olywa1978

I have a 94 Cherokee SE that has a mounting space in the rear hatch for 5 1/4" speakers, but I'd like to put in a pair of nice 6x9's that I have and they won't fit in the rear hatch, so I need to do a little customizing and I need some help. I know that some of the Cherokee's, including the XJ have a soundbar mounted to the headliner inside the hatch, but mine does not. Am I able to find a soundbar from another Cherokee and install it in mine, even though it doesn't come stock? If I can do this, can someone give me some tips on the procedure for doing this and if there might be a specific soundbar from a specific year/model that I will need? Thanks!

MonacaYankee

Yep. You just take off the side trim and slip the sound bar in and screw it back down.
The wiring may not be there.
You have to cut the sound bar for 6x9s.

olywa1978

Awesome, thank you! I took out all the trim, looking for the speaker wires and located them behind the rear driver's side quarter panel, so I was hoping I wouldn't have to run those wires into the hatch, because I wasn't syre if there would be an easy way to do that. Simply running them up the pillar, above the headliner and down into the sound bar should be a lot easier, so I'll go shopping for a sound bar! Thanks again.

olywa1978

So, would you happen to know where I can find one of these sound bars online? I am going to see if I luck into one at a wrecking yard, but I may have to buy one and my online search yielded nothing really.

MonacaYankee

They are a little big and fragile to ship really. Best bet would be a junkyard. If the yard has Cherokees there is a high chance of one having a soundbar. Otherwise part outs on here...ebay...etc.