For now...hahahaha I had one on my old white 2 door xj but that thing pissed me off so much, I didn't think I'd ever buy another xj...so I let the carrier and wagoneer tail lights go with it and now I kick myself....

 

I loved that I found one and was able to have it. Now I think all XJs should of came with one, or at least more had them, they tie the back end together IMO.

 

I got lucky and found mine at the junkyard, wasn't even lookin for it! Just happen to see it, broke 3 torques sockets tryin to get it off, so it was like 3-4 trips, but I got it!! Lol this was mine...

 

I think you had the first year carrier. Mine has two crossbars in the middle for extra support between the rails. I paid $180 for mine and came with everything but the quarter panel brace, the welds and light for the license works great too so I was worth it.

 

I think I might of had 30 bucks in mine...hahaha I really kick myself for how hard they are to find....the only thing I had to do was cut the hole in the bumper for the latch and drill the holes in the body, well and drill two holes in the hatch for the plate, never put a light on it but never got pulled over either lol I think ares where the same tho, here's a better shot

 

Here's the backside of mine. Mine came with the bumper so all I had to do was drill the holes for the quarter panel and replace the bumper. I put grade 8 washers between the bolts and bushings for extra support for the heavier 31s I have on it. You can see the difference in the corner where I have a tube going to both corners, you only had one.

 

Ohh yup, yours was a little different. I think the one I had came off a 87, but not for sure. I didn't do anything different with the way mine was, except run a chain to hold it when it was open. I thought about grabbing the bumper but didn't feel like messing with it lol it was easier cutting the hole lol it worked great until my bumper brackets started rusting away, then it was a pain to latch it, had to pull up on the bumper, while trying to close it, to get it to latch lol

 

I only had 3/4 of my brackets before haha had replacements at hand when I did the swap. Also don't have the rubber trim between the bumper and body anymore, which I prefer since it's a pain to work and clean the bumper with it on.

 

I think I had maybe 1/4 left when I sold it lol there was a lot of play in the bumper when I got rid of it hahahaha. They do make it a pain to clean the bumper, we just had 1ft of some, I know ain't much hahahhaha, and all the slush and crap keeps building up back there. Mines only 2 wheel drive, other wise Id be buyin different bumpers lol

 

I'm going to get a new front bumper soon but loving/keeping the rear.

 

Turbines (the wheels you have in the third pic) are my favorite XJ wheels for an 84-96 XJ.


YJ, TJ, ZJ, XJ, KJ, and KK all have the same bolt pattern (5x4.5 or 5x114.3) and center bore. I have a list compiled of all alloy 5x4.5 Jeep wheels with whatever extra info about them I've been able to confirm. I'll probably add the steelies to at at some point.

Jeep alloy 5x4.5 pattern wheels with 71.5 mm center bore

• 5 Slot 15x6 unknown BS (probably 4.25)
  
• Turbine 15x7 5.25 BS
  
• Lace 15x7 5.25 BS
  
• 5 Star 15x7 5.25 BS
  
• 10-hole 15x7 5.25 BS
  
• Teardrop 15x7 5.25 BS
  
• Ecco 15x7 5.25 BS ~19 lbs
  
• Grizzly 15x7 5.25 BS ~19 lbs
  
• Canyon 15x8 5.5 BS ~20 lbs
  
• Ravine 15x8 5.5 BS ~17-18 lbs
  
• Gambler 15x8? 5.5 BS
  
• TJ Moab 16x8 5 BS ~25.5 lbs
  
• Icon 16x7 5.25 BS ~21 lbs
  
• ZJ Timberline (aka Snowflake) 16x? 5.25 BS
  
• TSI 16x7? 5.25 BS
  
• Silver star (ZJ 5.9) 16x7 5.25 BS ~20-21 lbs
  
• No info on early ZJ 5 slanted spoke wheels.
  
• Unknown name KJ wheel 16x7 unknown BS (prolly 5.5) ~24 lbs
  
• Unknown name KJ wheel 16x7 unknown BS (prolly 5.5) ~24 lbs
  
• Unknown name KJ wheel 16x7 unknown BS (prolly 5.5) ~24 lbs
  
• Unknown name KJ wheel 17x7.5 unknown BS (prolly 5.5)
  
• Keystone 16x7 unknown BS
  
• Victory 17x7 unknown BS
  
• Echelon 18x7 unknown BS
  

 

Turbines have 5.25 bs? Mm thought all factory wheels were 5.5, sweet! That means I h have 4.0bs

 

That's was pretty neat having all those wheels and info! Nice job! I'm pretty sure I'm gunna get the turbines, gotta run over to the junkyard and see if I can find a nice one once my check shows up and get it mounted up and see if I like it, then if I do, I'll go buy the other 3!

 

truck bumper paint on rims,rustoleum rattle can bed liner on body

 

Ravines or Icon's all the way!

Too bad you're so far away. I have a set of 5 Ravines and 90% Duratracs for sale.