Custom 4×4 Fabrication XJ Winch BumperA 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 […] Comments are off for this post |
Holy CrossSunday 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 […] Comments are off for this post |
Camp Jeep 1998, Camp Hale, CO.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 […] Comments are off for this post |
Build a hard deck for your XJ’s cargo areaArticle 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 […] Comments are off for this post |
CB installI’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 […] Comments are off for this post |
Rubicon Express 3.5″ XJ Lift kitInstallation 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 […] Comments are off for this post |