Custom interior
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Model: Cherokee
I recently refinished my entire interior. Originally it was the standard grey for a cherokee country, with cloth seats and door panels. Got some tan leather seats from a cherokee limited, reupholstered the doors, replaced the carpet, reupholstered the headliner, reupholstered the steering wheel, and painted EVERY single interior trim piece with Krylon followed by a finish coat of vinyl coating and satin clear. You cannot scratch this stuff off. I was debating selling my jeep and buying a land rover discovery because I love their interiors, but I love too much about my cherokee. Just needed a little update inside. Also, with everything out I put dynamat (not the name brand though) all over the floor pan, and used around 70 sq ft of fiberglass insulation in every nook and cranny I could. It's silent inside now, and feels really solid, a whole different vehicle to drive. Hope you like it, pictures are attached
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From: WNY
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 High Output
I recently refinished my entire interior. Originally it was the standard grey for a cherokee country, with cloth seats and door panels. Got some tan leather seats from a cherokee limited, reupholstered the doors, replaced the carpet, reupholstered the headliner, reupholstered the steering wheel, and painted EVERY single interior trim piece with Krylon followed by a finish coat of vinyl coating and satin clear. You cannot scratch this stuff off. I was debating selling my jeep and buying a land rover discovery because I love their interiors, but I love too much about my cherokee. Just needed a little update inside. Also, with everything out I put dynamat (not the name brand though) all over the floor pan, and used around 70 sq ft of fiberglass insulation in every nook and cranny I could. It's silent inside now, and feels really solid, a whole different vehicle to drive. Hope you like it, pictures are attached
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Model: Cherokee
The seats were the most expensive, around $750 shipped to my door. The rest wasn't really all that bad though. Carpet material ~$80 (ebay), headliner material and upholstery vinyl for doors ~$70 (local fabric store), paint/spray adhesive ~$90 (auto parts store). Insulation ~100 (ebay, Lowe's). All in all it was right around $1100. It was quite a pain though, those upholstered panels on the doors are NOT meant to come off, they are plastic riveted on (not pop pins or screws). And fitting the carpet material took a lot of time. If you just got pre-molded carpet though it would be a breeze. I was just trying to save $. I'll post some more pictures of everything in the daylight.
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From: WNY
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 High Output
The seats were the most expensive, around $750 shipped to my door. The rest wasn't really all that bad though. Carpet material ~$80 (ebay), headliner material and upholstery vinyl for doors ~$70 (local fabric store), paint/spray adhesive ~$90 (auto parts store). Insulation ~100 (ebay, Lowe's). All in all it was right around $1100. It was quite a pain though, those upholstered panels on the doors are NOT meant to come off, they are plastic riveted on (not pop pins or screws). And fitting the carpet material took a lot of time. If you just got pre-molded carpet though it would be a breeze. I was just trying to save $. I'll post some more pictures of everything in the daylight.
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From: USA
Year: 1999
Engine: l6 4.0, K&N FIPK & 62mm bored TB
Wow ... and I thought I was ****. That's a beautiful interior, looks brand new ... very, very nice work! I've considered painting more than my dash & trim, but I know it'll be a pain. And I think I'm ADHD ... I'd lose interest long before it was done. But for results like that ... worth every minute.
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From: West Bloomfield,MI
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L, CAI, Edelbrock Breather, Optima Yellowtop
Wow ... and I thought I was ****. That's a beautiful interior, looks brand new ... very, very nice work! I've considered painting more than my dash & trim, but I know it'll be a pain. And I think I'm ADHD ... I'd lose interest long before it was done. But for results like that ... worth every minute.
As for the dash if it's the first gen XJ, it's not even worth it. I've been debating on replacing my interior and swapping to the 97+ style just because of how cheap the older interior is.
I have ADHD and it sucks! Aderall actually makes me work on XJ all night haha. It's good because I've gotten done more in 2 months, than most have done in 2 years LOL
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From: WNY
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 High Output
^^^^ Thats how jeep should've done the interior on classic and limited models....I have to have that...Added to the list of things to do to the 99...Lol Thanks for sharing with us, so far IMO you have the best looking interior on the forum.
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From: USA
Year: 1999
Engine: l6 4.0, K&N FIPK & 62mm bored TB
(Note to self: Take some recent pics of XJ interior ...)
Gee, let's see ...I have painted the dash 3 times (a different color each time. Most recently, tan); ZJ shifter; switches for lites & locker, Tuffy center console storage, Wet Okole, stereo, white face gauges, Husky mats, headliner w/ built-in sound bar (not stock on my XJ), contrasting visors to match seat covers, 2 amps, A-pillar tweeters, 8 other speakers, cubby hole sub, and most recently a bad-*** ABS plastic storage unit that fills up the entire floor. Pics as soon as I can get to the XJ.
Gee, let's see ...I have painted the dash 3 times (a different color each time. Most recently, tan); ZJ shifter; switches for lites & locker, Tuffy center console storage, Wet Okole, stereo, white face gauges, Husky mats, headliner w/ built-in sound bar (not stock on my XJ), contrasting visors to match seat covers, 2 amps, A-pillar tweeters, 8 other speakers, cubby hole sub, and most recently a bad-*** ABS plastic storage unit that fills up the entire floor. Pics as soon as I can get to the XJ.
Beige dash ...
ZJ shifter, my clock, cup holder & switches:
The awesome locking ABS plastic box I scored off Craig's List. Fills up the entire trunk. Unfortunately it's a bit too deep. Debating moving it to the Durango & building a box for the XJ.
Sorry for the huge pics. I guess I didn't resize them enough.
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From: West Bloomfield,MI
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L, CAI, Edelbrock Breather, Optima Yellowtop
Agreed, I love your interior. It makes me want to do something like it.
I want my interior to be something like this
-97+ Dash and Center counsole
-97+ front door swap (existing doors are dented and I'm getting the XJ painted anyway).
-97+ rear door panels
-Leather seats out of another cherokee or grand cherokee
-Steering Column/Steering Wheel like what the 2011 Jeeps have (I get a Mopar parts discount!)
-Seat heater inserts
-Tan suede headliner
-Black Carpet
-Overhead counsole from a ZJ or XJ
-Information center from a ZJ
-Dynamat sound deadening on floor, roof, and doors, ESPECIALLY the cargo area because of my subs lol
Basically it's a wish list, but I'll probably have most of it in there by the time summer comes.
I want my interior to be something like this
-97+ Dash and Center counsole
-97+ front door swap (existing doors are dented and I'm getting the XJ painted anyway).
-97+ rear door panels
-Leather seats out of another cherokee or grand cherokee
-Steering Column/Steering Wheel like what the 2011 Jeeps have (I get a Mopar parts discount!)
-Seat heater inserts
-Tan suede headliner
-Black Carpet
-Overhead counsole from a ZJ or XJ
-Information center from a ZJ
-Dynamat sound deadening on floor, roof, and doors, ESPECIALLY the cargo area because of my subs lol
Basically it's a wish list, but I'll probably have most of it in there by the time summer comes.
Last edited by 1996XJSport; Jan 16, 2011 at 02:27 PM.
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Joined: Nov 2010
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From: Tehachapi Ca.
Year: 90
Model: Cherokee
Engine: l6
I recently refinished my entire interior. Originally it was the standard grey for a cherokee country, with cloth seats and door panels. Got some tan leather seats from a cherokee limited, reupholstered the doors, replaced the carpet, reupholstered the headliner, reupholstered the steering wheel, and painted EVERY single interior trim piece with Krylon followed by a finish coat of vinyl coating and satin clear. You cannot scratch this stuff off. I was debating selling my jeep and buying a land rover discovery because I love their interiors, but I love too much about my cherokee. Just needed a little update inside. Also, with everything out I put dynamat (not the name brand though) all over the floor pan, and used around 70 sq ft of fiberglass insulation in every nook and cranny I could. It's silent inside now, and feels really solid, a whole different vehicle to drive. Hope you like it, pictures are attached
