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Technical Advice and Questions / Re: Should I buy this questionable XJ

« on: March 28, 2009, 08:54:37 pm »

I really have no idea if it has a super 35 kit, or for that matter, what a super 35 kit looks like.  I assume you have to take the axle apart to find out...  I'll check to see if it has lockers by jacking it up and spinning the tires and such.  The death wobble kinda scares me, it appears to be stock steering for the most part.   I'll have to take another look and let you guys know

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Technical Advice and Questions / Should I buy this questionable XJ

« on: March 28, 2009, 07:36:39 pm »

So I was looking around for a lift for me jeep and I happen to be contacted by this guy who's buddy is selling a pretty modified XJ.

Here's his email to me.

"A friend of mine is trying to sell a 88 XJ.  He won't part it dosen't have the place to do it.  Hes asking $2200.  It has a Rustys 6" lift ($1200 new), olympic winch front bumper ($500 new) , rear air tank bumper (homemade).  33" procomp xtrain tires half tread on 15x8 black steelies.  Front axle is dana 30 4.10 gears I think with loc rite and a heavy duty ribbed diff cover (has like $800 into it).  Rear is dana 35 with the super 35 kit and detroit locker 4.10 gears (has like $1800 into it).  Rock sliders ($300) A good deal just need to swap out parts and sell off the unused stuff."

My motivation is to buy this jeep, swap over the suspension, bumpers and axles then junk it.  The body and interior are not up to par and the motor seems to be pretty tired.  Today I went down to check it out... 

1. The guy told me he bought it as it is.  He also told me that he knows the things locked, but he doesn't know how.  First sign of suspision, how does the friend know what its locked with and the owner doesn't?

2.  Its definetily a 4.5" lift with shackles and spacers.

3.  This thing has death wobble like crazy at 35 mph, it litterally hops across the road. 

The owner was extremely nice and patient while we looked over the car.  What I'm really concerned about is if its locked or not... and I didn't really want to powerbrake the guys jeep to see if it lit both tires up or not.  What's your guys input on this questionable jeep?