Can this be a 98??

ParadiseXJ

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Location

Paradise, CA 95969

• Dec 4, 2013

• #1

Looking at the Jeep in this ad.

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/4228435387.html

Flares
Header Panel

This can't be a 98 can it. 97+ changed the whole header panel/flare/grill right??

 

ROBZ95Xj

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Location

Keene NH

• Dec 4, 2013

• #2

its a 95 or 96

 

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ILoveJeeps

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Location

North Carolina

• Dec 4, 2013

• #3

It's not a 98 you can tell by the grille and half window. Plus the interior and I think it's a 96 because the steering wheel.

 

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Digger87xj

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Location

Buffalo Creek/Lakewood CO

• Dec 4, 2013

• #4

my 95 has that wheel..

thats no 98 thats for sure.


funny too, I have that same stereo

 

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Sidewinder CC

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Location

Canton, Michigan

• Dec 5, 2013

• #5

In 98 they went with the rotary AC/Heat Mode Selector Switch. That one still has the slider type heat selector panel.

Edit: Plus lots of other dash details are pre 98.

 

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SgtMojo67

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Location

Tulsa

• Dec 5, 2013

• #6

I own a '98 and that is DEFINITELY not one.......

My '98

 

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WB9YZU

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Location

Madison, WI

• Dec 5, 2013

• #7

ROBZ95Xj said:

its a 95 or 96

Click to expand...

X2.
Too bad they didn't show the under carriage, that would have narrowed it up a bit. 96' was a crossover year. Late Model drivetrain with the Early model body style.

-Ron

 

iluv83vettes

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Location

Houston

• Dec 5, 2013

• #8

It's definitely a 95 or a 96 with the airbag on the steering wheel and the old body style. I thought that the 96 had a passenger airbag but I am probably wrong with that.

 

PhotographerMike

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Location

Whittier, CA 10 Mi. east of L.A.

• Dec 5, 2013

• #9

I ran the license through the DMV smog test check and it doesn't have a history, might be why it isn't registered.

http://www.smogcheck.ca.gov/pubwebquery/Vehicle/PubTstQry.aspx

So, not registered. Wrong year. Not for me . . .

 

ParadiseXJ

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Paradise, CA 95969

• Dec 5, 2013

• #10

Nice to know I'm not imagining things.

After all it is CL. Usually OK, but this guy isn't.

Thanks

 

Talyn

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Location

Radford, Communistwealth of Virginia

• Dec 6, 2013

• #11

There is 100% nothing on that even resembles 1998. Interior, exterior, hatch, etch. Flagged as spam.

 

Matthew Currie

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Location

Vermont, land of big clay

• Dec 6, 2013

• #12

As I recall, there were no passenger side airbags on the 96, so it would be virtually impossible to say whether this one is a 95 or 96, but it's 100 percent sure to be one of those two. If there were a picture of the engine bay or underside, you might be able to tell, because the 96 got some of the engine wiring changes of later models, and a different looking ECU.

I presume that the ad means the 4x4 is taken off, not taking, off, and I'd sure be giving this one a miss unless you got up good and close to it and found it better than it looks. It's had a hard life.

 

ParadiseXJ

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Location

Paradise, CA 95969

• Dec 6, 2013

• #13

Yep...

Still looking. There are a bunch of XJ's around here and I'm still searching for another XJ since my son has taken over the 90 Laredo. I have a couple other drivers...MJ is snow ready now. So this one is def a no go.