What did you do to your Cherokee today?
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Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
I finally got around to removing the old stock trim off the side of my 99 XJ. I gotta say, It was a b***h! I used goo gone, goof off, rubbing alcohol, and medium guitar pics to get all the old molding glue off (the guitar pics get it up quick). Eventually it came out flawless. no rust or damaged paint at all under them. The finished product looks nice.
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Year: 1989 Laredo
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 L 6 Renix
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Took the Peep on a road trip to the big smoke today. Daughter scored a new desk and chair, the wife a washer and dryer. Wow these people are fixated upon work related articles. One needs relaxation too. The Pup and I made a side trip while the trailer was warmed up. Look what followed us home! Pup can't figure how she is going to ride this one. Only question remaining is how long before I hurt myself? With the wifes reaction I know I made the right decision. She always says she worried less when I was on the dirt, not the steet. Guess I was 30 years younger then. Probably not getting smarter with age
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Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by N20jeep
installed my diff cover, relocated my gas tank, and added some steel to my front bumper
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Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 HO
Got sick of looking at the side moldings, so I got out the handy-dandy plastic scraper and took them off. Ahhhh! So much better now! I wasn't so concerned about scratching the paint, since I aim to get it into the paint shop soon. It actually wasn't difficult at all. It was a lot easier than I remember when I did it to my 2WD.
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Year: 92
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
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Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
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You gonna use straps or just bolt it in? BTW how bad was the rear 4 link? Something I've been thinking about for a while, what coils are they? Yj?
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Year: 92
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the 4 link difficulty depends alot on what style you're trying to do. but as long as you understand the geometry of it and how the load points will work then it's not too bad.
they are LJ rubicon coils
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Year: 1995
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Originally Posted by N20jeep
im going to re-work the stock straps. ill post pics when done.
the 4 link difficulty depends alot on what style you're trying to do. but as long as you understand the geometry of it and how the load points will work then it's not too bad.
they are LJ rubicon coils
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Year: 92
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for example, i can open and close my doors easily when fully flexed out.
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Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Got sick of looking at the side moldings, so I got out the handy-dandy plastic scraper and took them off. Ahhhh! So much better now! I wasn't so concerned about scratching the paint, since I aim to get it into the paint shop soon. It actually wasn't difficult at all. It was a lot easier than I remember when I did it to my 2WD.
Nice, I also took mine off a while ago. I used a heat gun set at a low temp and a snap-on plastic scraper. Made it a breeze, and did not damage the paint at all.