1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee

(ZJ)

Trying to find good stuff for a Grand Cherokee isn't all that easy. This includes Whitney and multiple searches on the internet. But let me begin at the beginning, which was 1977. And a Dodge 4x4 pickup. Several trail rides later fast forward a few years. A succession of various Grand Cherokees (1995, 1997, a 99' Cherokee Sport and a 2000 Liberty).

2003 arrives quickly. My wife and two boys go to Camp Jeep in Virginia. I stayed home with the dogs. This year the boys couldn't go so I left the dogs with them and went with my wife.

To keep the story short, she got hooked on trail riding. Along comes the opportunity to buy a 93' Grand Cherokee because my oldest said he was taking the Sport next year to Camp Jeep and I needed something else. I was planning on sitting it along the road and selling it for my oldest son. One thing led to another and I finally bought it, with the intention on turning it into an off road unit. Being a bit older it made more sense to use the Grand Cherokee than one of those bouncy short wheelbase CJ's or Wranglers, although they do look cool all tricked out.

After all, it makes more sense to do some riding closer to home than Virginia which is 500 miles from home. Camp Jeep is fun, but there were so many people there this year they limited you to two trail rides over the three days. And once you walk through the actual Camp Jeep area, once through is enough, at least for me. 

The Beginning

Here is the unit at it's pretty basic. 3" suspension lift and 30x9 Dunlop Mud Rover tires. Sorry but I forgot to take pics of it when it was stock. What you can't see is the GPS and CB. 

Notice the "If you can read this Roll me over" graphic which I gave up for a SunFire graphic. The Roll me over will be replaced on the rear window.