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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 12:48 PM
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i have a 1998 jeep Cherokee sport i am wondering what other year Cherokee flairs will interchange mine broke and i am looking at local junk yards for more will a 1993 Cherokee fender flair fit or what?
thanks alot shane
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 02:04 PM
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97-01 will fit properly.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by caged
97-01 will fit properly.
x2, Anything earlier than '97 wil not work right
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 08:16 PM
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lol u dont need'em anyway
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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If you live in a tire cover state, tj or yj flairs can fit.
There are many write ups on installation.
Search.

Bushwackers and Rustys are a waste of money IMO.
I have both.
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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 05:22 AM
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I have a 97 and Im running flares off a 94. They will work from early to late years the front end of the flare will need to be trimmed if it is going on a 97 and newer, the factory fender got cut off and not as long on the front end. BUT, if you run any early flares 96 and older, they are full length flares, the 97 and newer are not, the bumper end caps act as the lower flare.

The bolt holes align as well, just use 1/2 bolts with body washers on both sides. I'm running wing nuts, so I can quickly remove the flares while off road.
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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 08:30 AM
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yes, typically 86-96 cherokee flares will work, but as mentioned, they are different as chrysler made a slight body line change for 97+ years.

pre 97 have squared off body lines and longer front and back, so rough cutting will need to be done.

if you're looking for aesthetics, you want to sick with 97 and up.
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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 08:34 AM
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i have a 99 guys and where can you find cheap after market flares sorry to thread jack
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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 01:37 PM
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Looks are not bad, fit is not bad, yes the body lines on the older 96 and older flares are more square and the 97 and newer are rounded, but I did NO trimming on the flares EXCEPT the lower front and they bolted up and no HUGE gaps between the fender and the flare, just small, but not noticable.

If you run them, you can paint them, or run the bed liner on them. Quick, pretty cheap, and it will keep the po po off you for tire coverage up until you go wider wheels and tires, with of course offset wheels.
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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 89PBR96
i have a 99 guys and where can you find cheap after market flares sorry to thread jack
i don't think cheap aftermarket xj flares exist.

a viable option guys do is tj flares. either a complete set installed or even 4 rears used on the xj.
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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by caged
i don't think cheap aftermarket xj flares exist.

a viable option guys do is tj flares. either a complete set installed or even 4 rears used on the xj.
The stock tj will work with some modifications? thanks for any help
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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 08:40 PM
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no modifications to the flares, just your fenders, good for excessive trimming.
even the side marker light can be hooked up. they look good too.
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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 09:28 PM
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i dont know about flairs but i would run stock tj flares they look great, and even though alot of guy run em on xjs its still an "original" mod to me...
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 07:57 AM
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Awesome guys thats saves me a ton of money i'm goin to the junkyard today


I found this

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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by bigbadwolf078
lol u dont need'em anyway
X2 just rip the rest of them off and get out the grinder
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