BUILDING A JEEP CHEROKEE XJ IN 10 MINUTES! OFF-ROAD BUILD
Hey VT fam!
Today I bring you a summary of my 2000 Jeep Cherokee XJ build. From the moment I bought until today. Just have in mind this is a work in progress and we are always improving it and willing to take it to the next level.
I tried to include as much footage as I could but the video was getting extremity long so I decided to leave some out.
I will attach a link to my Amazon store where you can find most of the upgrades shown in this video. ENJOY!!!
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I'll stick around after the upload to answer some questions.
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I hope you enjoy this video 🤙🏼
Where did you get your radio from man?
Joying is the name of the brand. I have a video with the links that you can check out. 👍🏻
How much is your suspension? Just wondering because I just got the $1000 rough country x series 4.5 inch lift and wondering if it’s a good lift
I paid $800 when I bought it from a local guy (original price from website was $945) and then I added the fox shocks that - $400 the set of 4. The only reason I got the RC lift kit was because of the price. It is an "ok" system for beginners.
How are those Fox shocks working out? Thinking about getting a set for my XJ.
best cherokee i've seen. simple but flaming hot
Agree %100
@Top Fuel sheeesh lol, I got the same jeep but haven’t done nothing to it yet, I want to so bad but I don’t know much about how to do it all rn and I’m scared I’m gonna mess something up fr
Do you still have your stock rim of your jeep? I am building my budget meal off-road small suv.
@@carmelomunda9701 yes
Thats how you make a damn youtube content,no talking no clickbait shit,straight progress!!
My parents walking in "Is that porn music" Me: sorta
Jeep Porn
@@jazminecamarero7094 jorn
😂just what I was thinking!
LMAO like my Jeep too, getting some ideas from guys like you thanks
If only building one of these rust boxes was that simple
Im a 4runner guy but this makes me wanna build an XJ now.. good going.
And I really like 3rd gen 4runners lol
I was a 4 runner guy and the xj can be built way better.
I got a black 01 4Runner sr5, looking to do something similar
For real
I am a runner girl own one now but looking at a 2000 4 door jeep tomorrow
Just got myself a '91 XJ almost a year ago, been working on simple components to get it street safe but I've got my eyes on upgrades now. The Amazon store page you made showing what you bought is a nice source, thank you!
This is one of the nicest XJ’s ive seen yet. Great build! Very tastefully done.
Looks nice I’m on my 4th Cherokee that I’ve redone from the ground up I love these old Jeep’s. Biggest had 7 inches of lift and the smallest has 3 inches of lift. I prefer to buy 93-95 Cherokees as I find them to be owned by original owners a lot more and I’ve found them to be better maintained. Last one I bought for a grand was in perfect shape 1 owner.
I have the 93 sport Xj love what you did with this one it’s encouraging
Man do I love cheap projects that turn out fantastic!
Great looking build! I love the deal you found! Hard work can really pay off in different ways. Purchased a 2001 XJ Sport same color beginning of 2020 with a puck 2" lift, 32" tires, and Bushwacker flares. Subscribed and enjoying your videos!!
No one: Fans of matt's off road recovery: deja Vu😜
Damn 🔥 that was amazing. I’ve low key always been into lifted Jeeps. And now I have decided to buy one 👌
Nice build! Good to watch. If I had done this, I probably wouldn’t have gone so big with the lift kit and tyres but each to their own.
My dad had a brand new one in my early teen years and used to let me drive it off-road. I loved it. It's the first thing I ever got stuck. Got it stuck up to the rockers. I'm in my 30s now and thinking about getting one
I had a '99 XJ new...loved that truck! You did a great job with this one.
This was a very enjoyable build video. Congrats 🎊
Wooooow man, that is a beast 😍
Fantastic build!
Damn dude that thing is clean as hell for an auction vehicle I liked and subscribed just because of how clean it was and the fact that you did it all yourself
I built a bad ass XJ and sold it for house money! Adulting sucks lol. I wanted to build a GX470 next but seeing this makes me want to build an XJ again bc people don't realize how capable they can be. Keep up the great work!!
Cool! I have the same JEEP! In silver! Graetings vrom Switzerland! The trail never ends !
What a beauty! Nice work and thank you for sharing 😊
Man I owned a 2000 and a 1993, Both were steller vehicles! Love XJs. Best of all they are reliable but easy to work on when you need to. Everything has a screws amd bolts making everything sooo easy! If I could choose one vehicle for the rest of my life this would be it with all the parts available for it.
Yours has proved to be an inspiration for mine. 1998 white XJ
98 Red
I love your Xj build! You’ve inspired me to get an Xj for my first car.
Go for it!
The only build of a jeep that actually makes sense!
That's tough! I love how you painted the front bumper. Great build!
Absolutely beautiful build... love the fact you made such clean build.. change my mind on XJ's
JT thank you
That was cool nice xj man I can’t wait to do mine
Love the XJ platform. You've really built a brilliant beast!
absolutely love your choice in things and your work brother. cheers
This is sick....I would love that exact Jeep.
My good friend’s mother owns an XJ very similar to this one with the ax15 5 speed in it... neat old trucks! Can’t hardly kill a 4.0 inline 6; torquey too!
Very clean build, nicely done!
Amazing job. You’re making me wanna build a Cherokee now.
🇧🇷 Perfect ✌🏻
The ideas here are great, as a Jeep owner for the last 23 years, I can appreciate the custom work that can be done to XJ, WK, and ZJ Jeeps which are very cheap to buy in the UK and maintain if you pick the right ones that have not been abused too much. I run a WK 5.7 HEMI on LPG which gives me the same running costs as a small car.
How reliable is the XJ? I’m currently looking to get one and mod it with a friend of mine. I have one with a 90k miles on my sight but I wanna make sure the motor won’t bust. I’m not a huge 4x4 guy, i would mostly use it in the city and the occasional weekend off roading.
@@ElPlantPapi I would say they are great engine wise with the 4.0, but watch out for breaking plastics on 20 year old trucks. Lucky for you the aftermarket for the XJ is there to cater for all the parts you'll need. If I was going to buy one now, it would have to be the 2001 in yellow
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Out of all these versions what is your personal fav, if you didn’t have one at all what would be the best bang for buck? So far I’m liking the xj and wk because I want to buy one myself. Any tips what to look for?
@@cameronpuckett8679 Has to be the WK
Just perfection bro, what a nice cherokee and golf video showing us the progress
Awesome job brother!!!!!! You revived it perfectly!!!!!
Dobra robota 👍👍🍻 piękny Jeep! 👍🤠
Looks great! very tasteful mods, well done. Really liked the color matched bumper and black bar. amazing what can be done to these for under $5k
That’s a baddddddddddd azzzzzzzzzz xy
Man that is one of the cleannest builds i have seen nice work, congratulations hard work does pay off🎉🎉🎉🎉
Awsome, i love cherokee , thanks for the inspiration.
Nice build man! It's amazing how you can take a vehical like that and make it look like a really expensive ride and probably have better ride quality!
Thank you!
In my country something like this would be illegal . Nice job
@Frank White nah fascist countries don't let you do something like that
MURICA BABY!
@Wakanda Forever If you don't like socialist (Fire dept, police dept) then only the opposite is left Fascism...pure and simple. Nice Jeep
@Wakanda Forever italy. You can lift your car but only with pieces accepted by jeep for your car and the tyres can't make the car larger that it's actual measurements. Off-road build in italy are quite hard
India??
Paint overspray in the air conditioner cooling fins is a nice touch!
You gave rebirth to an absolute beast. Keep it up ❤️
My brudda I have the same jeep,hopefully one day mines will look like yours,love you videos👍🏼
Thank you man!
@@VehicleTribe what is a brudda?
@@Alifrom-Texas Brudda means Brudda Bruddaaaa!
Great job! I read some of the comments and got an idea on how much the project cost minus the $725 you paid for the Jeep Cherokee. It still would of been nice to see an itemized list with the cost. Also, where did you get the knowledge to do all the work you did to the Jeep. Was it from a formal tech school, working on other vehicles with your friends, or watching a lot of KZhead videos? Also did you get help from your fellow off-roaders?
My first Jeep was an XJ back in 95. Nice build man.
Love the idea of turning the amber red on the ass end.. Looks killer
Nice build I'm getting an XJ soon it's my first car and ur build giving me ideas
Very nice build!!🤘🏽
Ola
Love the fron bumper, looks amazing.
Wow! nice story man. Im an immediate sub now. more vids!
I’ve got those exact headlights on my XJ and I love them, they’re like 90 buck on amazon!
They look like sh** tho. Id rather do hellas with H4 led conversion
Beautiful vid, it made me tear up. It reminded me of why I made up my mind on getting one myself. Still love my XJ a year after. Two thumbs up man.
Appreciate it!
Beautiful. Clean and simple. Love it
That was amazing. Great job.
At 3 minutes into the video... after he changes some blinker bulbs and covers... the jeep leaves the Mansion, and instantly becomes lifted and Sweet! Most XJ owners kind of do it THEMSELVES... but whatever! Enough cash = Sweet Ride.
You noit he put way to much time in making that bumper look spray painted to 😀
When you upgrade the Cherokee it looks like a moab crawler
I love this!!! wish you were located in Houston! we need more XJ action in here.
Great job man, I love it!
Looks great! How long did the build take you from start to finish?
Can I get a XJ head COUNT PLS!👍 1
Amazing. Really great work! 👍🏼
You did a great job on that build, you should be proud.
I wanted to hate so bad but goddamn, this thing is beautiful. Great job man.
Haha glad you like it!
Great video and great build! I just bought my first XJ and this gave me some great ideas! Thank you and well done 👏🏼
That is one sic jeep. I've got 6 of these. Well chero sport and grand chero. Love them. Now watching what you did, ive got to get busy. Thanks.
I’m still saving up for my first xj... I can’t wait
Be careful, they get pricey after all the add-ons. 😄
I got mine in February and I have equal amount of money I to the parts than the whole vehicle cost me. But man was it a fun project.
XJ's became highly popular and their prices seem to have gone up. I would look at ZJ and WJ, they can be cheap and capable. Still kinda affordable but you might have to make payments = look at a WK. The WK has ifs (no live axle up front), but some have e-lockers and hemi. Or look at the "kinda xj" 2008-12 KK Liberty. Another Jeep that I think gets overlooked often is the 2006-10 XK Commander. This one is built on the same platform as the WK. I want an XJ, but I've been considering these others. I built mom a shweet WJ Freedom Edition.... I might just keep that one and get her something else.
X Mo nah man, I’ve always wanted an xj ever since I laid eyes on one. I can find them for cheap. Just waiting for the perfect one for the perfect price . I’m playing the patient game.
@@Seby_Stangs 👍😉 "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity". That's how I find my great deals. What state are you in?
I’ve never been more into buying a Jeep than I am right now.
I've had my Jeep for couple years but it's time to do somethings to it like these guys did
So Ivan. Did you get that Jeep yet? many years ago Ive owned a 76 CJ5, a 77 CJ7 Renegade, Two Jeep J10 pickups, 76 and a 78'. Now i have the fever for a Cherokee. Once you start its hard to stop, beware.
Amaizing work. Your Jeep looks great.
The beat is banging Like some old school funky beat Love it
Love the bumper paint job! Overall, this thing looks very capable. Who did you go with for the steering brace? Get some extended bump stops ASAP, though because those tires are huge! Have you given any thought into JCR frame stiffies to reduce unibody twist?
Thanks man! I went with Ironman4x4 for the steering brace with sector shaft and Blue Top steering box. I do have to add some bump stops (last time I went off-road I cut the front tires by rubbing against the fender/front bumper). I'll tackle the frame stiffeners when I do the axle swap.
@@VehicleTribe Awesome, thanks. I'll look into that steering brace. I'm excited for your 44 swap: I have a rear 44 in mine with a Detroit locker and it's been great for my purposes. The JCR mid stiffeners (pricey to have a shop weld) have quieted the unibody creaking significantly.
Xj's becoming as rare as hen's teeth and a massive cult following has started look after her. Did you put lockers on. Frame stiffeners will massively change the ride completely, set of diff guard protectors. Finally great video 🙌 🤙 superb choice of wheels n tyres fella . Excellent job 👍
Hey, Thank you! I do not have lockers or frame stiffeners yet but they are in my plans for the near future.
@@VehicleTribe Check out Hooligans video on a XJ build battle. They made a frame for the unibody. Just a recommendation to watch lol.
Epic McGriddle I’ve seen the whole series lol super good
Genius! ! Capo Friends i'm from Pto. Madryn - Argentina. Impecable hermosa la dejaste
does anybody know that console/radio set up he used that seemed really interesting
I think I found it I believe it's a Joying 8.8 Inch Single Din car radio. Been looking for the same thing myself.
How much did the whole thing end up costing? This is inspiring!!💯
If its the same rough country 4.5 super flex kit i put on my 98 xj $1100, fox shocks, $1000, tires tims, $1000-1500, brakes $200-300, bumper looked used $200-500(just guessing), flares $100 (maybe), power steering pump $100-150, jeep $1075. Total $5000-6000 not including headlights and radio. This is the only video I've seen from this channel and this is a pretty standard jeep build. Looks nice.
Mark Budde that’s without motor work he did
Very nice 👌
@@glock3106 what work he did?
@@DickTrikle Thats still a much better deal than you'd get buying one built this way! Pretty nice
I have been around Jeeps my whole life They are simply part of who I am Love the old Cherokees just as much as the others
Awesome work dude!! 😄
I’m a WJ guy through and through, but I can recognize a clean build. Looks good brotha!
Appreciate it 🤙🏼
My mom's got a 2004 Freedom Edition WJ. She loves it. It's on Iron Rock adjustable short arms sitting at stock height right now. She's recovering from a knee replacemt. Once she's got that knee healed she'll be lifting it a bit. I think she'll probably stay around 2-3" rise to keep ride and caster/pinion angles in a happy range.
best part was seeing you switch the rough country for fox
When he pulled off that shock i thought to myself "hopefully hes throwing those in the trash"
kinda thinking the same thing about Fox....garbage teenager brand Ori is 100x better
Super XJ video ! Good 👍 job!
just bought the headlights through your link👌 great video man
Hey man. Ive watched this video over and over again like 5-7 times. Im in love with this thing. Im 14 with no job and looking for one. Ive currently found one for $1000 with a 4” lift kit, 33s on it, and more. But the only thing wrong with it is that there is no title. I talked to my dad about it, he says he likes it but the title part he does not. It is the best deal i have found for a jeep cherokee for the condition its in. Im trying to talk my dad into it but I dont know how to say it. I just want one for my property. How would/should i tell him to get it?
If there is no title you can’t register it. Only way is to illegally change the vin and title wash
No title is no good young man. Might as well keep searching.
I don’t have the time money or space for one, but I realllyyyyy want one
Same thing
Motivational cpt here: If you can dream it, you can do it, breh !
I have a 98 for sale 😁
@@th3ch3f44 Where you at?
@@th3ch3f44 how much
outstanding! nice work.
Seriously a beautiful project !!!
The car like this are generally sold around 75,000 liras in Turkey. How luck you are!
Here they are fairly cheap. Its hard to find any of them over 4000 USD max.
@Joseph it used to be more than 15k bro, thanks to idiot government
Enjoyed the vid but music wiggin me out
Wiggin lol
man been wanting to get into off road and this is my dream rig beautiful
Amazing transformation!
So I sit through this whole thing expecting to learn what wheels and lift you went with but NOTHING BUT MUSIC
Really the core of this awesome build and no info , lift ,tires ,wheels , no info ! Frustrating since we are about to make a build like this ,and this fellow nails it ! I'm new to jeeps and there are a ton. Of mistakes to make , would like to get it right the first time ! Love the video ! Peace be safe !
There’s no way you actually built that thing in 10 minutes
This is EXACTLY what I have in mind. Yours turned out very nice
wow, pretty impressive, cant wait to upgrade my Cherokee. you've inspired me!
I’ve always wanted an XJ. Good job guys