CJ vs. YJ

I think the whole lot is different !

Dave Milne, Scotland

Not even the driver is interchangeable.

Carl

I guess what I need to know right now is will a 82 Hardtop fit on a 95

tclutts wrote:

Yes. You may have to tweak the rake of the front windshield a bit to make it line up nice but otherwise they are pretty much the same.

The tubs and doors and windshield are interchangeable with the odd extra hole needed/not needed here and there.

Mike

A CJ top fits on a YJ, a freind's son rolled his YJ, so my freind went out of town and bought him a used one, when he came back with it I said that wont fit, it's from a CJ, ( exactly the same as my 81 ) sure enough it fit fine. Not sure what year his YJ is, but I think if it fit one it would fit another. Also seats from a YJ bolt right in nicely to a CJ, even my narrow track, sure nicer then the cavelier seats that were in mine when I got it. Don't know what else is interchangeble, except bell houseing, clutch ect. from a TJ all bolt right up and work fine on an 81 CJ 4.2.

A ---CJ7--- top fits a YJ.

Earle

I know from experience that a YJ body tub will fit on a CJ7 frame, but you have to alter one body mount location on the passenger side.

Spdloader

There are very few interchanglable parts among the YJ and CJ. I think they share a few screws and nuts & bolts, but that's about all.

No. The raked of the windshield is different, therefore the tops are different.

The rake adjusts easily. Well.... Mine does, I have to change it for the hard and soft top fit. I would start soaking that torx in the roll bar adjuster slot for a few days with penetrating oil first....

Mike

This is just not true... if anything there's more stuff that DOES fit than there is that doesn't:

Hardtop Softop (and all other tops) rollbar (pre squared 93 I think) ALL DOORS Tub Windshield frame ALL HINGES (sans the little mirror mount taps on the CJ otherwise identical) Engine Ignition system Fuel system/Intake (not emissions but some of that will work too) Grill will swap Hood will swap with grill Tail lights Tailgate from a CJ will fit if you tap holes for the hinges seats and brackets the dashes can be swapped with minor modifications Steering setup can be swapped into a CJ (powersteering converison) Leaf springs from a YJ are commonly swapped into CJ's (minor fabrication) for ride quality improvement and Spring over axle lifts

There's plenty more.

My 87 has a hard top and soft top off an CJ. Sure you have to change the rake . But it's no big proublem. You could change out the front grill hood and fenders .Not sure why but the tubs are the same. Thats what the guy at Willy's Overland told me.

Later Mike

Putting round headlights on a YJ is a type of posing.

Earle