winnbigg

In my experience headliner fabric pulling away from the foam and sagging is a fairly common issue with older Cherokees. I have an 89 Laredo, and don't want to drop the 150-200 bucks to get it redone. The only thing is, how do I take off the dome light and the front box. All the rest of the trim is extremely self explanatory. Anybody got tips or experience with this? Anything helps.

ZINGGG

It's easy. Pull off the dome light cover and you'll see the bulb along with 2 posts with retaining washers on em. I just pulled those off with a flathead and took the bulb out and the whole assembly comes out after disconnecting a plug. It's easy dude. The hardest part for me was taking off the rear seatbelts and dropping the soundbar

winnbigg

Thanks man! And Im glad I don't have to worry about either of those, but what about the box right next to the rearview mirror In-between the two sun visors??

JerrytheJeep

The what where? Do you have a picture?

91_xjcherokee

I went to.hancock fabrick and bought 3 yards of meterial for $22.99 then went to walmart and bought 3m spray adhesive for $11. Easy and took about 2 hours total

winnbigg

I will take some tomorrow.

winnbigg

Another quick question. Do u have to buy foam backed fabric, or can u just use think fabric and glue it straight to the board after its completely scraped clean??

caged

i got my replacement headliner from the scrap yard (pick a part) for 10 bux.

got it from a 97 and put it in my 90. fit perfectly. and i have the soundbar now too.

zombie jeep101

You have a 89 so your headliner is probably that soft finer glass crap, if so, go to a pick and pull and get one from a newer model

JerrytheJeep

You could do thick fabric, just be careful you don't use too much glue because it will soak through. And be gentle while scraping, those foam type boards are easy to rip.

zombie jeep101

Those old fiber glass boards arnt worth it. Chunk it

JerrytheJeep

Mines held up just fine for over a year now. Damn thing bent in half while I was pulling it out but you'd never notice.

zombie jeep101

The newer boards are so much nicer and easy to do.

THEBIGWHITEONE

I just did mine...stock interiors.com. A local shop will do it for $150 too if your got more money than time.

winnbigg

I've been to all the you pulls in reasonable driving distance for other parts, but it seems like they all were sagging like mine. But I'll keep looking cause that seems like a more reliable and cost effective thing to do. Thank u.