Highway trips in your XJ
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Highway trips in your XJ
So with a 2 inch lift in the rear and all stock up front with all brand new front end steering components and 153500 on the clock I took a trip 160 miles round on the highway through pa. The longest I've ever driven this thing!! I set the cruise control for 70 and the jeep did stellar couldn't ask for a better ride except my *** went numb. Now the wind was the huge killer trying to keep that thing out from under semis and from driving off the road or into somebody was a nerve racking feat but manageable!! I felt like the semis crossing over the center line hahaha. The ride was smooth except for a deathly vibration around 63 mph that seem like the car is on a paint shaker haha!! After 63 all the way up past 100 is rides like its on a cloud with no problems, Raced some dude in a newer Honda civic with a fart cannon he couldn't hang even after getting a jump on me hahaha. Could the vibes be caused from front cupped tires ??
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My daughters on 33's cruised 80mph all over Florida picking up parts with no problem, Same jeep and lift on 30's drove 2100 miles from Florida to Chicago and back pulling a U-Haul trailer
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Mine handles like crap ALL the time, but I still drive it to the trailhead. After about 3 hours or so, you don't even notice you are having to work at keeping it on the road! (6.5" with 35's!)
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haha well I'll be making the same trek again friday morning and then driving it the whole time I'm there I will say another thing I noticed is how good is handles at 85 going around sharp bends on the highway i don't feel scared i feel confident and thats with a stock way bar and sway bar bushings!! I know in my 80 cutlass you were ****ting yourself anything above 70 around corners!!
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