Hi,

I've got a 94 cherokee 4 door. A while back, I caught the passenger
side on a barrier that was sticking into the road as I made a right
hand turn, and gouged the sheet metal on both doors. The thing has
140,000 miles on it, and while mechanically sound, I can't see putting
$2K into paint and repair, esp. when KBB says the car is only worth
about $1500. I am a reasonable mechanic, but don't have any paint or
bodywork experience.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47351777@N00/3366312510/

Has anyone seen any aftermarket "body-armor" type products that I
could bolt over this damage to conceal it? Anyone done something
similar with a sheet of diamond plate? Any ideas welcome. I can
live with it, but wouldn't mind making it look a bit better.

Thanks.

S.

Shop around at the junkyards, especially at the 'pull it yourself'
places. A '94 is old enough that the parts should be fairly cheap,
**IF** they still have one. Another option is to buy a complete vehicle
with a blown engine or similar. I'd expect to be able to get by for a
few hundred dollars to get a pair of doors.

fraserwag wrote:

On Mar 18, 1:00*pm, fraserwag <fraser... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
Leave the damage. It's a jeep. Any jeep with damage means it is
living a good life where it should; On the trail. You did say it was
damaged on the trail right? Well, barrier has to mean tree or massive
rock. Looking over that image, yep, she's doing just fine. Care and
luck,

ULB

Get different color doors. I had different color half doors on my Jeep for
ten years. They look great...

Earle

"RoyJ" <spamless (AT) microsoft (DOT) net> wrote

Screw some anodized black "Checker plate" aluminum to the doors and
rear quarter panels. Do the rear corners underneath the tail lights as
well.

"ULB" <ultralightbackpacker (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Leave the damage. It's a jeep. Any jeep with damage means it is
living a good life where it should; On the trail. You did say it was
damaged on the trail right? Well, barrier has to mean tree or massive
rock. Looking over that image, yep, she's doing just fine. Care and
luck,

ULB
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LOL...
some of us don't like having our rigs beat up.

OBM knocked a ding in mine a couple of weeks ago.
I'm going to make him pay to have it fixed too.

Rotten guy, drew first blood on my rig.

;¬D

K