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So spring 2012 I bought an 84 XJ Wagoneer with 108k on the clock for 50 bucks.
2.5L w/ carter carb
Ax5
NP207
D30/D35 w 4.10s/11s
Had a tiny defroster crack in the windshield, a couple of rust spots on the body(but unibody itself is decent), and the rear bumper was a chrome shell containing... Well nothing. I kicked it off after poking a hole through it with my finger. The water guage didnt(and doesn't) work, and the headliner was destroyed( and is). Other then that the interior was decent apart from the beige cloth and 80s orange leather, carpet, and trim combo. Dropped 700 to get her road worthy (car sat for 4 years so new brake hard lines and fuel lines etc). The only other thing that needed to be replaced was the clutch which was done this spring.
Drove her with the stock size tires till the beginning of winter, needed something with more tread so I bought a set of Canyons with decent metric 29s and stuffed them under the car. Drove fine and only rubbed with 4 in the car or on hard turns (against LCAs).
Rocked those tires till about February when I got pissed at being stuck on a patch of ice and found a crazy good deal on 4 new 31s (530$!)
However this rubbed much much worse and I could drive with my girlfriend only so I quickly purchased a 2" budget boost kit with 4 shocks for 200, and installed later that week. Also made a rear tube bumper but I don't have pics of that.
Still rubbed on bumps with 4 in the car and turns. Drove awesome though.
So I ran the 2" kit till about August, when my passenger leaf exploded, so I purchased 4" leafs off eBay and installed them, and ran the jeep funny car style for about 2 months, with the plan of lifting the front to match. I kept the rear sway bar with extended links but planning on dlt soon.
Fast forward to October, and a set of 3.5" RE fronts, discos and brake lines arrive and With the help of 2 friends we got everything on, took it for a test drive.
No dice, death wobble from hell, it was literally so bad I thought I drove over my front axle the first time it happened. So I bought an adjustable iron rock track bar from one of said friends and installed later that weekend. Had difficulties aligning the axle with the track bar,
So a little redneck alignment
And so she sat. There's a little shimmying over hard bumps and the shocks may be over extended but those are getting replaced soon.
And a few months ago got a $50 bumper with hella fogs off Craigslist. A little wire brushing, a coat of gloss black to match the rear and a little wiring aaand
123k at that time.
2.5L w/ carter carb
Ax5
NP207
D30/D35 w 4.10s/11s
Had a tiny defroster crack in the windshield, a couple of rust spots on the body(but unibody itself is decent), and the rear bumper was a chrome shell containing... Well nothing. I kicked it off after poking a hole through it with my finger. The water guage didnt(and doesn't) work, and the headliner was destroyed( and is). Other then that the interior was decent apart from the beige cloth and 80s orange leather, carpet, and trim combo. Dropped 700 to get her road worthy (car sat for 4 years so new brake hard lines and fuel lines etc). The only other thing that needed to be replaced was the clutch which was done this spring.
Drove her with the stock size tires till the beginning of winter, needed something with more tread so I bought a set of Canyons with decent metric 29s and stuffed them under the car. Drove fine and only rubbed with 4 in the car or on hard turns (against LCAs).
Rocked those tires till about February when I got pissed at being stuck on a patch of ice and found a crazy good deal on 4 new 31s (530$!)
However this rubbed much much worse and I could drive with my girlfriend only so I quickly purchased a 2" budget boost kit with 4 shocks for 200, and installed later that week. Also made a rear tube bumper but I don't have pics of that.
Still rubbed on bumps with 4 in the car and turns. Drove awesome though.
So I ran the 2" kit till about August, when my passenger leaf exploded, so I purchased 4" leafs off eBay and installed them, and ran the jeep funny car style for about 2 months, with the plan of lifting the front to match. I kept the rear sway bar with extended links but planning on dlt soon.
Fast forward to October, and a set of 3.5" RE fronts, discos and brake lines arrive and With the help of 2 friends we got everything on, took it for a test drive.
No dice, death wobble from hell, it was literally so bad I thought I drove over my front axle the first time it happened. So I bought an adjustable iron rock track bar from one of said friends and installed later that weekend. Had difficulties aligning the axle with the track bar,
So a little redneck alignment
And so she sat. There's a little shimmying over hard bumps and the shocks may be over extended but those are getting replaced soon.
And a few months ago got a $50 bumper with hella fogs off Craigslist. A little wire brushing, a coat of gloss black to match the rear and a little wiring aaand
123k at that time.
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