thoughts on this built XJ?

Ukraine Train · Dec 12, 2008

My girlfriend's dad is looking to buy something to drive around the desert around Vegas. His friend's friend has this for sale. What questions would you ask to make sure this was a quality build? I don't have much experience with trucks built to this level so I'm not sure I know the right questions. I told him to start by asking for a list of mods. My list so far:

SYE?
Upgraded axles?
Gears?
lockers?
brake upgrades?
Trans/transfer case upgrades?
Cooling upgrades?
Steering upgrades?
Does it have swaybars (he'd be driving it on the road too)?
Any driveline vibration?
Engine upgrades?

WaXJ_Skier · Dec 12, 2008

What rear axle does it have? I would say it looks ok from the images, seems like there was thought put into it. Also check the Temps to make sure it doesn't overheat. Make sure it has 4.56 gears minimum (those look like 35s)

Ukraine Train · Dec 12, 2008

I thought they were 35's too but I looked at the fullsize photo and they're 33x10.50's. Would stock axles be ok with those if he doesn't beat on it too hard? Maybe with open diffs?

Supermanxj · Dec 12, 2008

those are 33's if my glasses prescription is right

josh

WaXJ_Skier · Dec 12, 2008

Make sure it doesn't have a Dana 35 in the back. A geared 8.25 would be ok. But if it has a D35 and/or isn't geared I would say pass unless he has the cash to do something about it.

Fullsizexj · Dec 12, 2008

Why would you say pass if you do not even know what the guy is asking for it price wise, if it is low enough you can make the necessary upgrades yourself. Looks like most of the work has been done already

Shoemaker · Dec 12, 2008

Fullsizexj said:
Why would you say pass if you do not even know what the guy is asking for it price wise, if it is low enough you can make the necessary upgrades yourself. Looks like most of the work has been done already

like he said pass unless he has the cash to do something about it..:thumbup:

RescueXJ · Dec 12, 2008

Holy shit. That is a serious shock set up for 4 or 5 inches of lift.

asp · Dec 12, 2008

RescueXJ said:
Holy shit. That is a serious shock set up for 4 or 5 inches of lift.

jeepspeed will do that.

my biggest concern would be what axle/gearing does it have, depending on price. other than that, it looks pretty good, once again, price dependent. if it's cheap enough, a new set of axles and gears for it could even be worth it. it's been modified before, it wouldn't hurt anything and isn't really a big deal to modify it some more.

bigjeepman · Dec 12, 2008

It has 33's on it. a man can get around on stock gears and 33's. Granted allperforamnce would basically suck but it can be done.

Even if it has a D35, my guess is you can talk the guy down enough to fund another stock width axle. 8.25's and 8.8's can be had cheap enough to match whatever is in the front.

Baja_XJ · Dec 12, 2008

Would a rear shock setup like that make it unsafe for highway and interstate driving? Ive heard that reconfiguring the factory setup make them unstable for turning corners at highway speeds...is this true? Ive been wanting to do a setup like that on mine but I do about 300 miles of highway driving a week so it still needs to be safe since its my daily driver.

cal · Dec 12, 2008

I doubt it would have a full traction longarm kit, king shocks, a cage and stock gears on a dana 35. Possible, but unlikely.

As it happens, I have seen that rig before - i can't think of where. Post in the SoCal chapter and see if anyone recognizes it, maybe you can get some history.

Boostwerks.com · Dec 12, 2008

looks pretty damn sick to me.

Mosephus · Dec 12, 2008

This Jeep has been forsale for almost a year if that is any indication, there have been a few people who have posted pics of it.

fubar XJ · Dec 12, 2008

How much is he asking for it?

Mike H. · Dec 12, 2008

what kind of "driving around the desert in vegas" is he looking to do?
what is his wheeling experience?
looks like someone was taking a shot at building a JeepSpeed vehicle... but typically, you'd build the cage and unibody before putting a serious amount of coin into the shock setup... which makes me wonder if this attempt was half arsed.
the shock setup on the rig pictured would run about the price of a typical XJ.

asp · Dec 12, 2008

fubar XJ said:
How much is he asking for it?

x2. this makes a big difference.

XbajajeepX · Dec 12, 2008

I think I saw that rig for a sale a little while ago on craigslist... I wanna say it was up for 7k... Not positive, though.. The lift, shocks, and shock setup alone are 4k easily...

FlexdXJ · Dec 12, 2008

Baja_XJ said:
Would a rear shock setup like that make it unsafe for highway and interstate driving? Ive heard that reconfiguring the factory setup make them unstable for turning corners at highway speeds...is this true? Ive been wanting to do a setup like that on mine but I do about 300 miles of highway driving a week so it still needs to be safe since its my daily driver.

Its meant for blasting across the desert! I'm sure it will do fine on the road. It looks to be built really well!

chedisme · Dec 12, 2008

is it just me or does it look like it would rub like crazy with the suspension compressed. with jeepspeed don't you want a good amount of up travel. I don't think it would handle too well if it was constantly banging off the bump stops.

if he does buy it some trimming is in order. but thats pretty much free. if I was in the market for an xj and I saw this I would deffenatly consider buying it.

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