Houston Kid's 1999 Cherokee
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Year: 1999 Jeep Cherokee
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Daystar. They came with some sort of silver coating, almost bare metal looking. I hit them with some black paint.
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Year: 1999 Jeep Cherokee
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
New front and rear O2 senors solved the horrible idle issues.
Rough Country shackle relocation brackets installed.
Rough Country shackle relocation brackets installed.
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Year: 1999 Jeep Cherokee
Model: Cherokee
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New AC Condenser fan.
Much more quite. The bearings in the old one were going out and it was very loud when the AC was running.
Much more quite. The bearings in the old one were going out and it was very loud when the AC was running.
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New to me instrument cluster. No more idiot gauges. Old odometer read 153,xxx and the new one reads 156,xxx. Since the speedo is reading slower than actual, I think in a year or two it will be dead on.
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Year: 1999 Jeep Cherokee
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Pics of old headlights and the new ones along with the wiring. I will put up pics tomorrow night after the new ones are in for comparison.
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Year: 1999 Jeep Cherokee
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Here are some pics of the light install. The harness did not come with fuses so I put some inline fuses on.
Once it gets dark I will take some of the lights in the same position as the stock ones for a true comparison.
Once it gets dark I will take some of the lights in the same position as the stock ones for a true comparison.
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Year: 1999 Jeep Cherokee
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The lights just became my new favorite mod. If you have not done this mod yet, get the money and do it. The difference is unreal. No more faint yellow lights.
High and low beams. I need to do some more adjusting.
High and low beams. I need to do some more adjusting.
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Year: 1999 Jeep Cherokee
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Had the tub professionally bed lined. All I can say is AWESOME!!!!
Road noise, gone. Heat on feet, gone.
Road noise, gone. Heat on feet, gone.
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Did a little rattle can bedliner and body work. I used Rust-Oleum spray on bedliner. I think it took pretty well. Time will tell.
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Year: 1999 Jeep Cherokee
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I was wrong about the Rustoleum, I used Duplicolor referring to my last post. I started today with the Rustoleum and could tell immediately I was mistaken in what I used last time. The Rustoleum was very thin like just black paint and ran big time. I switched to the Duplicolor and it was nice and thick with no running or drips.
I'm not worried about the over spray because I am going to get it painted desert tan in the next few weeks. I tapped it off some so the lines would be nice and clean at the edges. I am going to leave it black on the bottom with desert tan on top. New JC Whitney headliner is supposed to be in tomorrow. May be for Christmas Santa will bring me some Smittybilt front and rear bumpers.
I'm not worried about the over spray because I am going to get it painted desert tan in the next few weeks. I tapped it off some so the lines would be nice and clean at the edges. I am going to leave it black on the bottom with desert tan on top. New JC Whitney headliner is supposed to be in tomorrow. May be for Christmas Santa will bring me some Smittybilt front and rear bumpers.
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Finished up the headliner after getting the plastic support for the rear speakers from the JY for $25. I also pulled a door pin for the one I had missing.
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Year: 1999 Jeep Cherokee
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