I took off the RR fender flare and bumper end cap to see what it would look like and before i knew it i busted 4 nuts right off. Now the wife is saying to put it back on(she already knows the damage). I was wondering if i should take the rest off and leave it or if i should put them back on? And if i put it back on how to get it to stay?

 

the issue around here is that w/o fender flares your tires stick out enough to be illegal. so id make sure your not in violation cause it would be a ****ty reason to get a ticket. double sided tape works, find somebody who can help you replace the broken hardware, pull the rest of the plastic of and give it a nice clean look... idk... try a thread search, too...

 

i had that same problem happen a few weeks ago when took them off to paint them you could buy the metal pieces they go for about $70 ish for new they are still off luckily colorado they dont care if you are running without them

 

yeah no problem with violating any rules as they dont care and we have no inspections to worry about, i just pounded out the old bolts that have 3 tack welds holding them to the metal and then zipped tied it, works pretty good. i would of just left them off but wife was complaining that it was our family vehicle...im thinking i really need to go into work extra for awhile and save some money up to buy another xj to have fun with, i still told her that im gonna put a 3" on it and some 31's haha