Ok, so i've been removing my front bumper, taking out all 10 million bolts that hold it in! Finally, i get to the final bolt, and it's in the center, smack dab in the middle inside where i have to blindly unscrew it, and just my luck, it's stripped. The bumper is amazingly still held on by it, but i feel like if i rip the bumper off, i'll break everything! what should i do??

 

Well ur bumper should only be 6 bolts

 

There are 6 15mm bolts.

 

Beside the point.. it just seemed like a lot lol. but what do you recommend me do with the stripped bolt?

 

yea 3 bolts on each frame rail.

i just took mine off after i mangled it on a shrub. weak piece o' tin......

 

Id recommend taking it out! Sure makes taking the bumper off easier! Lol, is the nut stripped or the bolt?

 

well the part where you put the allen wrench in is stripped so i assume the bolt... ugh should i drill through the bolt itself orr?

 

Allen wrench? They are 15mm bolts, shouldnt be allens at all, take a pic please

 

yeah take a pic there shouldnt be any allen keys used

from what your saying i would think that the clip the bolt threads into that clips unto the unibody is broke
if it is broke and not grabing the unibody it will spin with the bolt almost like its striped

 

If thats the case, use channel locks, vice grips, something to.squeeze the clip while you loosen the bolt

 

There are 2 Torx bolts on the top and bottom of the bracket that holds the bumper to the brackets. Cut the head off the bolt and put a new bolt in it. If you take the bumper and brackets off as a unit it will be easier to get to the other bolt.

 

Um not a wrongler a cherokee, never seen torx bolts on a xj bumper

 

Remove yours and look inside of it. I have never seen an XJ without them!
You can crawl under it and see the bottom one without removing. It goes in through the bottom of the bumper.

 

Both my bumpers have been off and replaced, neither had torx, all 15mm

 

I'll post pics of my 96's front bumper tomorrow. I have to dig it out of my loft.