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If there’s one name synonymous with performance aftermarket batteries, it’s Optima. They’re probably one of the most popular and common batteries you’ll find under the hood of a Jeep…

We’d never had any cooling problems with the TJ, so it wasn’t until the top tank of the radiator actually started leaking that I realized there was a problem. The upper and lower tanks on the TJ radiator are plastic and are clamped onto the metal radiator, and as a result they’re notorious for leaking [...]

Article by Jason Dietz. I first started by pre assembling most of the parts on the bumper before I got started, the bear claw latch, as well as the studs for the spare and bushings on the swing away. The easiest way to install the bushing is to use the bolt through the bushing and [...]

Installation date: 4/2/05 Back in the spring of ’05 I decided to jump on the bandwagon and get some 5150s for my rig. I’d been planning on replacing my old DT3000s with some gas-charged shocks anyway, so why not go with Bilstein’s trick then-new 5150s. I found that I was wheeling my Jeep more, and [...]

After a short hiatus, Jeeperman is back in business! CJ/YJ/TJ bumpers are already in production, with full production by EJS 2010.

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Update: There’s now a great option to replacing the entire regulator assembly if all that is broken is the plastic cable block (which is what usually breaks). You can now buy a replacement metal block from digital tuning, inc, for about $30. Not only is this cheaper than buying a whole new assembly (even off [...]

If you’ve never been to a Superlift 4xAdventure event, they’re a ton of fun for not much money. We’ve tried for a couple of years to make it to the annual Superlift 4xAdventure they hold out at Barnwell Mountain in Gilmer, TX, but have always had something come up at the last minute that’s forced [...]

Installation date: 02/18/06 I’d known that my driver-side motor mount has been torn for about a year, I’d just never got around to replacing it because it really hadn’t caused any problems. But with a trip to Las Cruces coming up at the end of February, I figured it might be time to finally get [...]

What can I say, I’m an ARB fanboy, always have been. And I’ve got a thing for recovery gear, so when ARB recently introduced their new recovery bags, I just had to have one. The new bags come in two sizes, small and large, and at the time of this article they sell for around [...]

After having such a blast on our Hot Springs run back in June we knew we had to go again soon, but not until the weather was cooler. Fall in Hot Springs has near-perfect weather for wheelin’, so we started planning another trip for October. Our local Jeep club, LoneStar Jeep Club, was also planning [...]

The first order of business was pulling the pitman arm. Since this was the first time pulling the pitman arm or removing the steering box, I made sure to soak everything down with PB Blaster a day ahead of time. The pitman arm popped off without too much trouble, but I’ve definitely broken my fair [...]

The trackbar bolt on the axle can have a bad habit of coming loose on it’s own, and once that happens it can wallow out the hole in the axle bracket pretty quick. And that’s exactly what happened to us with our TJ. We’d been noticing a bit of understeer for a while, but the [...]

Installation date: 6/25/05 After seeing my friend Frank’s XJ get disabled on the trail after the point of a boulder pushed his Mopar gas tank skid plate up into his gas tank on our Hot Springs 2005 trip, I knew it was time to finally upgrade my trusty old factory gas tank skid plate. My [...]

Installation date: 6/11/05 After my engine and transmission both ran hotter than I’d have liked during our whole trip to Hot Springs I knew it was time to upgrade my tranny cooler setup. I’d been running a factory Mopar cooler for a couple of years, and for light duty stuff it was fine, but when [...]

The weekend of June 4th marked our second annual Jeepin.com Hot Springs Run to the Superlift ORV Park in Hot Springs, AR. I don’t think we’ll do it again the middle of the summer though — wow was it hot and humid! But despite the heat and humidity, I think everyone had a great time, [...]

Installation date: 11/06/2004 If the thought of shelling out about $650 for a bolt-on cross-over steering conversion for a D30 just totally turns you off, you should probably hit the BACK button right now and check out some other write-up. But, if a heavy-duty cross-over system for your D30 that requires no extra mods sounds [...]

Article by Kevin Hamilton. Introduction Despite the fact that my Dana 44 had larger drums than the Dana 35 it had replaced, braking power still wasn’t up to par. For obvious reasons when I had swapped on some 33”s and steel rims, my braking suffered, so I set out to do something about it. After [...]

Rock Lizard Fabrications is no longer building XJ products. Similar quarter panel armor is currently available from C-ROK Engineering.

I ran a t’case skid from Rusty’s OffRoad for a number of years with no problems, in fact it was one of the oldest aftermarket parts on my rig. But while it protected the transfercase just fine, it did nothing to protect the crossmember and over the years my crossmember racked up its fair share [...]

Article by David Niemeier. I had just walked in the door after a long day at work when I heard a knock at the door… “whohoo! FedEx man is here!” When I am asked to do a product review, the reviewing process starts immediately after the delivery of the product. Needless to say I was [...]

If you look up behind the passenger-side of your XJ’s front bumper, you’ll see a black canister bolted to the bumper. It’s a vacuum canister that’s used to run the cruise control and ventilation system. Some aftermarket bumpers have provisions for remounting this canister, and some don’t. My original bumper from Custom4x4Fabrications was setup to [...]

Rock Lizard Fabrications is no longer building XJ bumpers. Similar bumpers are currently available from JCR Offroad though.

After playing around with the Cobra 75WXST in a friend’s Jeep, I knew it would be the next CB to go in each of our Jeeps. The biggest thing I liked about it was everything is built into the handset, which really simplifies installation because the only thing you really have to worry about finding [...]

Installation date: November 2002 If you’ve got an automatic transmission in your Jeep, and you wheel a lot or tow a lot, it’s a good idea to install an auxillary transmission cooler. It’s also nice to have a transmission temperature gauge so you can keep an eye on things. I picked up this B&M temp [...]

Since 1987 AEM (Advanced Engine Management) has been building performance products for cars, and has already made a big name for themselves in the import tuner market. They’ve now turned their sights on the currently hot truck and SUV aftermarket with their line of Brute Force performance intake systems. When AEM first approached us about [...]

The first time I saw a Drill Doctor was when I was walking through the Tool World section of Lowes. They had set up a display of the little turquoise units, and I remember wondering why it never occurred to me before that you could sharpen drill bits. You can sharpen most other kinds of [...]

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If you take your top down or your windows out a lot, or are like us and have two sets of soft windows, you probably know that it’s hard finding a good place to store your windows when you’re not using them. The rear window isn’t that big of a deal because you can roll [...]

We’d gotten away with not having to do an SYE kit with our 3.5″ suspension, but once we upgraded to the 4.5″ Extreme Duty kit from Rubicon Express, an SYE kit was going to be a necessity. We’ve had a JB Conversions heavy-duty SYE kit on our XJ for years now, so we were already [...]

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If you wheel your Jeep often, chances are that sooner or later you’re going to break a u-joint, either in the front axle or in one of your driveshafts. That or they will eventually simply wear out with old age and need to be replaced anyway. Changing a u-joint can sound like a daunting task [...]

Article by Don Macmillan. We stated with a new 2004 Jeep Rubicon. First we put on some Daystar Products…

Owner: James Harmon of Austin, TX. Vehicle: 1990 Cherokee Laredo

As my faithful XJ has grown older over the years, it’s started to show signs of its age (and probably the results of all the trail use it’s seen). The radiator has been replaced, the exhaust manifold cracked and was replaced, the power windows and locks are slowing, and most recently, the water pump started [...]

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Article by Patrick Brown Rocker guards are one of the “necessary” upgrades for an XJ that plans to spend any time offroad, particulary around rocks. Living in Colorado, I spend my share of time on rocky trails and get nervous at the site of large rocks in my path that are hoping to eat my [...]

The instructions that 4x4mods.com includes with their gauge overlay kits are probably the best I’ve ever seen. They’re detailed, they’ve got full color photos… They’re so good that I hadn’t planned to do a write-up on the kit because there really wasn’t much I could go over than they didn’t already cover. However, we get [...]

Installation date: 9/14/03 I know what some of you are thinking, “bumpstops? why would I want extended bumpstops? I don’t need bumpstops…” I know because I used to think that same way. Well, extended bumpstops aren’t just for folks who want to run big tires but don’t want to do the trimming required to properly [...]

I helped a friend (who’s also named Jason) install this pair of RockerKnockers on his TJ, and I have to start out by saying, WHAT A PAIN!! As we neared the end of the install we were both thinking that for the money, time, and effort, he’d have been better off getting a set of [...]

What really sets the RE kit apart from other standard short-arm lifts is control arm drop bracket kit. These brackets lower the upper and lower control arms about 4″, lessening their angles and resulting in greatly improved ride and handling both on and offroad.

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When John sent me some pics of his Zebra ZJ, I knew I had to feature it on Jeepin.com. Here’s what John has to say about his jaw-dropping rig…

In our quest to upgrade out TJ’s sound system without spending big bucks, we decided the cheezy factory 4×6′s in the dash had to go. We’d originally planned to put in a set of Boston Acoustics 4×6′s until I stumbled across the first offering from 33-Engineering (OffroadToyStore’s fabrication division) — 5.25″ speaker adapter plates for [...]

Installation date: 6/15/03 JKS swaybar disconnects are in my opinion the best disconnects you can get, the only problem is if you’ve got an XJ, they don’t come with any good way to secure them up and out of the way once you disconnect to go wheelin’. For TJ’s JKS includes some retainer studs that [...]

These have got to be some of the neatest offroad gadgets I’ve come across in a while. I saw them in a magazine a while back, and having lost more than a few valve caps myself while airing down or airing up offroad, I thought they were a great idea! Plus, at about $11 a [...]

The latest cool offroad product to come out of the Land Downunder is Staun’s Tyre Deflators. These nifty gadgets air down your tires to a pressure you preset, then automatically shut off, very similar to the Oasis Trailhead Deflators I reviewed back in March of 2001. Like the Oasis deflators, the Staun deflators come four [...]

Installation date: 4/20/03 If you’re running large tires (ie: 33″+) and you like to wheel you XJ hard, you’re going to need to do something to beef up your steering box mount. One way is to use a steering box brace like the one from Rusty’s OffRoad. This helps brace the box but doesn’t address [...]

Editor’s Note: TwinSeats has since closed down and ceased production unfortunately.  For those of you looking for a split seat for your TJ, Rampage Products now offers a split-folding rear seat for TJs, but it’s not an exact match for the factory fabric. Installation date: 3/8/03 These have got to be one of the most [...]

Unfortunately, a leaky rear main seal is pretty common on the 4.0L motor found in most Jeeps. Getting it fixed at the dealership usually runs in the neighborhood of $500, however, if you’ve got a free afternoon, you can fix it yourself for under $50. But be prepared, as my uncle so aptly put it, [...]

Seeing as how I’ve had my Bushwacker flares on for nearly a year now, I figure it’s about time to get this article done. Plus, I think I can now give a faily decent review of how they work on the trail. Let me first start out by saying these flares are big, no, make [...]

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Article by Kurt Davis. These flaps are great not only for their quick disconnect feature, but because they have a square mount, instead of the tube mount like the Rocky Road Outfitters flaps. This cuts back on flap-floating at high speeds, keeping it behind the tire where it should be. The flaps mount to the [...]

Editor’s note: BPI Fab is no longer making Jeep bumpers. Poison Spyder Customs is now producing this design.

I’ve been wanting some kind of a pet/cargo barrier for my XJ for a while now, but I never really liked the design of the ones that “wedge” between the floor and the headliner. Many of them didn’t extend all the way to the floor,and I also wanted something I could use with the back [...]

Any time you install larger tires and/or new gears, your speedometer and odometer will need to be recalibrated so they read correctly with your new setup. The following article will guide you through choosing the correct speedometer gear and then installing it. This information is for XJ’s and TJ’s, but should apply to ZJ’s and [...]

Route2002 is the evolution of Jeep’s popular Jeep 101 event that originally started at CampJeep. It’s since grown to include Chrysler and Dodge vehicles. Route2002 is an all-encompassing test-drive experience with everything from off-road driving (Jeep and Dodge), to on-road comparisons, to video games (Jeep 4×4 EVO), to a rock climbing wall, to concept and [...]

The rear corners on a TJ are relatively vulnerable, and while we hadn’t yet managed to mangle ours, we decided it was time for some armor. Plus, diamond plate corner guards and flush mount round tail lights just look cool. Deciding exactly what we wanted was easy – black steel diamond plate corners from Off [...]

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After missing it the past 3 years, I finally made it back to Camp Jeep! Of course, having it in Branson, MO made it a bit closer to get to than Colorado or Virginia, even if the scenery in Missouri wasn’t quite as beautiful as it was in Colorado. Having grown up in Northwest Arkansas though, it was good to get back to the hills of the Ozarks.

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I have to say this is one of the coolest gadgets I’ve come across in a long time. I first got to check one out at Dora’s vendor tent outside CampJeep 2002. Unfortunately she only had one on hand and it had just been sold! I told her to send me one as soon as [...]

Installation date: 1/28/02 Note: Jeep Glow Gauge kits are available through 4x4mods.com. I hadn’t really planned on doing a write-up on this mod, but due to popular demand, here it is. I bought the kit off e-bay. You’ll notice I’ll use the word “carefully” a lot in this article, and that’s for good reason. Great [...]

If the reverse lights on your XJ have stopped working, or only work some of the time, your Neutral Safety Switch (NSS) could need to be cleaned. The NSS is what controls your reverse lights as well as what keeps the engine from being started in any gear other that Park or Neutral (hence the [...]

It only took one good hit to snap the mounting bolts on our driver-side Mopar nerf bar, bend it in half, and then bend it up into the rocker panel, creating a nice big dent… We hammered the rocker panel out as much as possible so it didn’t look quite so bad and started researching [...]

Installation date: 1/5/02 I have to start out by saying this is one of my most favorite mods so far, but it wasn’t one I’d planned on doing originally. When I had my front D44 built, I had it loaded with a Detroit locker because OX hadn’t yet released their D44 OX locker. The Detroit [...]

Installation date: 1/5/02 There are about 3-4 off-road companies currently offering bored-out throttle bodies; I chose to go with Jeepers And Creepers because of their price and my past good experiences with their products and customer service. The initial cost is $225 but you get $125 back after you return your old throttle body. Yes, [...]

Owner: David Niemeier of Idaho, Vehicle: 1996 Cherokee SE, Plates read: XTREM

Installation date: 1/5/02 If you’re looking for serious diff protection, it’s hard to beat Custom4x4Fabrication’s new diff guards. As many of you know, I had a FourXDoctor diff guard on my old D30 (which is now on a friend’s XJ) and I put one on my front D44 as well when I swapped axles. Last [...]

Installation date: 2/16/02 Finally, an affordable high-performance-oriented off-road light! Ever since we first installed the Garvin Safari Rack on our TJ in the fall of 2001 we’ve wanted to put a set of four lights on it, we just never found a set that we liked that didn’t cost an arm and a leg. The [...]

Installation date: 2/3/02 As many of you know, I’ve been running a set of Hella 500′s on my front bumper for quite a while now. They worked fine and best of all they were cheap, but I was never totally happy with the beam of either the driving nor the fog lights (I really wanted [...]

Owner: Paul Fraser, Vehicle: 1996 Cherokee Sport

Installation date: 10/8/01 If you’re looking to improve the sound system in your TJ, well, you need to check out the ModPod by Select Increments. These nifty speaker boxes mount snugly to the kick panel just under the door. Despite how it might look, we have yet to hit these things with our feet, so [...]

Article by Sam Vert. Mud puddles are fun. There’s nothing quite like tearing through your local mud bog with reckless abandon, giving your Jeep both a mechanical challenge and a new paint job at the same time. And who hasn’t encountered a water crossing at some point or another? I think we’d all agree it’s [...]

I’ve known Kurt for a while now, and over the years he’s built a website and an XJ to rival my own. Owner: Kurt Davis, JeepNorthwest.com. Vehicle: 1988 Cherokee Limited.

Installation date: 5/20/01 I had been running a set of 55W sealed halogen headlights for almost 4 years and they made a big difference over the OEM 35W headlights, but eventually I decided it was time to really upgrade my headlights. After seeing some photos of the light output of some E-code (euro spec lights) [...]

Owner: Todd Lewis – Nashville, TN. Vehicle: 1977 CJ7.

Installation date: 5/24/01 Let’s face it, the factory battery cables are OK at best; they get the job done, but they could use some help. Jeepers and Creepers out of San Francisco saw this as a place for improvement and came up with the beefiest battery cables you’ll find anywhere. Made of 2GA, 4GA, and [...]

History: I bought the Jeep from a junk yard in upper Pennsylvania in 1996. It was a theft recovery from Texas. The guy I bought it from gave me this story: It was stolen in Texas and driven to Pennsylvania where the thieves wrecked it on the PA turnpike. The owner in Texas was paid [...]

Article by Gary Rohrer. Like all fellow Jeepers I am interested in the constant pursuit of improving my rig. Whether it’s suspension improvements, exterior modifications or engine improvements, we all have the drive to make our Jeeps a better vehicle. If you an ZJ owner with a 5.2L V-8 there is one engine modification that [...]

Owner: Sam Lewis – Nashville, TN, Vehicle: 1998 Grand Cherokee Limited 5.9L V8

Many of the base model XJs come with a dash that has a large speedometer, a large gas gauge, and warning lights that are supposed to let you know if something is wrong. These lights are not very reliable. In this article I will cover how to swap in a gauge cluster in place of the “idiot lights”.

Installation date: 1/3/01 Who wouldn’t want to be able to unlatch their hood and have it lift open and stay open all by itself? Sounds great doesn’t it? Especially if you’ve got a tall lift and big tires, that hood can open up pretty high… Enter the HoodLift® by Jim Piatt. The HoodLift kit is [...]

Installation date: 1/3/01 When it came time to put new bumpers on the Yellow Mud Machine, I started looking at my options for the front and rear. The front bumper had to have a winch mount and the rear bumper had to have a tire carrier, and the budget was somewhat limited, so that narrowed [...]

Finally! For such a simple and awesome product, it sure took me a long time to getting around to doing this review… Anyway… When I had my 31′s, airing down by hand (i.e.: squatting by each tire with a letting air out with a tire gauge letting) didn’t take all that long, but once I [...]

Justin’s rig is a ’96 Cherokee Country, these are the specs: Suspension: Front: Rubicon Express 4.5″ ZJ coil (5.5″ on XJ), an extra isolator, Rubicon Express eye to eye shock kit, Rubicon Express YJ stainless steel brake lines, Rancho lower control arms, SkyJacker disconnects, SkyJacker Adj. trackbar w/steering stabilizer, Rustys swaybar drop kit and Doestch [...]

Collin is a high school student in Greenville, SC, and this is what he has to say about his rig: “My Jeep is a ’99 TJ Sport with the 4.0 liter I-6. It has a front Dana 30 axle with a 4.56:1 gear ratio and a Detroit EZ locker. The rear is fitted with a [...]

Installation date: 12/12/00 This is the first of what I hope to be many articles covering the build-up of one particular yellow ’00 TJ. After running some trails with me and my XJ and slamming her gas tank on some rocks, my girlfriend Jennifer decided the stock tin skid plate protecting her gas tank wasn’t [...]

By now I think everyone would agree that the TJ is the most capable stock Jeep ever built, but that wasn’t good enough for Tim Kyle, he wanted a rig that could tackle some of the hardest trails in the country, and turn some heads doing it. So, Tim got a stock ’97 TJ and [...]

Article by Scott Bibbee.
The morning started off with the toughest obstacle of the day – a drop down into a creek bottom, and a steep, rocky climb up the other side. Getting the tires loaded up with mud in the bottom made climbing the rocks more challenging.

Installation date: 7/15/00 The Jeep 4.0L engine is designed to run “hot”, about 210* F, but running too hot, like around 235*+ F can eventually cause serious damage and dramatically reduce engine life. Not to mention you could overheat and get stuck on the side of the road. For the first five years of its [...]

note: the ORV area in Denton was on private property and has been shut down. Sunday, July 23, 2000. Denton, TX. Finally, my first trail run in Texas and my first trail run with the Jeeps of North Texas (JNT). We started the day out by meeting at the Sonic off 288 in Denton at [...]

Installation date: 5/16/00 This was probably one of the easiest and quickest installs I’ve done. The kit is very simple and takes about 15-20 minutes to install. The only tools you’ll need are a 10mm socket wrench and an extension (I’d also recommend a can of carb cleaner and an old toothbrush). The spacer only [...]

It wasn’t long after making the jump to 33′s that I knew I had to trim my fenders to get the tires to fit. Actually, I knew before I got the 33′s that I’d have to do trimming, I just didn’t know exactly how much or where it would have to be done. A quick [...]

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So, it’s time to replace the shoes in those pesky drum brakes and you want to save a little $$$ and have the satisfaction of doing the job yourself…Well, here’s how to do it: note: I strongly recommend getting a factory service manual (FSM) or a Chilton’s manual before attempting this job, they will have [...]

Installation date: 2/7/00 One of the most important add-ons for off-roading in your Jeep is a skid plate for the transfer case. The transfer case housing is made of aluminum, and while it’s pretty strong, and I have seen photos of housings that have been cracked open by rocks. Some Jeeps (with the UpCountry or [...]

Installation date: 12/22/99 JKS, the company that developed the first commercial swaybar quick disconnects, has done it again. Their new “Quicker” disconnects look to be the easiest to use disconnects yet, and they’re super quiet too. I’ve been through two other sets of discon’s (Rubicon Express and Tomken), and the new JKS discon’s are by [...]

If your Jeep didn’t come with a factory hitch and towing wiring harness, wiring your rig for towing can seem like a complicated task, but it’s really pretty easy. All you need is a screwdriver, a socket wrench, and a T-connector wiring harness. You can get T-connector harnesses from just about any autoparts store, I [...]

Article By Kenneth “N2wishN” Montijo Vegas…lights, money and glamor or maybe lights money and amusement parks! Anyway the XJ was washed and the roof rack in the shop (Parking garages!). We were going to Vegas! Myself and my “I would rather just gamble partner” were headed to Automotive Aftertmarket Industry week in Sin City. After [...]

Installation date: 10/16/99 Introduction: I’m not really going to go into any depth on driveline vibs or what all causes them or the differences between all the slip-yoke eliminator (SYE) kits out there or CV vs. regular driveshafts…this will just cover the installation of the JB Conversions SYE kit and CV driveshaft from Tom Woods. [...]

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Installation date: 8/25/99 Rusty’s aitrube and K&N kit is designed to replace restrictive the factory airbox and flat paper filter with a high-flow reusable K&N cone filter. Installation is easy and should only take about 10-15 minutes. The airtube will work on all Jeeps with the 4.0L and 2.5L engines, just make sure you specify [...]

Article by Jeff Ayers. I had wanted to explore a couple different regions in the Upper Peninsula for quite sometime, so I sent out the word to all my fourwheeling buddies and came up with one taker! Chuck Schnell and his family agreed to join me, so I set things up. We agreed to explore [...]

Installation date: 3/6/99 Because of time restraints (ie: school), I did the complete installation over the course of two weekends. I first installed the compressor and gauge/controller kit, since well, without the controller kit the shocks would be stuck on the lowest setting. I mounted the compressor to the fender well inside the engine bay, [...]

Installation date: 2/25/99 I’d been wanting a safari rack for a while and had pretty much narrowed the choices down to the Garvin Wilderness Rack and the Surco Safari Rack. I was talking with my friend Todd Rosser of Rosser Jeep and happened to mention I was looking for a safari rack for my XJ, [...]

Article by Eric Day. After reading all of the discussions on the XJ-list about which quick disconnect sway bar links were the best and realizing that there was no one exceptional design, I decided to make my own. Also, the 5″ lift I just put on had drained my wallet and the commercial quick disconnects [...]

Installation date: 2/7/99 Finally! Someone has come out with a steering box brace for XJ’s. Installing the brace involves drilling two 3/8″ holes and bolting up some brackets. The brace itself is pretty simple and looks similar to a brace for CJ/YJ/TJ’s: a round bracket/clamp to go around the bottom of the steering box and [...]

Things you’ll need: hydraulic jack metric socket wrench set (if working on ’92 or newer Jeep) allen key set (if working on ’91 or older Jeep) standard open-end wrench set pliers (if replacing the rotors) anti-seize compound (optional) brake fluid brake cleaner wire brush clear tubing and a small container (available as kit for ~$5 [...]

Installation date: 8/2/98 Since it seems that people are interested in reading about installing Hella offroad lights (or IPF’s or PIAA’s or whatever you like), I thought I’d do a quick write-up on how I installed my Hella 500′s. I ended up installing 3 individual lights (a pair of fog lights and one driving light) [...]

author’s note: After running the TurboCity kit for a while, I decided to swap it out for the K&N cone conversion kit offered by Rusty’s OffRoad. I really haven’t noticed any performance difference in the kits, other than it’s easier to check my oil now (see note about clearance issues below). Also, Rusty’s kit costs [...]

A while back a little “mis-hap” with the tailgate of a pickup truck left a big dent in the middle of my front bumper. Luckily the dent happened to be right in the middle of the bumper, so a front license plate covered it nicely, but the bumper was going to need to be replaced [...]

Sunday was the big day: the day dad and I would take my XJ on Holy Cross with some of the guys from Jeep-L. The plan was for the Jeep-L guys to meet at Camp Hale at 9:30am for breakfast, then hit the trail. Dad and I pulled into Camp about 9:20am and were directed [...]

Since Camp Jeep started at 8am, and the parking lot opened at 7:30am, dad and I got up bright and early and headed to Camp Hale to try to get a good parking place. We got there about 7:50am and got a good spot on the second row of vehicles about 60ft from the main [...]

Article by Greg Friedman One of the dilemmas I had when deciding to buy an XJ is that the rear compartment is awful small, even with the seat folded down. It’s too short to sleep on comfortably, only one person fits, and you can’t really stretch your legs out even when laying diagonally. But even [...]

I’ve had a couple of people email me about where to put a CB in a Cherokee, so I thought I’d do a little write-up about what I did with mine. As you can see, I mounted my Midland under the dash on the driver’s side. Another popular mounting place is upright on the transmission [...]

Installation date: August 1997 Why Rubicon Express? Well, after months of phone calls, emails, and looking through magazines and catalogs, I finally decided on RE’s Rockbound Cherokee lift kit after talking to the guys over at Rubicon Express. There were several things I was looking for in a lift kit — I wanted a kit [...]