Recent content by mprmnc

I really like the look of it too. I was going to design and build my own, but the Rough Country was so close to what I was going to build anyway and the price just didn't make it worth it to build my own. If I'd built my own I'd have tucked the winch a little tighter, but I would have made the...

Not having been around too many XJ's with winch bumpers, I don't think it sticks out too far at all. There is one around here that has a bumper that mounts the winch on top and it sticks out every bit as far. It does look flat though. That might change after I've done the grille guard.

I know I was here a while back and there were a few people interested in seeing more Cherokees with the new Rough Country Bumper. I was going to fabricate one because none of the ones I found were quite what I wanted. I tossed it around for a while and finally made the decision to buy one. I am...

Definitely check your battery connections. My '99 was doing weird things, lights getting dim and bright, wheezing out and dieing when I came to stops, then wouldn't idle correctly. I checked my voltmeter and it was pegged off the top of the guage. Wound up being a loose battery cable.

You CAN get the panel loose enough to reach in with the gate closed. I had to do it on my '98. I'm going to fix my '99 before it gets to that point.

I would also NOT recommend just replacing the one blown shock. I would replace both of that type of shock as a pair. Even if you got the exact same shock, you are putting an old shock on one side and a new shock on the other. The old shock won't dampen the same as the new one and may cause it to...