a Chevy Colorado LT xcab
So, can we talk gearing on those axles? You guys are running 33s on an XJ, so what…. 4.56 gears? 4.10s at least. Also, does swapping to a Ford 8.8 not require a Slip Yoke Eliminator and double cardan shaft to avoid crazy vibrations? Little details I would love to know!