What did you do to your Cherokee today?
04-29-2012 | 08:59 PM
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Year: 1995
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Originally Posted by NewKindOfClown
XJs ended with the 2001 model year, while the Liberty began with 2002. Outside the US, Liberty is sold as a "Cherokee." The Commander just resembles the Cherokee more.
04-29-2012 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by sycoglitch
"the Jeep Liberty (KJ/KK), or Jeep Cherokee (KJ/KK) outside North America, is a compact SUV produced by the Jeep marque of Chrysler. Introduced for the 2002 model year as a replacement for the Cherokee (XJ), the Liberty was priced between the Wrangler and Grand Cherokee. It was the smallest of the 4-door Jeep SUVs up until the car based 4-door Compass and Patriot arrived for 2007. The Liberty featured unibody-construction."
04-29-2012 | 09:02 PM
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From: Frederick, MD from Cleveland, OH
Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler
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04-29-2012 | 09:06 PM
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From: Mercer County, NJ
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6 HO
Originally Posted by Customizer1000
Well I'm going off info from many dealers
I pulled that info from wiki. It went more for the first gen liberty now the second gen one is more of the dodge nitro
04-29-2012 | 09:08 PM
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From: Baltimore, MD
Year: 1999
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Originally Posted by NewKindOfClown
Politics. The Europeans didn't like the 17 year old design when they took over, and they wanted it gone.
04-29-2012 | 09:46 PM
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From: Mercer County, NJ
Year: 2001
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Originally Posted by XJ BoSS
But the cummins is its own company really. And ram is hardly Chrysler anymore at all.
04-29-2012 | 10:30 PM
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Year: 1995
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Guess I'll chime in too...my gf drives a JK (bright yellow of course, facepalm). But it's an X, so here's what I'll give it credit for.
D44 rear and D30 front, NVG Tcase that you actually have to shift, slip yoke already in the shaft instead of the case design out NP231s have. Suspension is insanely easy to take apart for lifts and whatnot, and it's flex is good even with the swaybars. Oh and the engine compartment is massive for te tiny V6, which makes it better to work on.
What I hate, it feels massive and your ability to "feel" the corners of the vehicle suck. They offer it with an auto and only the stupid v6 (minivan engine), it feels absolutely gutless, no torque at all, you can't hear the motor at all, and it's programmed to shift for no power. It' has electric windows and locks...pita to take the doors off, and a windshield that "folds down" after a ton of work and if you don't set it back perfectly it will leak water. It doesn't even have an LSD diff and it's the "X" version. And even putting the soft top down is a major pita. It came with street tread Goodyear "wranglers" which is a shame, and it has cheesy plastic footboard so moms can get in, And it gets 20mpg, so all that lost power and aero dynamic styling improvement and it only gets a few mpg better than my 4.0 XJ....oh and it's bright fing yellow! I hate the thing, my XJ is a much better vehicle and if I want no top or doors I'll buy an old CJ-5 or flatfender ******.
D44 rear and D30 front, NVG Tcase that you actually have to shift, slip yoke already in the shaft instead of the case design out NP231s have. Suspension is insanely easy to take apart for lifts and whatnot, and it's flex is good even with the swaybars. Oh and the engine compartment is massive for te tiny V6, which makes it better to work on.
What I hate, it feels massive and your ability to "feel" the corners of the vehicle suck. They offer it with an auto and only the stupid v6 (minivan engine), it feels absolutely gutless, no torque at all, you can't hear the motor at all, and it's programmed to shift for no power. It' has electric windows and locks...pita to take the doors off, and a windshield that "folds down" after a ton of work and if you don't set it back perfectly it will leak water. It doesn't even have an LSD diff and it's the "X" version. And even putting the soft top down is a major pita. It came with street tread Goodyear "wranglers" which is a shame, and it has cheesy plastic footboard so moms can get in, And it gets 20mpg, so all that lost power and aero dynamic styling improvement and it only gets a few mpg better than my 4.0 XJ....oh and it's bright fing yellow! I hate the thing, my XJ is a much better vehicle and if I want no top or doors I'll buy an old CJ-5 or flatfender ******.
04-29-2012 | 10:34 PM
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From: Flagstaff, Arizona
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6
Yesterday I took it to Broken Arrow trail in Sedona,AZ. My nearly stock XJ kept up with a 6" Lifted JKU and the Pink Jeep Tour TJs. I was so proud haha now I'm explaining a unibody to my dad who thinks I have body bushings lol
04-30-2012 | 04:06 AM
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From: Cali
Year: 1993
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 5.2
04-30-2012 | 04:56 AM
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From: Warsaw, IN
Year: 2000,1990,1999
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Originally Posted by Scott0821
A kid at my school drives a liberty... And its a guy lol. I laugh each tune I see him drive by