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From: Poconos PA
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
id like to see some picsof what your cherokee looks like with the side steps/nerfbars w/e you wanna call em....im lookin at the u shaped ones that bolt to the frame or the tubular ones
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From: New Jersey
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 HO
Actually, I figured out how to post the pics.


If they showed up, you can see they don't look that bad. Just a little warning though, I broke both of them a little bit. Mine are made out friggin aluminum! Bottomed out and smashed em a whole bunch and eventually one of the brackets broke. No big deal though, they don't sag or anything. As for installation, I can't help you out. They came on my Jeep when I bought it.


If they showed up, you can see they don't look that bad. Just a little warning though, I broke both of them a little bit. Mine are made out friggin aluminum! Bottomed out and smashed em a whole bunch and eventually one of the brackets broke. No big deal though, they don't sag or anything. As for installation, I can't help you out. They came on my Jeep when I bought it.
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From: Ottawa ON
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L HO
not to hijack the thread but that is one sweet looking push bar... its awesome because i have a 2dr cherokee same colour and am looking at getting one. Who makes that if you dont mind me asking?
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From: New Jersey
Year: 1996
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I don't mind you asking, but I don't know the answer
. It works pretty good. I smashed a loaded Walmart shopping cart doing roughly 25-30 miles an hour. It FLEW into the side of the building exploding upon impact, resulting in extreme laughter. I surely thought my bumper was gonna be messed up, but somehow wasn't. They are connected directly to the bumper so don't think you can go smash a tree at 100 MPH with no damage. It's a little rusty so I'm gonna take it off, grind it down to bare metal, and spray bedliner on it for durability. Same goes for the fender flares and possibly running boards.
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Year: 1996
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Not kidding, the ones on my Jeep are probably the cheapest quality ones you can get. I mean they work great, but don't even have any brand names stamped into them or anything like that. If you just check out your local Craigslist I'm sure you can find a brush guard like mine. My buddy picked up a brand new chrome one for his Suburban from a yard sale for $15. Same exact one as mine, but chrome plated. Mine is just like a universal brush guard. Drill holes and mount, that's about it. And the running boards (nerf bars, whatever you guys wanna call em) just bolt right up. My other buddy has the same exact brush guard on his Toyota pickup. Just keep your eyes open on Craigslist and you'll probably stumble across something.
Yeah I hear ya man, this is the closest I can find to it
http://www.quadratec.com/products/72116_802_07.htm
Only real difference is that it doesn't curve around the corner, so I'll definitely keep my eyes peeled. $15 is a steal.
http://www.quadratec.com/products/72116_802_07.htm
Only real difference is that it doesn't curve around the corner, so I'll definitely keep my eyes peeled. $15 is a steal.
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The link you sent me is only for the parts that cover the headlights...the entire brush guard assembly is $623.99 for that setup. http://www.quadratec.com/products/72115_802_07.htm But it's made by Warn and will probably last forever. Good luck in your search for protection.
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From: 9000 ft, CO
Year: 1999 XJ
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From: Ottawa ON
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
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I was junking a 91' civic awhile back, anyways it stalled right in the drive way. in front of my jeep. with no room to backup i pushed it with the jeep, stock bumper, very carefully. well more like I T-boned it until it was out of the way. I only bent the plastic endcaps lol.
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