[TuaMater1]

Hey guys I have been looking at buying a 97 XJ, and I love everything about it except the interior. The dash is ugly, the seats are ugly, the bench is ugly, and so on. Is there a way that I can make the interior look like a new car (I am not talking about detailing or new stock parts, I mean like making it have a modern interior)? Could I buy a totaled car for cheap and rip out all the interior and stick it in the XJ? Is there a kit to do what I am looking for?

 

[TuaMater1]

Can I rip out the dash and put a newer one in? I am not a huge fan of the way the XJ dash looks stick

 

[TuaMater1]

So i can’t swap out the dash for a newer look?

 

[TuaMater1]

Like something kinda like this is what i’m thinking

 

[TuaMater1]

Make the inside look like a completely new car and the outside the same good ol’ XJ cuz the new Cherokees suck but the inside is nice and the old Cherokees are great but their interior sucks

 

[TuaMater1]

Here is a video of someone doing it on an f360 that was a different body style.

 

[TuaMater1]

so i can’t just take a new one from a newer car?

 

[TuaMater1]

if that’s the case, how come people online can?

 

[TuaMater1]

i want an xj cuz i think modded they look the best

 

[TuaMater1]

the dash thing i think could be done, just with some modifying and measuring

 

[TuaMater1]

I bet it’ll rattle like crazy, have issues where it meets the windshield as warriorsuspensions stated, & good luck with the airbags. But if you can make it work you’ll probably be the first unless you can find a photo of one already done. I haven’t seen one on any of the other XJ forums in 13 years though. Let us know how it works out for you.

It’d be easier to have a shop do a custom overlay onto the dash. Just because it’s been done on a Ford truck (that likely has the same/similar enough windshield line, but an updated dash in their next gen) doesn’t mean the same for Jeeps that are older than what you’re looking at.

yeah i would have to modify the heck out of it, but it would be pretty cool

 

[TuaMater1]

what should i swap with? i was thinking like a salvaged gladiator or a wrecked new grand cherokee

 

[TuaMater1]

a yj? those aren’t newer so that would not make it have a newer look on the inside. i was thinking like a 2020 gladiator or cherokee or grand cherokee cuz the have a new look and are about the same size and are new

 

[TuaMater1]

The whole point of this project is to keep the badass look of the xj on the outside but look like a new car on the inside

 

[TuaMater1]

so if a gladiator dash won’t work would a new cherokee or grand cherokee?

 

[TuaMater1]

If i can’t salvage one from another jeep, could i just fabricate one so much that it’s basically from a different car?

 

[TuaMater1]

so if we’re fabricating, would the gladiator work?

 

[TuaMater1]

interesting. They are the same size and aren’t that far apart in age.

 

[TuaMater1]

Like the radio unit or the ecu?

 

[TuaMater1]

when you say scrap instruments do you mean like get led headlights and stuff or what