Frame photos. "I am afraid now"

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Jun 6, 2013 | 09:14 AM

#16

TonyPa

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From: Maryland

Year: 1997

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

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Originally Posted by Firestorm500

Well, you live and learn.

Besides any legal recourse, if any, you have 3 options:

1. Fix it.

2. Sell it.

3. Live with it like it is.

A well-equipped, competent shop can make up pieces to replace the rotted out areas. They can rust-proof it and weld it in. If you decide to fix it, I would let the pros do it.

Yes, your right. I will more than likely fix it. I will have to do it myself. The shops near me are extremely expensive.

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Originally Posted by I ARE EL1TE

Here is a link for frame stiffeners http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/catalog/XJRAIL.html

I saw those. Are those just for the uni frame part, or do they bend up over the actual frame rail in the back and front? I am new to Jeep, sorry.

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Originally Posted by RTorrez1

You beat me to it I was going to mention that they do make the frame stiffeners. Don't let It get you down to much. $hit happens and it happens to all of us at one time or another. Like the others said I would be really pissed at the inspector that passed it like that. Here in South Texas we have an annual safety inspection and the shop that I always take all of my vehicles to had a new guy working there and wouldn't pass it because I lost a lug nut when I got a flat a couple of days before. Anyways he said that he would pass it if I gave him $20. I went across the street to a tire shop and asked them if they had any old lug nuts. Put it on and they passed it. Then I went to the shop owner and told him what the new guy was doing. Needless to say he was fired on the spot.

Oh yeah, in Pa. that should have not passed honestly. He probably had one of his buddies throw a sticker on.
I was always honest when selling my cars.
I traded him my 71 Plymouth for it. My car had 69K original on it, and ran perfect. I wanted a Cherokee for winter, and of course to mess around with. I sure did get one!

Jun 6, 2013 | 11:37 AM

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Firestorm500

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Year: 2015, 2012

Model: Grand Cherokee (WK2)

Engine: 3.6L

If I lived in the rust belt, I would bring an old blanket with me to check for undercarriage rust first thing if I was looking at a used vehicle.

And a screwdriver to poke suspected rust pockets.