If you are like me, then working on your Jeep is fun! If you don’t have the pleasure of owning an older Jeep then working on it is probably pretty easy. Just about every thing I change, fix, or upgrade requires fixing something else. In my case it usually requires changing out stuff the previous owner cut corners on.

I’ve had an issue with my license plate holder since I bought the Jeep TJ. Aside from being faded, there was a significant crack in the side of the plastic. Thankfully, that was “fixed” with a wood screw. Hey, that’s what you get with some of these Jeeps! Here’s how my license plate looked:

This really was as easy as taking out the 4 screws that hold my plat on, then taking out the 4 bolts that keep the plate holder attached to the Jeep. Pretty straight forward, but I will say that it’s easier to drill guide holes on the plate holder. You can force the license plate screws into the holder, but go the easy route and cleanly drill some pilot holes!

The bumper end caps were showing their age as well, so I might as well upgrade them. That’s sort of the logic behind cosmetic Do-It-Yourself projects, in my opinion. You’re going to be out there with only a screwdriver, so you might as well knock out a couple of things!

One challenge that I had with the bumper end caps is that there are very few options out there. I found a lot of stock replacements and a lot of wild metal options. The only other thing I really found was a “new bumper” and that’s not the route I want to go just yet. I did find some clean inserts that just cap off the bumper and I really like the way they look.

It’s a clean look, but something slightly different than stock. This hits all the things I really wanted at this point. Again, these were really easy screw on plastic parts, but I like the small changes.

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