Finally found one

Mjv

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Just got a 2001 tj. Drove home great. Starting tomorrow I will make it mine. cons..... Wipers & fog lights not working.

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Frame has some surface rust. Putting on a hoist to check everything out in the next week or so.
 
Did they ever come with color matched flares from the factory? Or were all flares just black plastic? Man, they look so much nicer color matched. A lot more 'sophisticated'. Sorta Land Rover-ish.
 
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Welcome to the addiction! Get ready to go broke and enjoy every minute of it ;)
 
Did they ever come with color matched flares from the factory? Or were all flares just black plastic? Man, they look so much nicer color matched. A lot more 'sophisticated'. Sorta Land Rover-ish.
That looks like a 60th anniversary edition for the 2001 model year which comes with body colored flares. Sahara models are also body colored.
 
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No.got in escanaba in the up. A fin from near the hunting camp I go to. I didn't see one for sale in West Branch.
 
No.got in escanaba in the up. A fin from near the hunting camp I go to. I didn't see one for sale in West Branch.

Good to hear. An eerily similar Jeep was posted on West Branch Craigslist for $3k. The ad stated the frame broke (left rear lower control arm detached) and the seller would part out the Jeep if nobody bought it whole. The ad has since been removed.
 
I actually tried to buy it in November, but he wouldn't sell it. Word got back to him that I was seriously looking and he gave me a call.
 
Did they ever come with color matched flares from the factory? Or were all flares just black plastic? Man, they look so much nicer color matched. A lot more 'sophisticated'. Sorta Land Rover-ish.

Having the fender flares be color matched was an option on later TJs, but I don't know if it was available on earlier models.
 
Welcome.... I got a 2001 for Christmas & am having a blast with it.
(They aren't kidding about just emptying your wallet into it.....)
 
It looks like all it needs, besides fixing the wipers & fog lights, is getting rid of those front milk jugs, the side steps and that hard top. Of course that's just my opinion. Congratulations! and spend your money on it however you want.