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Dec 20, 2011 | 09:57 PM

#16

Kong1

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From: SW Colorado

Year: 2001

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

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Originally Posted by jskwibble1

so you cant frame swap an xj?

There is no frame under it. The body and the underpinnings are all one piece. You would have to cut it off. No bolts holding the "body" to a frame. What you see rails are reinforcement.

Dec 20, 2011 | 10:18 PM

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F1Addict

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From: SoCal

Year: 1989

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

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The Jeep Cherokee (XJ) is a unibody (monocoque) compact SUV.

This is the very first line in the wikipedia entry for the Jeep XJ. I've never heard of a "unit body" however, a quick google search reveals that "unibody" is a contraction of "unit body", the two are synonymous but unibody is a more universally accepted description.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Cherokee_(XJ)

Dec 20, 2011 | 10:21 PM

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BlakeDGKleavitt

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From: in a small town named ...

Year: 1997

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0L

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Originally Posted by F1Addict

This is the very first line in the wikipedia entry for the Jeep XJ. I've never heard of a "unit body" however, a quick google search reveals that "unibody" is a contraction of "unit body", the two are synonymous but unibody is a more universally accepted description.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Cherokee_(XJ)

Sorry that's just what my auto mechanics teacher called it so ya