Hey Folks. I'm getting set to see about new flares for my XJ. Unfortunately, I'm torn between doing the TJ flare mod like Josh Paradee did (XJ99) or spending the lotta extra money and getting the bushwacker cut-outs. I like the overall look of the front TJ fenders, but the fact that the whole job is kinda jury rigged turns me off a bit.
I know a few different people have different setups, so I guess I'm kinda hoping to get a lil opinionated advice on this before I do anything.
I'd go with the TJ's. You can save a lot more money for other mods. Everyone that has the TJ fenders haven't complained one bit. I haven't seen the "jury riggin" fail either.
I put on the Bushwacker an I am very happy with them. I also was going to put on the TJ flares but I 
wanted the pocket look.
The Bushwhacker's will nave more coverage over the tires as they are wider.
But the TJ flares are cheeper by a long run and if done right will have the same finished look.
Best of luck.
I just saw an XJ with the Bushwhacker flares and liked it a lot. I run them on my 5 and think they look good. I did have one mounting bolt pull through the flare though. 
Well, I've been asking around in every place I can think of and googled "XJ TJ flares" out the ass. There's pluses and minuses of each way.
The TJ flares, when done right, have a great look to them, especially with an aftermarket bumper
The pinch seam in the back can make trimming difficult
Bushwackers come with instructions to be discarded and ignored anyway
I'm not a fan of the bolted on look. It's nice that you can see the security of the bolts and notice when they're starting to pull through.
the TJ flares are pretty cheap...At most you get them from quadratec for $140 including the side markers
Bushwackers.....$300 at least through ebay
I think given everything I've seen, I might be going with TJ flares. I like the cleaner look of the flares themselves versus the bolt on look. Thanks for everyone's input. Now I just gotta the XJ back from the shop and find help putting em on.
check out NAXJA.org and do a search, theres tons of Info there and Its strictly XJ's so theres tons of Info....thats where I got my Info when I did my flare Job....
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