Project 2000 XJ (Daily Driver)

[dieselenthusiast]

More stuff to order:

Tom Wood’s Custom Drive Shaft (231 HD Standard)
Advance Adapters Heavy Duty kit and Tera-flex
231 Conversions

SYE Kit

Chain sprocket with bearings

 

[dieselenthusiast]

The lift is almost finished. I ordered 4 degree shims to adjust for the pinion angle.

 

[dieselenthusiast]

I got a few longer center pins to go through the leaf springs and shim

 

[rweaver138]

less pics of parts in boxes and moar pics of XJs

 

[RoyalXJ]

less pics of parts in boxes and moar pics of XJs

X2

 

[zluster]

yawn, no CRD XK, no care.

let me know when your ready to buy a XK.

 

[dieselenthusiast]

yawn, no CRD XK, no care.

let me know when your ready to buy a XK.

I agree, the EURO 3.0 CRD swap into the XK would be much more exciting. That day will come.............

 

[dieselenthusiast]

OME SD40 Steering Stabilizer

After 173,000 miles, the stock stabilizer was shot.

 

[RoyalXJ]

wheres the pics of the jeep with all the parts on it?

 

[srmitchell]

Interesting take on a build thread, needs more JEEP pics.

 

[dieselenthusiast]

We’re in the process of fine tuning everything, but she’s nearly done. I still need to finalize the measurements for the custom driveshaft. I live about 45 miles from the nearest alignment shop, so I’ll have to trailer the XJ in for the final touches. Anyway, here are a few pics of the XJ setting at my buddies shop.

 

[XJ=Fun]

Very nice, I made the mistake of trying to do things the cheap way and cut corners, wish i would have done it right the first time like you, i would have saved alot of money.LoL
Are you keeping the same tires or going bigger?

 

[dieselenthusiast]

Very nice, I made the mistake of trying to do things the cheap way and cut corners, wish i would have done it right the first time like you, i would have saved alot of money.LoL
Are you keeping the same tires or going bigger?

That’s a good question. I’m running a 30X9.50R15 due to stock gearing. The plan is to bump up to a 31.5 tire when I do regear. I don’t know if I should buy new axles or just upgrade the ones that I have. I like the idea of buying new axles with the gears and ARB lockers already installed. So we’ll see………

 

[RoyalXJ]

That’s a good question. I’m running a 30X9.50R15 due to stock gearing. The plan is to bump up to a 31.5 tire when I do regear. I don’t know if I should buy new axles or just upgrade the ones that I have. I like the idea of buying new axles with the gears and ARB lockers already installed. So we’ll see………

you dont need new axle shafts. grind the ears on your shafts for full circle clips. you'll then be good for 33s

 

[dieselenthusiast]

I'm going with this front bumper

 

[dieselenthusiast]

And I'm going with this rear bumper

 

[dieselenthusiast]

I'm going with these hood vents

 

[dieselenthusiast]

Here's what the Jeep looked like before I started taking off decals and replacing the OE bumpers.

 

[dieselenthusiast]

I decided to take off the OE 4.0 Litre decal.

I used the wife’s hairdryer and dental floss. The hardest part was getting all the sticky residue off. Goo Gone did the trick. 15 minutes later, I had the decal off and all the sticky stuff removed.

 

[dieselenthusiast]

We decided that the turquoise New Mexico plate looked better on black.