MJ DOWN! What to do? Totalled my 88

[895XJ]

Hit a deer early this morning on interstate, gonna try to fix it, thoughts?

 

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[desbennett004]

I had similar damage from hitting a minivan with my XJ. Cost me $300 in parts from Pick and Pull, and about 4 hours of labor.

 

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[johnj92131]

Lots of Cherokee parts out there.  Nothing damaged looks Comanche specific.  So if you want to fix it, go for it.

[DirtyComanche]

That should be any easy fix.  Might need parts of the inner fenders too, which you can bolt on if you have no ability to weld, just be sure to take care when removing them from a donor XJ.

 

If you have any interest in going to the newer style front end, now is your chance.

[Knucklehead97]

I hit a deer going 50 in my Jeep. Not AS bad as yours. But yours is definitely fixable. A good hammer helps with getting the unibody mounts straight to mount the header panel and all!!! 200$ (with new radiator!) And a weekend later and it was back on the road

[HOrnbrod]

Yeah Knuck, but you hit an Alabama goat-deer. They average about one-half the size of the Dakota white tails.   :yes:

[Dzimm]

Nothing a little duct tape couldn't fix. Lol. That looks very repairable.

[mattbuch96]

If there is any unibody damage Tyler from bleepinjeep did a great how to on replacing the front fender that is part of the unibody. I'll leave a link below.

 

 

 

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[Knucklehead97]

Yeah Knuck, but you hit an Alabama goat-deer. They average about one-half the size of the Dakota white tails. :yes:

hey I said his was worse! Being on the interstate at interstate speeds probably didn't help him :D I'm wondering how his hood remained mostly undamaged! Looks like just a slight bend

[895XJ]

That's an awesome video I didn't know existed, definitely going to try this myself now! Hood could be saveable but from a PO hitting a deer and replacing it with one that's not oem (very thin), its getting replaced 

[peteco]

rub some dirt on it..

[R1.]

If there is unibody damage it would be hard to pull one at a junk yard unless they let you take a torch in.  If they let you, just cut past what you need and take it home to work on it.  I hit a deer with a car and had to go that route and weld it in.

[895XJ]

If there is unibody damage it would be hard to pull one at a junk yard unless they let you take a torch in.  If they let you, just cut past what you need and take it home to work on it.  I hit a deer with a car and had to go that route and weld it in.

My yard is my JY. I've got four parts cherokees