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Concerning the cost of junkyard axles, the west side of the state has been lucky to get some west coast style self service yards. Not to give away my best secret, but LKQ has three locations in Holland, Dorr and Kalamazoo. As far as I can tell, they appear to be owned by a national used parts parent company of the same name.

     The local franchises have been very aggressive in buying existing yards, and of purchasing cars and trucks, and even sales such as half off days, usually on holiday weekends.

    They charge a two dollar admission fee, but the prices are more than fair, especially since they have 'blanket' prices, one rate per piece for cars, slightly higher for trucks. Blanket price means that it doesn't matter what the piece is specifically, a Dana 30 is the same price as a Dana 60, etc., an axle is an axle, a starter is a starter.

    I know it would be a stretch for the Flint area folks considering gas prices and the fact you don't always find what you want or need. They keep an inventory of make & model currently in the yard, but that is as specific as they get.

 I'm just mentioning it in case some of WLB happens to find theirselves on this side of the state for other reasons, check it out.

   With the success they have had (and my satisfaction with them) hopefully they will spread across the state.

Lol, my old neighbor used to talk about having a set ( he was an Air Force pilot ), said you could blister the paint in front of you at at stop light,

Pre 88 2wd Chevy truck rallys painted black would be stealthy, do you know if 15's clear on a WJ? Probably depends on backspacing.

I thought I might have something, but the bolt circle was wrong. I went to tire discount's site to look at bolt circle specs. It states you've got 5 x 127.0  . I looked at other vehicles, found Chevy 1/2 ton 2wd, full size wagons, astros and 55-95 Ford T-bird match the bolt circle. Discount doesn't give exact backspace specs on their list, but I'm sure the all would fit more outboard than oem wj wheels, except for the Astro I guess. Boy I need a job! Anyway, I'm throwing that out for possible junkyard gems and the like, even though finding four matching in a junkyard can be hard.

What are you wanting concerning backspacing and width?

Mud viper; just yesterday I was in a boneyard, staring at the front of an old Willy's truck thinking how cool it would be if I could succesfully graft it to the front of my zj, but in my head hearing Ron White say, "next time you have a thought, just let it go"  But seriously, what is your motivation?  A cool hybrid? Or just less body to clear-damage on the front? Done right, a widened YJ grille would cool on a XJ, as would an XJ front clip narrowed to meet a stock YJ grille/headlight assembly.  But any of that is just so much work that could be put into enchacing the other qualities of our Jeeps, like driveabilty on and offroad.

You should see the cherokee clip on his TJ though

Sounds good Yager, let's do that sometime. I am RIGHT off the hwy in Marne, almost on it. Drives me nuts in the summer, I'm doing my yard work while watching orange flags wiz by at 70mph+ on their way to Silver. Maybe we will just let that grass grow this summer!!

Is that an OEM wheel? Looks like they hang out fairy nice, or is it just cuz it's got a 10.5 on it?

I've been checking out a bunch of Jeep and wheeling forums lately, and I really like your attitude! Too bad Flint is a bit of a stretch for me as far as attending regular meetings. Anyhow, just saying "HI". By the way, I've got a 93 zj with the 5.2, Up Country, Orvis edit. It just got replaced by a minivan as the kid hauler, so now the mods begin. Really like jeepgirl's zj, looks so much like what I have in mind it's almost scary. Again, "HELLO FELLOW JEEPERS!!!"

Became it's newest owner, bout time- worked on it enough already