Unibody frame damage?? Have a parts cherokee to fix it!?
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Unibody frame damage?? Have a parts cherokee to fix it!?
Hey guys I have two cherokees...
99 cherokee 2 door: Has a perfect body but has tons of frame rot underneath. Motor and everything else is solid.
00 cherokee 4 door: crashed the front end. Frame rails look intact as well as the front crash bar is nice and straight. Mostly cosmetic damage up front. Otherwise low miles frame is perfect no rust anywhere!
id like to take the front nose off the 2 door and swap it to the 4 door. The damage looks like be on the fender as well as the inner fender which is the most concerning to me since it seems to have pushed back the door and kinda separated from the frame rails. Otherwise like I said the frame rails look decent.
Im thinking of welding these pieces into it. This isn’t a daily driver (I have a 2017 JKU) this is just a hobby/project I’ve wanted to do for awhile. Let me know what you guys think or am I crazy for wanting to do this??? My family says I am! Lol
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Post some pictures if you can and you'll get some good opinions.
Sounds like a plan, though, and you'll probably need a few parts
from the junkyard as you go along.
Sounds like a plan, though, and you'll probably need a few parts
from the junkyard as you go along.
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Tell your family that it's crazier to drive a vehicle (even if it's just occasionally) with a structurally unsound frame than it is to do a little cutting and welding.
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my thoughts exactly. I don’t mind doing a little welding at all, I’m just concerned that the pass door isn’t lining up right I don’t know how to fix that
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How's the door not lining up? Is it just a little - maybe do some cutting and grinding to get things where they need to go. If it's bent a little, maybe pull it back to the right spot with a come-along and a hefty tree and then weld in something to brace the spot where it bent (or cut it out and patch in some sounder metal.. ?
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