I have a 01 Jeep Cherokee that has been around a bit, has 140,000 miles on it and has been in a couple of scrapes, but since I really don't have the money to fix all of the stuff and since Chrysler stuff is really in the tank, none of their vehicles here are really worth anything. The repairs would cost more than it would be worth. So I decided to give it a backyard paintjob in my favorite color, camoflauge! Now it definitely gets attention whereever it goes (used to be a white with a smattering of rust spots). Just have to put the CB antenna on and the redneck ride will be complete.

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Vaya con Dios

now you need some schedule 80 pipe in the 2.5 inch - 3 inch dia range and boiler plate to build an improper brush guard. think mad max ... add a cop car door for some flair

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it just needs more voltage

It needs a six inch lift, cut fenders, and at least 35" tires to be a redneck vehicle.

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I have a 2000 cherokee, you keep the oil changed in those 4.0 Liters and they will run forever. Mine has around 170,000 miles on it.

I had a 1997 Cherokee Sport I bought new. My son has it now and it is well past 200,000 miles and just keeps going strong. The 4.0 six is a great engine. Overall the Jeep has been a great 4x4. The only major problem was the air cond. evaporator went at about 150,000. One water pump, brakes and rotors every couple years and one set of shocks.

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Big Fred

I had an '87 Cherokee I ran til 222,000 miles
(when I bought it with 156,000 my Dad thought I was crazy)

Currently I have a '96 cherokee with only 106,000
Its going to be my daughters first car

I think it looks great, if it had a brush guard and a Safari roof rack it would be perfect!

Is a brush guard the same thing as a deer-smacker?

How about a belt-fed Browning .30 on the roof?

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Wayne
Torn & Frayed

Our 1996 Cherokee with the 4.0 six just turned over 300k. Yeah, the lifters make it sound like a diesel, but it still breaks the BF Goodrich Wrangler's loose at the drop of the go pedal!

Yours looks a lot better than my '97 Cherokee, except for that Obama picture in the back window.

How did you paint it? I'm assumig a spray gun and automotive grade paint, but then again I've seen some real magic with cans. A guy I knew in high school bought a Baja Bug that somebody had painted with Sears latex and a roller -- not so good.

Back in my old days I painted my 77 F250 with a roller using genuine OD GI paint. Man, it looked good.

I like it! I've been toying with the idea of getting the "Mossy Oak" stick-on vinyl for my rocker panels, but can't quite justify it right now.

I painted right as it sits with Krylon camo green paint and camo black (both are ultra flat) that I picked up at Walmart, 4 cans each. The camo pattern was done freehand. I masked off with tape and newspaper what needed to be, but it was all done in my yard right where the jeep sits.

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Vaya con Dios