Just wondering I bought a 99 xj sport.the passenger side was hit either wheeling or an accident.door doesnt line up like I should and hood doesnt line up.

Its probably bent but can be pulled back straight at a body shop.

I really hope its not bent.the dent isnt that bad.

With a unibody its designed to bend and give in a wreck.When it hit whatever in the front it pushed everything back.The hood and fender could be played with tell it lines up,But the door won't unless you have the body pulled straight.The door hinges are welded on to the body and have almost no alignment built in to them.

Is this going back on the road or will it be a trail only rig?

This is gonna be my main everyday vehicle

Well it's your call but I wouldn't put my family in that. Personally I'd walk away and find a better Jeep to work on.

I think the door not being aligned is from the dent.if I put a new door im sure itll align fine. But heres pics of under the hood maybe when they replaced the hood they put it on wrong but the grille above the hood near the windshield needs replaced so that also could be one issue with the hood

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I think the door not being aligned is from the dent.if I put a new door im sure itll align fine. But heres pics of under the hood maybe when they replaced the hood they put it on wrong but the grille above the hood near the windshield needs replaced so that also could be one issue with the hood[/QUOTE

Damn app posted the pic to many

Heres the other side hopefully the pic posted

Why not try loosening and adjusting the mounting bolts.. The fact that it is currently out of line... Doesn't mean stuff is too bent to be lined up better. I don't see any serious damage. Just a couple dinged panels. Now if those panel dents translate to the UNIBODY undernewth you may actually have some issues.

Yeah I think its fine.nothing major ill look into it more.

^This, it's a Jeep if you expect fit and finish look elseware, half the time the pannels wern't lined up all that well from the factory. On top of that the hinges are under-built and known to get tweeked or pull loose over time from normal use.

The XJs have a pretty simple "uni-frame" comparted to modern vehicles. The real structual elemants are the lower-rails (main frame rails, welded to the floor, by far the most significant structual element), the upper rails (from the fire-wall forward, provide some support for the shock towers and provide something to hang the fenders and upper-rad support on), and pillars (support the roof).

Unless you have major bends and kinks (usually very obvious) in these elements the vehicle should be structually sound. Most likely you just have some slightly damaged pannels and possibly damaged/worn hinges. There is a posibility there might be some very minor deformation of the uni-frame elements at the mounting surface for the pannels but this still won't affect the structual integrity of the uni-frame and is mearly a cosmetic issue that would affect pannel alignment.

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^This, it's a Jeep if you expect fit and finish look elseware, half the time the pannels wern't lined up all that well from the factory. On top of that the hinges are under-built and known to get tweeked or pull loose over time from normal use.

The XJs have a pretty simple "uni-frame" comparted to modern vehicles. The real structual elemants are the lower-rails (main frame rails, welded to the floor, by far the most significant structual element), the upper rails (from the fire-wall forward, provide some support for the shock towers and provide something to hang the fenders and upper-rad support on), and pillars (support the roof).

Unless you have major bends and kinks (usually very obvious) in these elements the vehicle should be structually sound. Most likely you just have some slightly damaged pannels and possibly damaged/worn hinges. There is a posibility there might be some very minor deformation of the uni-frame elements at the mounting surface for the pannels but this still won't affect the structual integrity of the uni-frame and is mearly a cosmetic issue that would affect pannel alignment.[/QUOTE

Yeah its a Jeep thing l goos

At a minimum the fan shroud is history, check underneath first, was the radiator support crushed & pulled?