Could I have some opinions?
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Could I have some opinions?
I'm thinking about putting some tail light guards on my 94 XJ, but they are pretty much useless and kind of pricey ($125). I like the look of them, but want to know if anyone else will. Any opinions are appreciated.
Here's what they look like.
Here's what they look like.
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I'm sure you could fab some up somehow. I wouldn't know how myself but I guess someone with some fab skills could do it easily. I like the look though, but not for that price.
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my buddy has thoes same lightguards on his 94 and it looks sweet. next time i see him ill take a picture for you. he backed into a really low mailbox and broke one light so he bought the guards but he found his used at a flea market for $20
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ive been thinking of these for my 93. i see alot of grand cherokees with them and i do like them. even if you could find some off of another suv at the junkyard you might be able to make some mounting brackets and make them work. especially after seeing the $125 pricetag.
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ive never had them on a cherokee, but i did have them on my Rubicon..
i dont know if it would be the same or not, since the tail lights on wranglers are outset from the body and on cherokees, they are inset, but heres my experience
i figured, well, they should protect the lights just fine....
but the 2nd time out with them, i slide back into a tree, not to hard, but hard enough they if i didnt have them, the tail light would surely have busted.....BUT, what it did do , was push in on my sheet metal....so instead of breaking a 10 dollar tail light i coulda replaced at walmart, i put a big dent in my tub, all the way around the tail light in the shape of the guard...lol
so, i dont like them......they look good, but are so strong, that they actually dent the jeep instead of obsorbing the impact them selves
im assuming the same outcome would come about on the XJ too...bc you bolt the guard to the tub essentually
thats my .02
i dont know if it would be the same or not, since the tail lights on wranglers are outset from the body and on cherokees, they are inset, but heres my experience
i figured, well, they should protect the lights just fine....
but the 2nd time out with them, i slide back into a tree, not to hard, but hard enough they if i didnt have them, the tail light would surely have busted.....BUT, what it did do , was push in on my sheet metal....so instead of breaking a 10 dollar tail light i coulda replaced at walmart, i put a big dent in my tub, all the way around the tail light in the shape of the guard...lol
so, i dont like them......they look good, but are so strong, that they actually dent the jeep instead of obsorbing the impact them selves
im assuming the same outcome would come about on the XJ too...bc you bolt the guard to the tub essentually
thats my .02
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but yea, they did hold up really well under pressure..lol...a little to well
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i didnt even worry about it honestly...it wasnt bad enough to crack any paint, so it wasnt going to rust...so i just let it be....trust me, it wasnt the only dent, nor the worst dent, i had on that jeep..lol..
but yea, they did hold up really well under pressure..lol...a little to well
but yea, they did hold up really well under pressure..lol...a little to well
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Guess where I live? (PA) But, it dosen't cover them entirely. You can still see all the lights. You sure they'd be illegal? I see wrap around front brush guards all the time.
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if you know what i mean...there are a lot of laws out there like that which are only enforced if the cop wants to pull you over for something else...something much bigger