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Switching Bodies!

Old 03-17-2013, 02:24 AM
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Probably wrong section but gotta start somewhere right?!?
I have a 97 2 door xj body was pretty chopped up by previous owner so bad to the point I can't ever replace the doors due to his half*^# welding job putting in some half doors anyways long story short I found a pretty solid body in a junk yard same year 2 door how hard would it be to just swap the bodies or is it a lost cause?
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You now xjs are uni-body you actually swap motor and all drive train ?
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Like he said, a body swap on an xj is putting all the junk from one onto another
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So you can't remove the body from the frame?
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Originally Posted by TEXAS-XJ-50
So you can't remove the body from the frame?
That is correct
Old 03-17-2013, 12:43 PM
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Nvm! Wow little research goes a long way I thought unibody meant the body itself was one piece like on a corvette didnt realize that on jeeps that meant the frame was welded to the body! Sorry for waiting anyone's time! But hey live learn right!
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Unibody means the same thing no matter who built it. It's not just a Jeep thing.
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