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From: Wagoner, ok
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Got the hi lift mounted had some L brackets left over from my brother in laws side steps they are pretty thick so I painted them flat black and used the top bumper mounting bolts to secure them.
Then I used some 1/2" bolts and old sway bar link bushings for the rubber and drilled a hole in the bolt for a lock.
Then I used some 1/2" bolts and old sway bar link bushings for the rubber and drilled a hole in the bolt for a lock.
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From: Wagoner, ok
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
there doing alright they do have some scratches but I live 3 minutes from the lake and the woods so i'm out almost daily playing. People still ask me did I get new wheels and I can re-do them anytime.
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From: Wagoner, ok
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
went to the salvage the other day looking for a radiator couldn't find one so I decided to look around and see what I could find came across a 1993 so I snagged the bumper end caps because my looked butchered.
so I pulled the old ones off and flat blacked it until I can get some roll on bed liner. looks like crap but it's been to cold to do the bed liner.
so I pulled the old ones off and flat blacked it until I can get some roll on bed liner. looks like crap but it's been to cold to do the bed liner.
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From: Wagoner, ok
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
yes I reused the same brackets just drilled holes in the roof rack to mount the hi lift and used my old sway bar end link bushings in between the bracket and hilift for a spacer and a little cushion. doesn't rattle just the hilift plate on the bottom when you hit a lot of bumps.
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From: Wagoner, ok
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
thanks for the replies I really noticed a big difference in the mud on the side of the jeep. I don't have to wash it everyday I'm trying to find some new flares cheap and still look decent.
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From: Redford MI
Year: 1999
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Early model flares work great. Trim them up a bit, mount them up higher along the mid body line, look pretty bad azz. I have a set off a 95 I planed on using but still trying to mount them without it looking cheeze ball ish'.


