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Will rear XJ flares fit an MJ?
- Thread starter bzdel2441
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- Location
- Terra Firma
Nope.
The rear wheel arches on the MJ are both wider and higher than on the XJ.
The rear wheel arches on the MJ are both wider and higher than on the XJ.
old_man
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Loveland, Colorado
If you can wait a month or so I know a company that will have them available.
onetallmj
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- San Bernardino Ca
old_man said:
I saw Bushwacker has them listed, but are they different than the XJ's?
CW
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
I thought 2door flares were the same as mj flares.:dunno:
- Location
- Terra Firma
Nope. I have a pair of rear quarters I chopped out of a 2-door XJ with the idea of replacing the butchered wheel arches on my MJ. The XJ flares are the same, whether 2-door or 4-door, and they are smaller than MJ rear flares both horizontally and vertically.CW said:
Jeff in VA
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- Location
- Richmond, VA
Maybe I'm smokin' crack, but I thought I heard someone say that XJ front flares fit MJ rear wheelwells. (???) I was in the junkyard a couple of weeks ago and measured a couple different XJ's, both front and rear flares. Can't recall the exact numbers, but the fronts were definately bigger than the rears by at least an inch, maybe two. But, there weren't any MJ's there to compare with, and mine's too far away from me to measure 
Jeff
Jeff
- Location
- Terra Firma
I never considered trying fronts on the rear of an MJ. The upper portion and the trailing corner might work, but the forward corner is totally different because in the front the flares wrap under the bumper to mate up with the air dam. It might be possible to make something quasi-servicable, but it would not be a direct replacement.
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Jeff in VA
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- Location
- Richmond, VA
Good point, there. But considering the lack of MJ's there seems to be in parts, you could probably redneck somethin' up. Maybe cut off the forward edge, heat it to make it pliable and bend it under the rocker area, and pin it down with some hardware. Wouldn't be exact, but I bet it would work...
- Location
- Terra Firma
Gonna post this in For Sale but, since the subject came up, the brother of a guy who runs a local Jeep shop just totaled his '88 MJ shortbed. He cracked the front subframe and they decided it's not repairable so he's dumping it.
They just pulled the engine and drive train, but the cab, bed, interior and axles all go. Bed it straight and generally solid, with a little rust starting to show just above the flares (where they all start to rust). Flares are there, plus a bunch of other parts. It has a new windshield and a new rear slider window. He's asking $300 for the whole thing, and it's gotta be worth twice that in parts.
If interested, call Paul at 203-393-2481 (home) or 203-687-1800 (cell).
They just pulled the engine and drive train, but the cab, bed, interior and axles all go. Bed it straight and generally solid, with a little rust starting to show just above the flares (where they all start to rust). Flares are there, plus a bunch of other parts. It has a new windshield and a new rear slider window. He's asking $300 for the whole thing, and it's gotta be worth twice that in parts.
If interested, call Paul at 203-393-2481 (home) or 203-687-1800 (cell).
Cheropair
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Kansas City
Hey, old_man, any news on the MJ flares?
