2000 Jeep Cherokee XJ

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cmattingly6

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Chris
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Mattingly
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So I’m finally getting around to building my XJ. I know there’s probably about a million XJs out there exactly like how I’m building mine, but I’m still excited about it. I bought it about 4 months ago completely stock and ordered a 4.5” rough country lift, a front winch bumper, and a heavier built rear bumper. I’ll be ordering some 33” tires in a day or so. But all that stuff just kinda sat around until i had time to mess with it recently so here we are! I’m still in the process but right now i have the rear lift completely done and am working on mounting the rear bumper. I had to make new brake lines since one of mine broke when i tapped it with a wrench because they were so rusty. Hopefully I’ll finish up with the bumper tomorrow and at least get one side of the front done. I plan on building a spare tire carrier and adding a mount for a couple Jerry cans and I’m going to take out the rear bench seat and build a raised platform to sleep on and have storage underneath. I realized i haven’t been taking many pics so far except on Snapchat so I’ll try to get better progress pics from now on. View attachment 73278View attachment 73279View attachment 73280View attachment 73281View attachment 73282

I know it’s nothing special but it’s a cheap-ish way for me to get into over-landing and hopefully it’ll take me on some pretty awesome adventures.

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Also does anyone know anything about the Kelly Safari TSR tires? About how long they’d last on a daily driver and any other info on them? Thanks!
 
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CZHipster

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That Xj is the hotness! My Florida rig is a 2001 Xj sport. I have a three and a half inch lift on it and I've done a bunch of modifications. My favorite is the trailhead off road cowl air intake. I have a 7-pin trailer connector put on for my Smittybilt Scout trailer when it decides to show up. Otherwise, I use it for driving around the ranch and some light off-roading. There's not much to do here in South Florida.View attachment 74013
 
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