2000 Cherokee
2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport
The XJ is my daily driver. I have kept this build budget minded, and not let things get out of hand like I sometimes do with my Talon.
This is the first Jeep I’ve owned. I bought it used from the dealer with 99,000 miles on it.
Besides a seized AC compressor I have had zero problems with, they are built very well.
The only thing I don’t like is the open rear differential, it sucks in the rain.
My first upgrade was a 3″ Lift and some 31″ All Terrains.
If I could do it over again, I wouldn’t have used the Add-A-Leafs.
They are way to stiff and ruin the other wise comfortable, stock like ride.
I would have gotten some beefer rear shocks, also. The Comanche shocks can’t keep the Add-A-Leaf under control.
And the 31″s sometime rub in the front. A 3.5″ Lift or 30″s would have been smarter.
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AfterMarket Parts
- 3″ Budget Lift
- Front CarQuest Coil Springs plus extra Spring Isolator
- Grand Cherokee Monroe SensaTrac Shocks
- Rear Rubicon Express 2.5″ Add-A-Leaf
- Comanche Monroe SensaTrac Shocks with Bar-Pin-Eliminator
- Front CarQuest Coil Springs plus extra Spring Isolator
- 31″ BFGoodRich All-Terrains on Crager Soft 8 15×7″ Rims
- TeraFlex Adjustable TrackBar
- JKS Quicker Disconnects
- Rear Sway Bar Removed
- Warrior Products Rock Crawler Front Bumper
- 1″ Transfer Case Drop Spacer
- Brakes
- Crown Industrial Extended Front & Rear Brake Lines
- Front – EBC YellowStuff Pads
- Rear – Stock Shoes
- Recovery
- Front Tow Hooks with OEM Brackets
- Rear Hidden Hitch Receiver, Class 3
- D-Ring Shackle Hitch
Stock Parts
- 4.0 I6 HO
- AW4 Transmission
- 23 spline output
- Gear Ratios
- 1st 2.8:1
- 2nd 1.52:1
- 3rd 1:1
- 4th 0.75:1
- Reverse 2.39:1
- Dana 30 Low Pinon Front Axle
- 27 spline
- 297/760 series U-Joints, 1-3/8″, 1.188″ Cap
- Dana 35C Rear Axle
- 27 spline
- c-clip
- 3.55:1 Ratio
- NP231 Command Trac Transfer Case
- 2.72:1 Low Range
- 23 spline input