Give Away XJ Donations......

[XmikeJ]

Dave would the bumper have a 2" receiver built in to it? Just wondering.

 

[Eagle]

sorry I hav ejust had a bunch of emails baout getting the winch and I thought I got a response to everyone and some of the stuff I was getting second hand. On the bumper I will just have to wait and see the stock bumper is in ggod condition. I may be able to get one between now and Tellico. I appreciate the offer.

Heather, I have an '87 parts Cherokee here with a factory exterior spare carrier. I'd be happy to donate that to the cause, but there are a couple of caveats: First, based on all I've seen reported it's probably only good for up to 31" tires. Second, this is the early factory mount that requires drilling 4 holes through the right rear quarter panel for the upper hinge. If the thing were later replaced with a "real" bumper and tire mount, those holes would have to be patched. Third, because it blocks the factory license plate location it requires drilling holes in the lft side of the hatch for a license plate mount and light.

If you're interested, I can clean it up and bring it to NACFest, but it may not be exactly what you need.

 

[Kudzu]

....Well I know all about the factory carriers i have 2 and they will hold a 32" swamper..LOL I will talk to Kevin and see which he would perfer to do take the bumper and fab a carrier or use one of the factory kind. Moving the license plate will have to be done no matter which carrier we use not much to it just some sheet metal screws. I will let all know sometime this weekend.

 

[dave]

xmikej- yes the rear bumper has a frenched in reciever.. it also wraps around and have quarter guards built in that are braced.. the bumper weighs about 45 lbs and you would rip the rear half of the frame apart before the bumper came loose.

 

[Goatman]

....Well I know all about the factory carriers i have 2 and they will hold a 32" swamper..LOL I will talk to Kevin and see which he would perfer to do take the bumper and fab a carrier or use one of the factory kind. Moving the license plate will have to be done no matter which carrier we use not much to it just some sheet metal screws. I will let all know sometime this weekend.

There is an internal brace/bracket that is behind the quarter panel on the vehicles with the factory rear tire carrier. That carrier can't be added to another vehicle unless it also has that internal bracket, which it most like doesn't.

 

[dave]

my bumper is almost done.. i need to clean it up and paint it.. i will take some pictures of it on sunday at paragon and post them so you folks can decide if you want one....