Chadd
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Carlyle, IL
Hello,
I have been thinking seriously about picking up an XJ. I currently have an older Nissan 720 4x4 king cab but its not quite big enough for my wife, daughter and myself to fit comfortably in. Also it is IFS and I really don't want to do a solid axle swap on it.
I had pretty well had my mind made up to get an XJ until I started doing some research on the net about them. Let me explain myself a bit here. My future plans for one would be to lift it enough to run at least 33's, install lockers more than likely ARB's front and rear, winch front bumper, roof rack and most other normal mods.
What has me worried the most is the bad rep the front and rear axles have in these things, also bad stories of the front steering linkages once you lift them and the slip joint rear axle out of the tcase. Also I have read nasty things about the unibody getting twisted up causing doors and liftgate to not shut right anymore.
I guess what I am getting at are these items being blown out of proportion by people or are they really that bad? I see one person say that both the front and rear axles won't hold up to 31's and another say that they will hold up to 35's.
So I am looking for a bit of input from you guys who are out trailing these things. Would I be wasting my money to to the mods I mentioned above to a stock XJ without doing axle swaps? Is the frame gonna twist like a pretzel?
This will be used 90% for backroad/trail use and a fill in 3rd vehicle for the wife and I incase we need it.
Also are there a prefered years, options, problems to keep an eye for when shopping for one?
Thanks guys,
Chadd
I have been thinking seriously about picking up an XJ. I currently have an older Nissan 720 4x4 king cab but its not quite big enough for my wife, daughter and myself to fit comfortably in. Also it is IFS and I really don't want to do a solid axle swap on it.
I had pretty well had my mind made up to get an XJ until I started doing some research on the net about them. Let me explain myself a bit here. My future plans for one would be to lift it enough to run at least 33's, install lockers more than likely ARB's front and rear, winch front bumper, roof rack and most other normal mods.
What has me worried the most is the bad rep the front and rear axles have in these things, also bad stories of the front steering linkages once you lift them and the slip joint rear axle out of the tcase. Also I have read nasty things about the unibody getting twisted up causing doors and liftgate to not shut right anymore.
I guess what I am getting at are these items being blown out of proportion by people or are they really that bad? I see one person say that both the front and rear axles won't hold up to 31's and another say that they will hold up to 35's.
So I am looking for a bit of input from you guys who are out trailing these things. Would I be wasting my money to to the mods I mentioned above to a stock XJ without doing axle swaps? Is the frame gonna twist like a pretzel?
This will be used 90% for backroad/trail use and a fill in 3rd vehicle for the wife and I incase we need it.
Also are there a prefered years, options, problems to keep an eye for when shopping for one?
Thanks guys,
Chadd