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+$80 for nuts, bolts, various pieces. +$.05 for my hood arm holder thing. It’s pretty rough looking because when I 3D printed it-its an odd shape and needed supports. I’ll redo this at a later time. I used a generic XJ file from Thingiverse. The top hole of two was larger-so needed some finagling.

New front fenders are on! They took some finagling to get them to fit (97-01). Need some more bolts as I didn’t have one for each slot. I put hex nuts and bolts on the bottom two that attach to the runner. Notice I still need a newer antenna plastic piece-as I forgot the old one would not sit flush. The grill to the header panel slide down my concrete driveway and got scratched and small cracks. SOOO I will be replacing that eventually. I sanded and painted it for now. Also did not have the screws to attach the grill so more bolts! I think it looks nice for now. Dry fit everything up for a pic-need nuts to hold on the header panel. I also spray painted the side of the truck to make sure some bondo spots disappeared and covered some bare metal for now. I really wanna cut the fender flares but they’re new-so hands off for now.

Also wanted to share this sweet “original” poster I got.

Pic of the bumper mounted. Black looks pretty nice, IMO. I will probably mount the vacuum ball inside the bumper (I believe that’s where my XJs had it). Although if it’s just for HVAC, I plan to not have that anyways. Any guidance on consequences from not having one is appreciated!

I also realized the Amazon picture listed my address. No one come kill me-but you are more than happy to visit the Jeep. Lol

After two failed scrap yard runs and a couple months of Craigslist/Facebook being unfruitful-I decided to just by some parts off Amazon - which proved to be cheaper than LKQ. Maybe the price they gave me included shipping, which would have been closer. $176.20-header panel and grill $219.11-both driver and passenger fender

After a rough winter, I am getting back to some Jeep work. Next thing I worked on was putting on a front bumper. Standard XJ front bumper has the same mounts from what I can see. On my Comanche there are three slots/holes on each side. Two above and below are just holes and the back middle one (triangle formation) is threaded. In buying new bolts, I got (what I assumed was the right size from old rusted ones) 7/16-14 grade 5 (whatever all that means). I have the two on each side-the threaded was barely too large. Four bolts is fine with me, for now, instead of 6. I put washers on each side of the bolt even though I do not believe the hex head or nut would have popped through the opening. I sanded the bumper, removed a little rust, and removed 30 bumper stickers. It then got hit with the black paint. nuts and bolts-$24.08

Hahaha definitely willing to part ways with. Probably letting it sit faceless until 97+ parts.

More spray cans, just because -$17.14

Headlights on their way from Amazon. I personally love the LED. Also came across an XJ pic and cannot find the blinkers in it for sale-to match. Help?😕 headlights $80 (although the girlfriend and I had a plethora of Amazon gift cards, lol) was going to go to u pull it today for a 97+ front/grill and front fenders but it was crazy cold. Next purchase, for sure. The front end is already off, sooooo.

That’s super interesting to know-thanks! I just assumed most if not all changes happened at 97 (after deep diving into swap threads, lol).

Comedic post on the state of the glove box and provided headlights:

Registry on this site? Or a general other one. Not sure I know what you’re talking about. Thanks for the visit!

I 100% have always debadged my cars (this is my 10th?). I will not be putting this back on if anyone is interested. Also cool note- from the post 97 xjs I have owned, I know the keep logo has been a soft sticker like decal. Interesting the pre 97 goes through to the back like this. (97 swap in my future)

Various trim removal- wheel well stuff and rear right fender flare . 7mm to remove trim behind front bumper and other. 10mm for fender. First task will be to fix up this lovely spot.