1997 Jeep Wrangler / Tj SE 2dr 4WD SUV

1997 Jeep Wrangler Renegade â?" Lifted, Locked, and Trail-Ready Why This Car Is Special The 1997 Jeep Wrangler Renegade sits right in the middle of the TJ generation's first year of production, and that timing matters. Jeep introduced the TJ in 1997 after a decade of the YJ, and the most important change was the return of round headlights and, more significantly, the switch from rectangular leaf springs to a coil-spring suspension at all four corners. That coil-link setup gave the TJ meaningfully better articulation than its predecessor right out of the box, and it's a big part of why the TJ became the platform that serious off-road builders chose throughout the late 1990s and 2000s.