xjfan0310

I'm going to herculiner my floor in the coming weeks. I plan to roll on 4-5 coats. I have the three following questions:

1) I was wondering does anyone know of any type of coating I could use to help the excessive heat I am going to gain from not having any carpet or padding?

2) where at in the interior is the best place to start removing trim pieces to get to bare floor?

3) is this also a good time to redo the headliner?

Thanks for the help in advance.

hercman

For the heat. I'd look at making a heat shield to go between the exhaust and the body and the trans and the body. That should reflect a good portion of the heat.

Sideways99

well your gonna want to yank seats first
look at yer plastic to see where the seams are you can figure out the rest
btw takin out the center console is gonna suck
good luck

xjfan0310

Sideways--I was hoping to just lift the center console up high enough to get the roller under there. Think it's possible?

xjfan0310

Duct work from hone depot work?

hercman

That's what I'd try.

adamk

What year XJ? The center console isn't that big of a pain to take off. I have a 92 that did not come with a factory center console. I went to a pull-a-part and snagged one. I had that one out and in my jeep in the matter of an hour if not less. But, the center console I got came out of a 96. I'm not sure of the changes between 96 and below and 97 and up.

xjfan0310

I have a 96 Cherokee. My biggest worry right now is getting the front drivers seat out. From what I can see the bolts have rust.

Jeepjunky

^^ PB Blaster should take care of that when u let it sit for a while

xjfan0310

Well I'm getting the gigantic hole in my drivers side pan fixed this weekend. I'm going to blast it for the next couple days and I hope on Friday or Saturday it will come out with ease. I wish it was warm here in Michigan I really want to herculiner the interior soon but I have no garage.

Jeepjunky

trust me, Norther WI is the same!.................. wait, ur in the U.P. right?

xjfan0310

No I'm in south eastern michigan.

Jeepjunky

ahhhhhhhh i see.............

NODAK 98 XJ

I believe they have a heat reflectant liner you can use, not sure what the brand name is, but I wuold check into this before doing anything.

xjfan0310

When you say liner, do you mean one I can roll or paint on?? That sounds much easier than making heat shields and finding ways to mount them