If you are switching out all of the hardware/bracketry it will fit. If you are just installing the soft top you want to make sure that it is the right set up for your brackets. The problem is that most of these soft tops are replaced after five or so years and you never know what bracket set up they used or replaced. My suggestion to you would be to go to the quadratec.com website. They diagram this very nicely. There you can see what the stock soft top setup looks like, and if yours looks like this, then you will be able to put a stock 1998 Sahara top on it.
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Not much difference between the two, the year between them pretty much equals the difference out. If there is a difference in motors it may make a difference but I would say they are even.
No, there was a body style change in 1997.
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The spare tire is mounted on the outside of the back door
Take the bolts off the bottom of the hinges and lift...
Jeep Wrangler wheel lug patterns years 1987-2006 are 5X4.5Jeep Wrangler wheel lug patterns years 2007-2014 are 5X5
It should fit as long as neither one is an unlimited
My 1998 Sahara was doing the exact same thing I replaced the blower motor and every thing has been grand since.
18 gallons should be all you have
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