How did you find NAXJA?

[DrMoab]

I was up wheeling today thinking about this and I honestly can not remember how I found NAXJA.

It got me thinking about the rest of you though...How did you come to find NAXJA? Word of mouth? Internet search?

[IntrepidXJ]

i am guessing it was an internet search, but I honestly do not remember either.

[Menzenski]

I can't remember it either. I found it for the first time during the summer of 2004, when I was planning to buy a car. I found the NAXJA site, which helped me decide on a five-speed XJ. I ended up not buying a vehicle that summer, and forgot about NAXJA. In the fall of 2005, I had saved up some money and found a local five-speed XJ for sale in my price range. I remembered NAXJA, re-registered at the forum, read all I could in the next few days before going to look at the Jeep, and ended up buying it. I became a member two months later.

[shortxjdoug]

buddy of mine kept mentioning the site, then i rode with him at last years cherokee crawl, second i got home i got a username, then 70-ish posts later i paid up and here i am today

[xj4moab]

I was up wheeling today thinking about this and I honestly can not remember how I found NAXJA.

It got me thinking about the rest of you though...How did you come to find NAXJA? Word of mouth? Internet search?

A lot of the people that started it came from the XJ-List I remember when it all started just didn’t join back then.

[d10shun]

My yota friend showed me while helping me install a powertrax in my new xj. He has some toyota related screen name. Didn't realize NAXJA 's power until a year or so later.

[DrMoab]

A lot of the people that started it came from the XJ-List I remember when it all started just didn’t join back then.
Yep! Thanks for reminding me. that is how I found out about it too.

[Dirt]

It was a hard found internet search.

I searched several times looking for lift kit instructions. (I got my lift used) I was looking for everything I found here. The little things that you don't think about when installing 6.5'' springs. Shit like DW (which I overcame) and HD track bars.

What the hell kinda name is Naxja btw?

It didn't come up for ever. Then finally I think I came across Opie's page, and it began.

There were actually other people out there like me. XJ enthusiast's.

I didn't even notice peoples names were in red for the first month. As soon as I noticed I sent in my money.

[OT]

A lot of the people that started it came from the XJ-List I remember when it all started just didn’t join back then.
x2.

[5-90]

I found NAXJA shortly after I got my first XJ (1987 four-door, it's now slated for Project: REDSHIFT,) and I found out about it from an internet search. I didn't know they were called XJ's then, so I probably did something like "Jeep Cherokee" +Tech, or something like that.

It's been six or seven years now, so I don't remember more than that. However, I've been a paid member more often than not, I think, and I now have four XJ's (five to-day - but it's parts by the time I'm done... I'll post up what's available once I get that far - but the hood and roof are mine, the transmission and transfer case are also mine, and I'll be taking the engine as well... The door shells should be available - they'd make good starts for half-doors, but I'd not use them when appearance is a factor. D30/D35, stock steering, it should be good for some spares once I'm done...)

5-90

[IntrepidXJ]

Then finally I think I came across Opie's page, and it began.


started on a bad note.....eh

:D

[OT]

started on a bad note.....eh

:D
He came to NAXJA to get the bad taste out of his mouth.

[johnlv6]

Someone in the Cherokee section over at JU steered me to NAXJA.

[Dirt]

started on a bad note.....eh :D


Well I wasn't looking for the glory of naxja. :rolleyes:


I was just looking for some direction. I tried stuff like, XJ lift kit, Cherokee lift kit instructions.

I didn't know I wasn't the only loser out there that loved thier Cherokee.

[Dirt]

Someone in the Cherokee section over at JU steered me to NAXJA.


You haven't found naxja yet.... USER.


P.S. why isn't naxja in red for me?

Naxja

NAXJA

Smaxja

[HaleYes]

Jim, (ILLXJ) got me hooked.

I work with Jim. Every night, he'd be sitting at the puter for hours. All I knew at that point was he was on "a jeep site". Well, I got curious and started trolling a little on my own. I started asking Jim all sorts of Q's about his rig and what not. He offered to take me on a little wheeling trip on some of his mom's ground here locally. That was probably what really got me hooked. At that time my only vehicle was an S-10. I kinda started noticing XJ's for sale here and there. Jim mentioned Winterfest was comming up before too long. Well, I'll cut the story short; I bought an XJ and had the lift installed before WF. I had a blast at WF and meet some great people to boot. I have been hooked ever since. S-10 is gone, I got tired of the wyfe bitching about insuring two vehicles for me, one of which I never drove anymore.

[IntrepidXJ]

You haven't found naxja yet.... USER.


Release thy inner NAXJA.

[johnlv6]

You haven't found naxja yet.... USER.


P.S. why isn't naxja in red for me?

Naxja

NAXJA

Smaxja

Thanks for correcting me MEMBER

[Geepfreak]

A couple of hours internet searching for XJ info, came across NAXJA, mailed my membership 2 days later(i was actually a member for almost 2 years before I ran into another member, it was lonely in the U.C.I.C for a while..:D

[Dirt]

Thanks for correcting me DADDY


fixed

[johnlv6]

fixed

I was just reading the membership form/FAQ a half-hour ago....I think i'll wait on it now:).

[Captain Ron]

From some long haired freak named Sequoia. :D

--ron

[OT]

I was just reading the membership form/FAQ a half-hour ago....I think i'll wait on it now.
Haha.
You've only found naxja.org.
The road to NAXJA begins here. (http://secure.naxja.org/html/naxjamemberapp.htm)

[Dirt]

I was just reading the membership form/FAQ a half-hour ago....I think i'll wait on it now:).

sok

I'll reup for no reason whatsoever.

I'll go Supersayen NAXJA member on that azz!


Can I go blonde instead of red B.O.D.?

[ssjkakkarotx]

The Lord God Almighty came to me in the form of a burning Dana 44 with detroit locker and said " Thou shalt seek out that which hath knowledge of thy mighty XJ, and it shalt be known as NAXJA"

[IntrepidXJ]

The Lord God Almighty came to me in the form of a burning Dana 44 with detroit locker and said " Thou shalt seek out that which hath knowledge of thy mighty XJ, and it shalt be known as NAXJA"

maybe you should join, so he doesn;t cast you to hell!

:kissyou: :D

[johnlv6]

sok

I'll go Supersayen NAXJA member on that azz!



Please.... :)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3934651591022114445&q=juggernaut

[Weasel]

Not sure exactly but I think from JU back in 99 or so..

[ssjkakkarotx]

Very soon I shall

[Dirt]

Please.... :)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3934651591022114445&q=juggernaut


You don't understand son.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7980797331767568603&q=vegeta

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3866288221258126337&q=dbz+linkin+park



That's how I roll!

[RyanM]

it was either bigoffroad.com, or go-jeep's website

[Starscream]

Google :D Ya, I'm hardcore.

[johnlv6]

You don't understand son.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7980797331767568603&q=vegeta

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3866288221258126337&q=dbz+linkin+park



That's how I roll!

I've still got $20 on the juggernaut :D.

[Kittrell]

I found JU, then I found NAXJA, then the XJ list. All through internet searches on www.hotbot.com Didn't find one, from finding the other, found them all individually.

[Phager]

I found it through a link on the ComancheClub forums. I know, I'm not a member yet, but as soon as I can my name will be in red also! The absolute latest will be sept. when I get a financial aid check, but if the job hunt goes well it'll be much sooner!

Pat

[ECKSJAY]

A lot of the people that started it came from the XJ-List I remember when it all started just didn’t join back then.

Same.

[IXNAYXJ]

Google.com The rest is history.

-----Matt-----

[klonestar]

Mopar Chat/Jeeps! Was talking to a "list member" and he kept mentioning NAXJA so thought id pop over and have a look at what all this NAXJA talk was about! party1:

Then showed the wifey and she said:"Look at those pics, their a bunch of freaking lunatics!" So I joined! :)

[BrettM]

I took my (former) XJ out "wheelin" and the 4wd wasn't working, barely got out. I didn't know jack about axles and whatnot, but I found NAXJA on an internet search and was quickly informed that the vacuum disco had probably just come loose, which was correct. That was about 5 years ago, on the old board.

[Ralph]

Internet search brought me to the old XJ Forum back in '99. I've been here ever since.

[XJJPR]

I was up wheeling today thinking about this and I honestly can not remember how I found NAXJA.




Well if we could figure that out so we could block it, that would be great!


:D

[JohnJohn]

Fred got me here. XJEEPER keeps me coming back...if you know what I mean...

[creeperjeep]

sorry to say i got here via jeepforum, because they directed me to all the "hardcore xj stuff" like installing lifts and stuff

[UNCC_99XJ]

Did a google search before buying my XJ. Had to wait a little over a year to become a member due to the age restriction. Sent in my dues the day after the first work day after I turned 18.

[HaleYes]

sorry to say i got here via jeepforum, because they directed me to all the "hardcore xj stuff" like installing lifts and stuff

:laugh: :roflmao: :laugh: :roflmao:

[prb24]

Google.

[woody]

Internet

[DaJudge]

I too am a product of the mighty Google!

[ajeeperwannabe]

inthemudbud informed me of NAXJA been hooked ever since

[GSequoia]

Best I can recall I found the link back in early or mid 1999 from Jeepin.com. Found JU first, didn't much like it. Then found Jeepin and it was better tahn JU (at least I *think* it was Jeepin... It used to have a button area stylized after a 231 transfer case selector lever...)

Then I found NAXJA and knew this was where I wanted to be. Took me a long time to join up because I was poor back then :D

[GSequoia]

Added bonus...

Does anybody remember why they found NAXJA?

Was a Crankshaft Position Sensor thing here.

[Rev Den]

I did not find NAXJA....

NAXJA found me.

Rev

[Inthemudbud]

I learned about NAXJA from Jeepweb where I spent many a post working on my Jeep....

[Beej]

I think it was late 2000, and the site looked different than it does today. I had a different username back then but damned if I can remember it. I'm pretty sure I read about NAXJA in a magazine (a run with Farmer Matt in the "White Deere" and Goatman among others). Owning an XJ myself, I started reading the site. Then I didn't need to do anything on the Jeep for a long time, and finally registered my current username in spring of 2004, joined in fall 2004 and started posting up fat chicks in the Den shortly thereafter...

[Rob Mayercik]

Stumbled across the old XJ Forum in spring of '98 looking to learn more about my rig.

Lurked through the end of the XJ Forum and the birth of NAXJA. Went red in '04.

Rob

[seanR]

I read a blurb in JP about the 20th Anviv. FF.
It stated that you had to be a MEMBER to attend.
I had always wanted to go to Moab, and since I was freshly divorced and unemployed, I thought it sounded fun.
I had to use my moms computer 'cause I did not have a working one, I printed up the membership form and sent in a check.
That was in April of '03, it wasn't until june or July that I even logged on to NAXJA.
My life has not been the same since!

[Ramsey]

I have no idea how or why, and it makes me sad. All I know is my life would have been much different without it, probably for the better :D

[IntrepidXJ]

My life has not been the same since!

:D

I don;t know what the hell I would do while I was at work if NAXJA weren't around ;)

[IXNAYXJ]

Added bonus...

Does anybody remember why they found NAXJA?I bought an XJ on a whim and was looking for insight into lifts/tires etc....

-----Matt-----

[GSequoia]

My life has not been the same since!

Unfortunatly neither has ours. :cry:

[karstic]

Some A-hole cut me off with a NAXJA sticker on the rear hatch.

J/k Internet search, as to why Sequoia, I was looking for info on 4wd vehicles to replace my 2wd Nissan p/u.

Looks like the XJ won.

[XJ_ranger]

It didn't come up for ever. Then finally I think I came across Opie's page, and it began.

wow

I helped someone?

[IntrepidXJ]

I helped someone?

about time :D

[XJ_ranger]

Had a Ford Ranger in the driveway - 2wd...

a freind had a cherokee - 4wd...

I sold my ranger, bought a 2 door Up Country 4x4 cherokee...

was linked here from Pirate where I made a retarted first post in Jeep tech over there...

and I havent left the keyboard yet...

[87xjco]

I clicked on a cross post on Colorado4x4.org, I think it was about long arms. Posted my first longarm homebrew shortly after and got schooled harshly on not having my mount brackets hanging so low.

[Starscream]

Posted my first longarm homebrew shortly after and got schooled harshly on not having my mount brackets hanging so low.
Sounds like NAXJA :D

[djblade311]

I was researching upgrades for the cherokee and found various sites. NAXJA came up as a frequent google result and blammo....eventually became a member.

[logdog]

I happened to be in Moab the weekend of the 20th anniversary FF, saw a bunch of jeeps like mine, followed them to the park where the show and shine was held. Joined on the spot.

[Dirt]

wow

I helped someone?

I didn't say that. Now I'm hooked on NAXJA.

[XJ_ranger]

I didn't say that. Now I'm hooked on NAXJA.
sucker!!!

[87manche]

brother told me when I bought the MJ. He' got an XJ.

[Bent]

I can blame it all on mikedashg. It was several months after the wife and I had bought the XJ and we were looking for groups to wheel with. We ended up at a training session up in Big Bear at the Discovery Center(it may have been the Del Rosa substation). It was a 4x4 certification class with SBNF's OHV program. During one of the breaks I started picking Mikes brain on the mods he had on his rig. He gave ma a SoCalXJ sticker, told me to check out the links on the site. NAXJA was/is one of those links. I ended up a paid member during the process of the SoCal chapter after attending the soon to be chapter's first run. I've been burning money by the bushel ever since.

[dizzymac]

web search...was looking for jeep parts and this site popped up, glad it did.

[red91]

It got me thinking about the rest of you though...How did you come to find NAXJA??



I found it with the help of a magic 8 ball, and also saw the ad on the back of a milk carton once.

[Phager]

Added bonus...

Does anybody remember why they found NAXJA?

Was a Crankshaft Position Sensor thing here.

Two words: Death Wobble!!!!!

Pat

[BOB]

I was looking for a porno site.

I entered Hardcore....and up popped

NAXJA MIDWEST CHAPTER.

...BOB

[DrMoab]

I was looking for a porno site.

I entered Hardcore....and up popped

NAXJA MIDWEST CHAPTER.

...BOB
Gay Hardcore huh? Figures. :D

[99xjache]

I owe it all to Andy Stiener. I was out wheelin the XJ for the first time in Last Chance Canyon, I ran into Mike R and Andy. I watched them wheel ahead of us for a while and then met up witht them again at Burrow Schmidt Mine. Andy talked to me, gave me a litlle advice and a NAXJA card. It was two days later that I looked at the forum and almost 4 months before I joined.

Aaron

[RandyD71]

FourWheeler Magazine. As soon as I can clear up some really pressing things I will be joining as a member. Still looking for the holy grail(rust free east coast XJ) though.

[DDCxj]

Three years ago I had my Jeep at the Great American Jeep Rally put on by Bay State Jeepers. When I went to leave there was a flyer on my windshield, visited the website when I got home and got hooked.

[CanMan]

I am part of another vehicle specific forum, http://chevelles.com, and wanted to find one about Cherokees. A simple Yahoo search of "Cherokee forums" led me to JU. You needed a real Email adressee, not a yahoo, hotmail, gmail, ect... So forget that one. Same with http://Jeepforum.com. So NAXJA was exactly what I was looking for. Signed up, became a member after buying the Heep, and the rest is history.

[IntrepidXJ]

I am part of another vehicle specific forum, http://chevelles.com, and wanted to find one about Cherokees. A simple Yahoo search of "Cherokee forums" led me to JU. You needed a real Email adressee, not a yahoo, hotmail, gmail, ect... So forget that one. Same with http://Jeepforum.com. So NAXJA was exactly what I was looking for. Signed up, became a member after buying the Heep, and the rest is history.

...and you are better off for it :D

[CanMan]

...and you are better off for it :D

Yea. After reading some of the posts over at JU and JeepForum, I was like who are these dumb asses for asking these dumbassedness(Thanks Dirt) questions.

[Ramsey]

I was looking for a porno site.

I entered Hardcore....and up popped

NAXJA MIDWEST CHAPTER.

...BOB
:laugh:

[XJCasper]

How/Why I found NAXJA.

I had just purchased my first Cherokee. Not many XJ articles in 4WD magazines. Finally ran across event coverage in the east set up by this group that started from internet enthusiasts.

Became more addicted as I search through the forums.

Jason

[Bent]

...Still looking for the holy grail...

"He who is valorous and pure of heart may find the Holy Grail in the aaaaarrrrrrggghhh..."



Hope this helps.

[XJ Dreamin']

Google search: "cherokee forum"

I looked at JU first, but didn't find much that was XJ specific. Came over to NAXJA and never left :kissyou:

I'd been driving XJ's at work for years, but they were fleet and I never worked on them. I finally bought my own in 2002. I though, "Yeesh. AMC. I better do some research on this thing. No telling what kind of weird $hit AMC put in there." I typed in 'cherokee forum' and that was all it took.

[ladywolf]

was deployed out here for OIF 01-02/03 and came across an article about NAXJA in 4 wheel and offroad or something. had a cherokee and wanted to learn more, and build it at the same time....havent left since.

[93XJdude]

got referred from someone on broncoii.org. i sold the bronc and got an xj, told them and they told me about NAXJA