I have been curious to find out if this is possible. of course the body is the same for the most part, but the hinges on mine are on the roof and on the top of the hatch. one poster on here had made a ladder for the hatch of his 97+, and in his postings i thought i saw that the hinges on the new hatches actually reach into the body through holes. looks more complicated than i expected. does anyone have a close up picture of the hinge assembly on a 97-01? i'm expecting that this is not a simple task and of course would require other body parts to be updated also. thanks.