What are the bodies made of?
12-12-2012, 08:37 AM
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What are the bodies made of?
A buddy if mine was saying the body of my Xj is fiberglass and I said no it's not buy I'm not exactly sure so I'm just wondering what it is... Aluminum maybe?
12-12-2012, 08:53 AM
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The only things fiberglass on a XJ are the header panel and rear gate on early XJ's. On later, the gate is steel.
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12-12-2012, 09:13 AM
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As mentioned, the liftgate 1984-1996 was made from fibreglas (which gets bloody everywhere when you cut it - I've put oversized speakers in more than a few rigs...) and 1997-2001 is made of the same steel as the body.
The "frame" is welded to the body, and made of similar material (may be one size thicker, I don't know - and several areas are doubled for strength,) which is why you can't get a body lift for the XJ or MJ.
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