1.) Front suspension/axle

If you look into a mid 80'S XJ Cherokee front suspension you will see that they are a coil spring set up with 4 link, high pinion Dana 30 and just about the perfect fit....(More on that later) My YJ had that stupid vacuum actuated spline collar on the axel to engage the 4 wheel drive...that had to go, so when looking for the XJ front axle the hunt was on to find one that did not have the vacuum actuator...Let me tell you those are hard to find.... I say 1 in 10 mid 80's XJ's have them.... I got mine for 150.00 and I didn't really care about the brakes, u joints, ball joints etc since I already planed to replace them in the old Dana that came of my YJ.... I will point out that while you are there get the steering linkage and the track bar and the tack bar mount as you will need them anyway....Also look into getting the front drive line for making your own double cardan rear drive line... save some bucks there if you are good....So with my parts from the junk yard I ordered up a long arm kit for a XJ from Rusty's off road.....This kit comes with a new belly pan for the long arms to mount to and some unibody support plates and the long arms with high clearance rod ends....I have no use for the belly pan stuff for this project so I sold them to my buddy and down the road we are going to build up our own long arms and use the Rusty's belly pan....