Steve96xj

I was thinking about doing the rear lower quarter trim on my cherokee, i removed the bumper end caps and came across some rust holes. I was wondering if anyone could give me a link to see how this is done correctly? Thanks

wildbill1

I'm not sure what your question is, but I've been considereing fabbing a rear bumper for my XJ. I know that there are rust holes through my rear quarters under the bumper trim.

If I fab a bumper that will leave this area exposed, I'm thinking of making some patch panels out of aluminum diamond plate. I think it will be easier and cheaper than doing the body work and painting with factory color. The gold paint on mine is $90/pint. I can buy a lot of aluminum diamond plate for $90.

XJeepWerks

Here's two popular links...

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/c...t-way-1007865/

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=29750

JeepingDan

Got pics of what rust you got? heres a couple pics of mine.
Hope it gives you an idea

01erionracing

Some more pictures for your reference.

Steve96xj

Thanks for all the help guys, it should lead me in the right direction. Heres a pic of my xj that i plan to do this too, any other suggestions? i got about 6.5" of lift to put under it very soon, this is the list of parts i got so far: RE 4.5" coils, spacers, drop pitman arm, IRO double shear adj t-bar, duetsch tech prerunner shocks, RC longarm kit, bastard pack w 2" RC shackles, rustys cut-out flares hopefully it works well when its done.
I also plan to take the 3" RC lift thats on it now and swap it to my new dd, 2000 cherokee se 2 door