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A grand cherokee is lighter than a wrangler. The longer wheelbase of the grand will make it more stable pulling though. The grands did have better brakes.

The GRAND does have a longer wheelbase, but the 93-98's used the same front brakes that a CHEROKEE and WRANGLER used. They did have rear disks on most of them, but they are small. The 90+ brakes that CHRYSLER used left MCUH to be desired as far as stopping a load. My 88 CHEROKEE has GOOD brakes on it, but doesn't have the grunt of the later 91+ engines. As far as the GRAND weighing less, I highly doubt that. My lift at work would have agreed with me as well. The YJ's were pretty light, and the TJ's didn't weigh much more. That is why they have so many handling issues with the WRANGLERS and the coil springs, they are to light to really use coil springs on with there center of gravity. The GRANDS never had this issue. In 99 CHRYSLER did improve the brakes on the GRAND TREMEDOUSLY though and went with MUCH larger discs all around.
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