YJ Love Fest

tman66

tman66

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I'll just go ahead and start with this little gem I came across.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the pleasure of introducing, coming from straight from the late 80's, towed from hell and back:
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First Jeep was a 92 YJ - Still have a soft spot in my heart for those square headlighted b@stards. Nice find!
 
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Mine was a '95. Rented a car, drove to Dallas, purchased it from Collins Bros. Jeep in Wiley, TX. Drove home the same day.

Really liked that Jeep until I lifted it. Leaf spring lifts are no fun at all.
 
glwood said:
Mine was a '95. Rented a car, drove to Dallas, purchased it from Collins Bros. Jeep in Wiley, TX. Drove home the same day.

Really liked that Jeep until I lifted it. Leaf spring lifts are no fun at all.
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Agreed... After my XJs, I realized how much I hated leaf springs.
 
I like the YJs a lot and the square headlights have really grown on me. I owned a '93 briefly but flipped it when I decided I couldn't live with the 4 banger engine as a daily driver. I've gone Jeep shopping three other times. Every time I was certain that my budget was going to put me in a YJ and all three times I wound up with a deal on a '97 TJ. I'm some sort of '97 TJ magnet.
 
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Chris said:
An XJ would be so much better if it had coils in the rear. Don't know why they didn't to begin with!
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They eventually did...and called it a Grand.

The XJ with coils and leaf springs is a badass combination. I loved toying with the leaves, adding, removing, shimming, dropping, etc to achieve the results I wanted. I think I ended it with 4.5" leaf springs minus the overload with 4 degree shims hanging on boomerange shackles connected to relocation boxes with 45 degree shackle angle that netted 5.5" of lift. It was so smooth back there.

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Ahoragi said:
They eventually did...and called it a Grand.

The XJ with coils and leaf springs is a badass combination. I loved toying with the leaves, adding, removing, shimming, dropping, etc to achieve the results I wanted. I think I ended it with 4.5" leaf springs minus the overload with 4 degree shims hanging on boomerange shackles connected to relocation boxes with 45 degree shackle angle that netted 5.5" of lift. It was so smooth back there.

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Ahhh, I always struggled to get my XJ smooth in the rear, but I was obviously doing it wrong.
 
I still have most of my first YJ ;) an '89 that had a twisted tub from the PO having a close encounter with a deer running into the side of the Jeep...swapped the tub over from my second, an '88, that had a rusted frame due to that PO's frequent trips to the shore to drive it on the beach....purchased each one for less than $1000 and combined the good bits of each

may find myself doing something similar this year, with the 2000 TJ Sport I bought last fall for $2000 with a ticking motor...thinking about just putting that new Cummins 2.8 turbo diesel into it, or maybe just a Golen built stroker
 
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Oh man I love my YJ’s. Something about the bold square headlights just draws me in. I have a few TJ’s but cant seem to shake the YJ’s I have so much desire for.

A few of mine, the red stock one is my latest addition. The red built one I have posted here a few times its on one tons and streched with custom leafs and wagoneer front springs. The blue one is a college build that is a bit rough around the edges since it was built with a true budget.
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