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Old 03-25-2010, 04:03 AM
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hey i'm kind of new to this forum but i was wonderning if anyone has ever installed projector headlights on a grand cherokee before. If you have were did you get them and did it take alot of fabrication to make them fit. thanks in advance, and please post pics if you have some.
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I have wondered about that myself
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are we talkin grand cherokee or cherokee?

if cherokee: then Id go on ebay and get a nice pair on there for 20$ or so. thats what mine are and theyre really nice, I have them ired up so the LEDs and the secondary bulb are always on when my jeep is. looks bad arsenal!

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its a 1997 grand cherokee zj. ive seen the ones you have but i wasn't sure if you could just bolt them in or if you need to fabricate a new housing.
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Here you go
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Except none of those are for a 1997.
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iirc they do not make them for a first gen GC (zj)
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would it be possible to fit the headlight assembly from a jeep cherokee xj on a grand cherokee zj or would you have to swap everything from the front end and fabricate everthing else
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Originally Posted by Troth
are we talkin grand cherokee or cherokee?

if cherokee: then Id go on ebay and get a nice pair on there for 20$ or so. thats what mine are and theyre really nice, I have them ired up so the LEDs and the secondary bulb are always on when my jeep is. looks bad arsenal!

hey do those project like they are supposed too (like real bmw projectors), im looking for a housing for my hid kit
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a little bit, but not the same quality as BMW obviously.

Ive always invested more in my 4 baja bumper lights and 4 over head lights haha
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