My Dumb 99' XJ Low Rider

[ibjeepin95]

So in November of 2011 I sold my 97' TJ because I was a wimp and was scared to beat on it. I still owed a little on it (bought it in high school), had way too much money dumped in it, and it wasn't my daily driver at the time. It sat most of the time and I wrenched on it so it could be an awesome lawn ornament. Here she is, right before I finished the tube fenders...



At that time, I had had 2 XJ's previously to my TJ, and I knew I wanted to go back. So after selling the TJ, I was on the hunt for a 97+ XJ that was in running shape and had an AW4. My plan was to buy a fairly beat one that ran good, but I wouldn't be scared to thrash. Well, things never go as planned. I came across an ad on Craigslist that I was sure was a scam, but took the bait anyways. Basically, I ended up with this:


1999 XJ with 130k miles, clean, almost perfectly straight body, and the poor college girl said she was selling it because she couldn't afford to fix it. Apparently, she thought it needed a radiator. I gave her $1600 cash, drove it home, put a radiator CAP on it, leak fixed. :mrgreen:

Interior was gross, but cleaned up well....



Well, I knew what I wanted to do. Plan was to keep my suspension height at around 3" over stock on 35" tires. So I pieced together some 3" springs, an add a leaf, some junk RC shocks, and a Clayton track bar w/ a Clayton bracket...



Annnnnnnndddd done....



Wheeled it all gay like and burned the tires off on the ice in GWNF....



So then I started getting it ready for 35's....





At some point ( maybe after the 35's?) I swapped in an 8.25 29 spline...