Poll: Does your MJ have the original rear bumper?

[beepbeepmyredjeep]

I'm just curious how many people have had to replace their bumpers, or been lucky like me and still have the original.

 

If you own more than one MJ, feel free to select multiple options.

[beepbeepmyredjeep]

Almost forgot.

 

:needpics:

[Geonovast]

My 2.5 has an MJ rear bumper, in rather good shape too (last time I looked)

 

4.0 has a giant piece of angle iron with a class 3 hitch tube welded to it. Frame's rotting and the bed's toast, so I don't mind slamming on my brakes when someone's tailing me in that one. :yes:

 

[fiatslug87]

All three have stock rear bumpers. One has the original for sure the others I'm don't know. This one was powder coated about two years ago.

[jimoshel]

When your the third or fourth owner of a 20 year old vehicle, just how do you know, or can tell what is and isn't original?

[Geonovast]

When your the third or fourth owner of a 20 year old vehicle, just how do you know, or can tell what is and isn't original?

 

Ya can't, that's why I said it has an MJ bumper, not original. :D

[87Warrior]

When my truck starts going back together, it will be sporting a factory style replacement bumper. It is sitting on the garage floor right now. I bought the truck with 3 rear end collisions on its record, so it was void of any bumper.

[dasbulliwagen]

Cherokee rear bumper....

 

 

 

 

....with custom made mounting brackets...

 

 

[landlubber]

One has the JCwhitney replacement, and the other I bought it without one and haven't found or needed to get one yet.

 

 

 

FWIW, i fixed the tailgate latch and sprayed a new coat of black on this one.

 

[kro10000]

mine had a 3" square tube sticking out the back, I chopped it and recessed it under the bumper, looks pretty good now

[deziped]

As far as I Know the bumper I built & installed is the original (1st) bumper installed on this MJ. No signs or indications one was on it from factory & license plate light was for non-bumperized vehicle.

[Automan2164]

As far as I Know the bumper I built & installed is the original (1st) bumper installed on this MJ. No signs or indications one was on it from factory & license plate light was for non-bumperized vehicle.

 

It had to have one from leaving the factory. That plate light was on some MJ's from factory hidden up there...

 

Rob L.

[1990 Pioneer 4x4]

This is the third rear bumper.

 

[dasbulliwagen]

As far as I Know the bumper I built & installed is the original (1st) bumper installed on this MJ. No signs or indications one was on it from factory & license plate light was for non-bumperized vehicle.

 

It had to have one from leaving the factory. That plate light was on some MJ's from factory hidden up there...

 

Rob L.

 

My 87 Sportruck DIDNT have one from the factory. It had the light mounted to the bed under the tailgate with factory connectors. The Cherokee bumper is this trucks first bumper ever. The original owner made absolutely no modifications to this truck.

[Dirteatr717]

Its deff the original bumper but does it count if theres not much metal left :yes:

[glundblad]

As far as I Know the bumper I built & installed is the original (1st) bumper installed on this MJ. No signs or indications one was on it from factory & license plate light was for non-bumperized vehicle.

 

It had to have one from leaving the factory. That plate light was on some MJ's from factory hidden up there...

 

Rob L.

 

Believe it or not, a rear bumper was optional. At least in Indiana. I remember being asked. I am sure I gave a look like this. :nuts:

 

If you look at my MJOTM link, at the bottom of the page is a quote in 1987 for a new MJ that I never got. They were going to search for one with the options I wanted, which included a rear bumper. Is that dumb or what? Trucks had laws that were much different than cars. Oh and the bumper was only $132 back then.

http://www.comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=21903

[89eliminator]

i have a custom bumper now, but the stock bumper i took off was rust free.

[neohic]

^Mine too!

[Pete M]

I've got one of each. from left to right: aftermarket, stock, custom

 

[HKB3]

Just put on my class III hitch a few days ago

 

[mvusse]

I still have the original bumper on mine. Or it used to be a bumper. Now it's a rotted, rusted, mangled mess of steel.

 

But it's still attached.

[Wildman]

Believe it or not, a rear bumper was optional. At least in Indiana. I remember being asked. I am sure I gave a look like this. :nuts:

 

If you look at my MJOTM link, at the bottom of the page is a quote in 1987 for a new MJ that I never got. They were going to search for one with the options I wanted, which included a rear bumper. Is that dumb or what? Trucks had laws that were much different than cars. Oh and the bumper was only $132 back then.

http://www.comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=21903

 

:yes: :agree:

 

The OEM step bumper and tube bumper were "options" back then, just look in the FSM, under accessories, and it tell the "dealer" how to install them :brows:

 

Some states, like NY required them.......along with the front license plate bracket.

 

The rear license plate light mounted to the rear apron was "stock" off the factory floor, unless the rear bumper was checked off.

 

And......to answer the poll........some OEM's some FEY's after markets........a real mix on my fleet.

[HKB3]

Believe it or not, a rear bumper was optional. At least in Indiana. I remember being asked. I am sure I gave a look like this. :nuts:

 

If you look at my MJOTM link, at the bottom of the page is a quote in 1987 for a new MJ that I never got. They were going to search for one with the options I wanted, which included a rear bumper. Is that dumb or what? Trucks had laws that were much different than cars. Oh and the bumper was only $132 back then.

http://www.comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=21903

 

:yes: :agree:

 

The OEM step bumper and tube bumper were "options" back then, just look in the FSM, under accessories, and it tell the "dealer" how to install them :brows:

 

Some states, like NY required them.......along with the front license plate bracket.

 

The rear license plate light mounted to the rear apron was "stock" off the factory floor, unless the rear bumper was checked off.

 

And......to answer the poll........some OEM's some FEY's after markets........a real mix on my fleet.

don`t know the history of my truck, but it does still have the tag light behind the bumper & looks to be wired from the factory/dealer when new( the tag lights on the bumper are spliced from them)

[Unglar]

I think its original....

 

 

But it has seen better days.

[jpnjim]

One original (bolts sure felt like they were on there for 21 years when I pulled it off to straighten it out),

and one custom bumper.