"New" 92 XJ

Well here it is. Partial trade for my stripped XJ(he wanted the engine for his other XJ.)






Specs: 4in lift(who knows what brand), near new 33x12.50x15 Cooper Discoverer S/T's on 15x8 Crager soft 8's.

Lots and lots and lots of rust. I have people that are willing to assist me in welding in some new floorplans and patching some of the current floorpans.

The person who sold it to me provided me 3 pristine doors, and a new header panel. So since I pulled the passenger fender off my XJ, I'll be able to fix the headlight bezel issue. This will also solve one of the redneck hack job front fenders, I just need a drivers side one.


Plans for it - make it look just like my old XJ, but a different color.
I still have the custom front and rear bumpers, lower door diamond plate for all 4 doors, quarter panel armor, hood louvers, herculine the interior after I fix the rust, RK long arm, 5.5" RE coils, JCR 1-ton steering, 4.5" RE leaves w/ 1.5" Teraflex lift shackle, with my 33x12.50x15 trXus once I get the bigger lift on.

I already have all of the pieces except front shocks, LCA brackets, one Krawler joint, and extended brake lines.

The only thing that needs to be taken care of asap is the fact that the tranny crossmember is missing a bolt on each side because supposedly the PO(before the guy I bought it from) broke off the bolts. Any ideas on what to do about this?

Here's a pic of my old one being hauled away:tear: t'was a sad day.

Drill them out and try to use an easy out to remove them. When this fails (and I'm pretty sure it will) go get a Heli-Coil set for that size (I forget it offhand. Take one of the existing bolts down to the hardware store to size 'em) and follow the directions.

if thats what the door looks like iw ould hate to see the floor:shocked:

The old one looks to be in better shape than the replacement...

maine96xj said:

if thats what the door looks like iw ould hate to see the floor:shocked:

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you would

91 Jeep Project said:

The old one looks to be in better shape than the replacement...

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unibody damage.

I stand corrected............:wow:

whats with the police trailblazer?

VinceYJ said:

whats with the police trailblazer?

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It's my dads fire chief mobile.

First of all, I really miss my old XJ.

Now, onto the progress I've made.
Replaced one of the redneck fenders(have another in the garage waiting to be trimmed) and the header panel:


cut out most of the front passenger floor, have a template, just need to cut the new metal to fit tomorrow.


fixed the broken crossmember bolts(thanks to Jack(rubicon 1/jeepman of westland))



pulled the drivers side carpet, not as bad as the passenger side was.




got this(thanks to sledder):

It just needs a wire feed motor and it'll be good to go. For now, I'm just going to screw in the sheet metal with self tappers until I get the welder functioning correctly.

also, got these, the last pieces to my long arm kit. Now I just need someone to weld them to my framerails.


My $16 harbor freight angle grinder is easily the best $16 I've ever spent.

More updates soon as I'm done with classes this Thursday.

Lookin good. Keep it up

I've gotten some done over the last week. It's moving along at a tolerable pace.












got the header panel and one fender painted, but the primered one is giving me some trouble(need to sand it down again due to 84384 layers of different paint).

the bumper will be installed soon(the old one sucked to get off)

I just need to weld the floor panels in, but for the most part, now the front floors are taken care of, I can move on to the other stuff, then I'll take care of the rest of the floors.

I'm going to start on the doors this week, and soon enough, I'm going to install my long arm kit soon(my goal is to have it painted and have the 1-ton steering and long arms installed by memorial day weekend.

Is anyone willing to weld those LCA brackets onto my framerails for me? My little mig welder isn't enough for that.

the progress will speed up over the next 3 weeks.

wow this is moving along quickly... good job!!!

Got my two new trXus(have two others in the garage, just ran outta time today). Installed my front clip. Ground off the swaybar mounts from the axle. Ground and painted rusty spots in the wheelwells.

I set up an appt. to get my SYE installed new week. I'll be selling the 33x12.50 Discoverers this weekend to pay for my SYE.

I'll get more done tomorrow.

w00t

good to see that you are still making good progress. Just out of curiosity of much did the install run? if you don't mind me asking.

Looking good man, great job on the paint.

WVUwheeler said:

good to see that you are still making good progress. Just out of curiosity of much did the install run? if you don't mind me asking.

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$150 by a local shop. Definitely worth it considering it was 90* today.

POSJ said:

Looking good man, great job on the paint.

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thanks:chef:

Great job! Can't wait to see it all finished.

ddeadserious said:

$150 by a local shop. Definitely worth it considering it was 90* today.

thanks:chef:

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yea thats not to bad at all, its worth it since some of those bolts just plain out suck to take out.