XJdryva

Does anyone with a 97 Cherokee have a speaker bar attached to the ceiling or are the speakers molded in behind the headliner? I ask cuz mine is missing and it looks like there was the plastic bar style in there before

jomps

there is a plastic speaker bar that goes into roof that holds the rear speakers on 97+

XJdryva

Actually it starts in 91 but gets molded into the headliner in the late 90s. I'm just trying to figure out what it looks like on a 97. My 99 had it molded in so it happens somewhere in 97 or 98. I'm about to try a pre 96 and see if it fits

jomps

the 97 up one I had is a bar that fits under the headliner...

XJdryva

That's why I don't understand why mine shows evidence of an earlier style on being in mine at one point in time. Maybe it's a half year change and mine has a pre 97 style

jomps

dude can you get a better pic of it, like from front seat looking back...maybe po hacked it up and took it out

XJdryva

I'll have to do it tomorrow but it looks like a factory install with the pop rivet and the cut out for the done light. I've had the speaker bars out in some of my previous Jeeps and that's what it looked liked behind it

jwilson2598

My 97 has a bar that goes on the outside, but it's covered in headliner and if you're not close to it, it looks molded in to the headliner.

XJdryva

Is your's an early 97 possibly produced in late 96? Does it resemble a 96 down speaker bar?

XJdryva

Ok guys I grabbed one out of a 94 at a SY and put it right in and fit no problem. Thanks for the help

jwilson2598

No, It was built 2/97. I've learned there's a lot of bastard parts on 97s like the domlight and seperate keylees receiver pods versus the later dome light housing that held everything.