Right in so many ways

[cwatt]

Exactly. Lowering a truck almost entirely defeats the purpose of having one in the first place. Unless it's one of those Syclone type sports pickups.

I get this, honestly - I do. But consider this - I work in Alberta but I spend my days off with my family (dog) elsewhere. I need a truck when I'm out west, but all it'll ever see if highway and snow. A bagged truck is just about perfect. Drop it down in the summer and just cruise, then raise it in the winter to clear drifts.

[Nick_S]

For shits and giggles. Here's my last Cherokee. If they didn't get 16mpg every where they went I'd buy another. $75 in fuel a week gets old quick.



Had a rust hole on the roof I fixed.


Then I made a horrible looking sub box for the back. It looked black cottage cheese but it sounded decent.


Then I "fixed" the rust on the floors. When I looked it to buy it this was nothing more than a maybe a three finger size hole. Started tapping with a hammer and before I knew it half my floor was gone. Shit. I can't weld so I took the side of the dryer off my EX's drying machine and cut it to make patches.....she still doesn't know, shhh.



Maybe the back isn't bad...this is before I started removing metal. That entire side came out. Had to find another dryer.


Didn't take any finished photos. I sold that Cherokee to my good friend about 3 years ago to buy my e30. So far, the rust hasn't come back on the roof and the floors haven't fallen through and it still runs great.












BRB, searching craigslist for a cherokee.

[cwatt]

I might be hijacking my own thread here, but where are the trouble-spots on those Cherokees?

[mitchlikesbikes]

rusty floors and quarter panels are a big issue. other than that, they just have a few small things that come up like oil leaks and wiring issues. the cooling system is super finnicky but really easy to maintain once you give it a full refresh.

oh and by the way i get 17-20mpg mixed hwy/city out of mine and i really don't drive like a grandma. but it's a manual which helps.

i just ripped the carpet out of mine and bedlined the floor so i wouldn't have to worry about hidden standing water eating through the floorpan. its loud and really hot in the summer but i don't mind.

[iansane]

c10s at regular height or slightly lifted are sick. i just think lowering them is kind of a fad. keep it up high and you can use it for SO many things.

Lowered trucks is a fad? A fad that's been going for decades?

And I think lifted 2wd trucks are mostly ridiculous. Some pre-runner styled trucks are okay but very few. A properly lowered truck will have just as much, if not more, load carrying capacity of a stock height truck. Hell, it's easier to get shit in the bed if it's lowered.

[Nick_S]

I might be hijacking my own thread here, but where are the trouble-spots on those Cherokees?

Water pumps like to fail, U-joints, RUST RUST and RUST. Check the floors, mostly in the areas I posted pictures of. The engine itself is fairly bullet proof. Check for the usual signs are age like unusual knocking or ticking, oil leaks. Check the difs as they like to leak, alittle is normal, alot is bad. Transfer case also. I'd put it in 4lo and 4hi and drive it around a bit. If it pulls to a side, whines or clunks very hard out of gear it could be trouble some but you can find replacements everywhere cheap.

[Roysneon]

Just buy a fucking Cherokee.

[mitchlikesbikes]

Just buy a fucking Cherokee.

yiss

[Pac1373]

XJ is an awesome vehicle if you get the right one. they have issues. likely you will re wire everything in the doors. the wires actually break. you will often have the fan motor stop blowing randomly (to lazy to replace the parts? no prob, wiggle the wire under the hood where it attaches to the motor, it will fire right up again) and so forth...BUT...rugged, go anywhere 4x4...

however, if you could get a 68-72' chev short box like the one pictured...it would be a hard thing to pass up imho...

it's what you want in the end that counts.