My winter car

[e30luv318i]

very off topic for the 7 forum:

heres what ive been toying around with... ive had this jeep for a few months now, i bought it off the original owner its been garaged since new, has absolutely no rust at all, and mint paint!... i got it with $1500 worth of receipts, it had the radiator replaced, new shocks , new tires in august and a bunch of other stuff, so far ive replaced the pass wheel bearing, water pump "leaking" thermostat housing, and tps....basically $200 worth of stuff hahah runs mint rides mint i like it a lot... ive also put hella 500's, hella h4's, mint newer seats, and basket...and i just purchased a 3 inch lift as well


day 1

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/hendrixvodu/1019091415a.jpg

few weeks later, basket/ smoked turns

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/hendrixvodu/1108092117.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/hendrixvodu/downsized_1109091307.jpg

as of today de trimmed

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/hendrixvodu/downsized_1125091422a.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/hendrixvodu/downsized_1125091422.jpg

seats, i grabbed the black armrest to make it more 2 toned

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/hendrixvodu/1121091528a.jpg


i really like this jeep...its no 7 but its not bad, its my first american vehicle and i can say its nice to drive, its a nice change from the lowered car scene....and i dont have to park super far away like i do in the 7 becuase of my fear of dents, plus no snow and salt on the 7 :)

[IcemanBHE]

Need moar low. ahhahahhah

[spazzboy]

You struck gold with that Cherokee Sport.

[Showtime22]

Looks good. The hellas were a nice touch. Adds some testosterone with the lift.

[Zorasmiles]

Nice Jeep, I miss my Pioneer, had a lift on it with 35's and outlaw aluminum wheels.

[SEVEN40iL]

I wish I found something this nice for a winter beater :(

[tommyb2b]

Those jeeps are pimpin! You should tint the windows darker :stickoutt

[whitebread740]

hehe my 7 is my winter "beater"

[pizzaman09]

hehe my 7 is my winter "beater"

+1 for less than 1 and a half feet of snow.

My Jeep is reserved for deep snow. :)

[e30luv318i]

i bought a rough country lift for it a few days ago...waiting on shipping...now on the hunt for tires....i wanna go 31, i still want it to be quiet on the highway :)


Those jeeps are pimpin! You should tint the windows darker :stickoutt

tint! you read my mind :D

[whitebread740]

^size doesnt matter its all in the tread pattern. 28" bogger is gonna be louder than a 37" all terrain


+1 for less than 1 and a half feet of snow.

My Jeep is reserved for deep snow. :)
yea, we usually get less than a foot and it doesnt last more than a few days at most. but this is gonna be the year i get my ass kicked and we're gonna get 2 feet of snow probably. but if theres 2 feet of snow, im not driving anywhere.

[e30luv318i]

^size doesnt matter its all in the tread pattern. 28" bogger is gonna be louder than a 37" all terrain


yea, we usually get less than a foot and it doesnt last more than a few days at most. but this is gonna be the year i get my ass kicked and we're gonna get 2 feet of snow probably. but if theres 2 feet of snow, im not driving anywhere.


hmmm....i was looking at these, what do you think?

http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/pts/1474664551.html

[whitebread740]

yea BFG all-terrains are good, will be pretty quiet. gonna need new wheels though. cherokees like that are 5x114.3 or 5x4.5. you might be able to get a 10.5 on a stock wheels but personally i'd go with a wider wheel. right now within the next four days you can get 4 brand new 31x10.5x15 BFG all terrains, 4 15x8.5 pro comp steel wheels and mounting and balancing for $761 shipped from 4wheelparts.com

[e30luv318i]

yea BFG all-terrains are good, will be pretty quiet. gonna need new wheels though. cherokees like that are 5x114.3 or 5x4.5. you might be able to get a 10.5 on a stock wheels but personally i'd go with a wider wheel. right now within the next four days you can get 4 brand new 31x10.5x15 BFG all terrains, 4 15x8.5 pro comp steel wheels and mounting and balancing for $761 shipped from 4wheelparts.com

i cant figure out how to do a tire package on this damn site hahah

[whitebread740]

just go to the tires, select the ones you want, add 4 to cart, then wheels, select the ones you want in 5x4.5 in 15" procomp steel black wheels, should be 55.60 something with a line through the price in 15x8.5, two backspacing choices and add them to cart. then when viewing the cart you can add the mount and balance for 49.95

[KayserSoeze]

Nice jeep, de trimmed make it look more bad-azz.
Your not getting any bad looks from cops with those uncovered lamps?

Here's my winter beater.........lucky no snow here.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2671/4129879995_d86a3ab2d2_b.jpg

[Edwin NL]

Nice ride!

[pizzaman09]

yea, we usually get less than a foot and it doesnt last more than a few days at most. but this is gonna be the year i get my ass kicked and we're gonna get 2 feet of snow probably. but if theirs 2 feet of snow, im not driving anywhere.

1 foot of snow! Thats it. Wow. We have at least a foot of snow on the ground all winter in the snow belt. I think it is funny to watch all the people who live south of here in the winter when they get a dusting of snow. They practically close down entire towns and declare states of emergency.

+1 one on the lift kit. About 1/4 of all Jeeps where I live have them and it makes them look great. I still want to put one on my Oldsmobile, it all ready has 5 inches of wheel gap why not make it look good with wheel gap.

[whitebread740]

yea, northern DE is in this like bermuda triangle when it comes to snow. it comes straight for us every year but it like magically forks around us and we barely get any. we had a decent winter a couple years ago but the last BIG snow we had was like back in the blizzard of '96.

[Chief Rocka]

Nice jeep, de trimmed make it look more bad-azz.
Your not getting any bad looks from cops with those uncovered lamps?

Here's my winter beater.........lucky no snow here.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2671/4129879995_d86a3ab2d2_b.jpg
Kayer looking good homie love the winter beater:buttrock

here's my winter beaters

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3486/3802364025_982f06bfb9_m.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2565/3966503089_22e73fd09d_m.jpg

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you's :cool

[e30luv318i]

Kayer looking good homie love the winter beater:buttrock

here's my winter beaters

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3486/3802364025_982f06bfb9_m.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2565/3966503089_22e73fd09d_m.jpg

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you's :cool


i love your mk2!!

[e30luv318i]

well heres an update from the last time i posted...since then ive installed a 3 inch rough country lift, 30 inch BFG tires, a new roof basket, and detrimmed

b4

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/hendrixvodu/1019091415a-1.jpg


http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/hendrixvodu/new-11.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/hendrixvodu/DSC02336.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/hendrixvodu/downsized_0112001438.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/hendrixvodu/0112001437c.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/hendrixvodu/0112001437-1.jpg

[Edwin NL]

putting lost of $ in a winter car ;)

[pizzaman09]

What year is it? must be 97> year model. Mine is a 97 grand cherokee limited with the 4.0 I6. Is yours the sport model, with the Turbo? I have 2 neighbors with your style and the sport package. One is red, like yours and one is black with roughly a 8" lift and some large tires + 4 light rack on top :)

Some must need mods that you need are some jeep stickers, depending on your tastes and how much of a red neck you are (and how proud of it) and if you are a member of the NRA.

[e30luv318i]

putting lost of $ in a winter car ;)


i have $900 into it total including lift, tires and maintenance, water pump ect ...these things are sooooo cheap to mod...and plus i dont have to drive the 7 to work and worry about people coming in contact with it :D hahah


What year is it? must be 97> year model. Mine is a 97 grand cherokee limited with the 4.0 I6. Is yours the sport model, with the Turbo? I have 2 neighbors with your style and the sport package. One is red, like yours and one is black with roughly a 8" lift and some large tires + 4 light rack on top :)

Some must need mods that you need are some jeep stickers, depending on your tastes and how much of a red neck you are (and how proud of it) and if you are a member of the NRA.

yea man mines a 97 sport i6, i have some stickers on it but.. im not a big sticker guy, and im not really a redneck haha!!! i have a few things that i want to do over the summer...i want a lud visor and i want to do a 5spd swap to it as well...i just need to save and save and save some more hahah :)

[amschnellsten]

Nice Jeep! I had one as my winter work beater before I got my Discovery. Watch out, the mods become addictive. Here was mine before I sold it. I bought it for $1200 and many mods later sold it for $6000. Here is a pic before I went to 37s

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/achtungschnell/cherokeeoffroad.jpg

[pizzaman09]

The Grand cherokee is tons of fun to drive. Some of my experiences:
1) No rev limiter :D
2) 4 wheel drifting on to the interstate on ramp is so much fun with 4wd (the front slides perfectly with the back with my 50:50 weight distribution.
3) The I6 has 185 bhp, which does crap when trying to pass people at high speeds
4) Revving the I6 in park makes the body roll:redspot
5) The suspension on a jeep can not take heavy tongue weights (like a large power boat I tried once and bottomed out the travel)
6) My jeep is not as good on packed snow as my olds with real snow tires since the jeep has all seasons, but is better at starting on slippery intersections.
7) 0-60 on mine is about 10 sec, as I raced my olds before which is a solid 9 sec car and lost badly.
8) Drag racing with a utility trailer and a 4-wheeler in the back drops your 0-60 + rolling start down to 13 sec :buttrock
9) The exhaust note while following the jeep in a race is godly and is hard to beat:alright (even by the e38)
10) My mpg is about 16 average with little highway (mostly 40 mph roads)
11) You can go mudding in your front yard with it:rolleyes
12) Take the e38 on highway trips.

[e30luv318i]

Nice Jeep! I had one as my winter work beater before I got my Discovery. Watch out, the mods become addictive. Here was mine before I sold it. I bought it for $1200 and many mods later sold it for $6000. Here is a pic before I went to 37s

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/achtungschnell/cherokeeoffroad.jpg


dude soooooooo dope!!!!!!! i want those flares soooooo bad but they are so much money!!!!!!!!


The Grand cherokee is tons of fun to drive. Some of my experiences:
1) No rev limiter :D
2) 4 wheel drifting on to the interstate on ramp is so much fun with 4wd (the front slides perfectly with the back with my 50:50 weight distribution.
3) The I6 has 185 bhp, which does crap when trying to pass people at high speeds
4) Revving the I6 in park makes the body roll:redspot
5) The suspension on a jeep can not take heavy tongue weights (like a large power boat I tried once and bottomed out the travel)
6) My jeep is not as good on packed snow as my olds with real snow tires since the jeep has all seasons, but is better at starting on slippery intersections.
7) 0-60 on mine is about 10 sec, as I raced my olds before which is a solid 9 sec car and lost badly.
8) Drag racing with a utility trailer and a 4-wheeler in the back drops your 0-60 + rolling start down to 13 sec :buttrock
9) The exhaust note while following the jeep in a race is godly and is hard to beat:alright (even by the e38)
10) My mpg is about 16 average with little highway (mostly 40 mph roads)
11) You can go mudding in your front yard with it:rolleyes
12) Take the e38 on highway trips.


mine sucks soooooooooo bad on gas....its not even funny...my 7 dominates on gas...do you ever get people who say, oh wow v8, that must be terrible on gas...no..no its not my e38 gets such good gas mileage! i tell people how much better the 7 is then the jeep on gas and they dont believe me!!!!

[7series98]

Nice Jeep! I had one as my winter work beater before I got my Discovery. Watch out, the mods become addictive. Here was mine before I sold it. I bought it for $1200 and many mods later sold it for $6000. Here is a pic before I went to 37s
We had a 91 Cherokee Sport before the Discovery....at the time it was bought brand new, but then it was sold for $800 with 91k miles:(


But the Discovery is SOOOOOOO much better :redspot

[spazzboy]

Really digging the Cherokees, guys.

[ProStreetDriver]

really clean jeep... do a homemade lift!!!

i really need a winter beater :(... i'm definitely going to need something for spring while i'm redoing my car.

[pizzaman09]

mine sucks soooooooooo bad on gas....its not even funny...my 7 dominates on gas...do you ever get people who say, oh wow v8, that must be terrible on gas...no..no its not my e38 gets such good gas mileage! i tell people how much better the 7 is then the jeep on gas and they dont believe me!!!!

Fuel mileage, strangely was one of the reasons I bought another e38. I looked at many new cars smaller than the e38 and it was disappointing how bad of fuel mileage the new cars got. Also they did not have nearly the power or handling.

[amschnellsten]

We had a 91 Cherokee Sport before the Discovery....at the time it was bought brand new, but then it was sold for $800 with 91k miles:(


But the Discovery is SOOOOOOO much better :redspot

I got a good deal on y disco so the jeep had to go too. I agree the Discovery is night and day to the Cherokee but I still love them. Here is a pic of my Discovery I have since added rack lights, winch, more lift, and skids.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/achtungschnell/newshoes.jpg

[e30luv318i]

sooooooooo awesome!!!!!!

[IcemanBHE]

Boring....