auto-dim works fine on mine. I've got the previous gen mirror tho, so it only shows temp or compass.need to swap it out for the one that displays both at the same time

 

The auto dim works well

 

Yeah mine is the same. Just gotta pick up a temp sensor. Let it go when I totaled and junked my Tahoe

 

Sounds like my way of building something! Thanks for the idea

 

Getting back to the guy who started the thread, he wanted interior modifications that wouldn't clean out his wallet. I posted what I did with my Cherokee's interior for pennies; here are two that will clean out your wallet but were fun to do. You can probably debate whether these are interior modifications but I think they added to the interiors appeal. The first are the shock towers in the back which added shock absorber efficiency and I think look good too. And second are the twin sticks for the transfer case which I spent just as much time on as I did on the transfer case install itself. The sticks that Atlas have designed for the Cherokee just didn't work for me, I switched to straight sticks. The shift boot that comes with the kit s---s too, so I made my own.

 

Sub'd

 

I seen this on here the other day. Very interesting if you have the over head console.

 

I plan on doing this, but I want a long add cable I can route up and over to near the drivers seat belt.

 

This is still in the early thought experiment stage, but I'm working on something similar with a new single DIN head unit for my stereo. I want to put a tablet in the dash in place of the original 1.5 DIN head unit and use it to remotely control a single DIN unit mounted elsewhere. Problem is that you have to be able to reach the front panel of the head unit, so I can't hide it away the way I would really like.

So my solution is to mount the head unit in the overhead console. If I can make it work, the finished project would have it mounted flush up in there in place of the sunglass and garage door opener compartments. That way I could still reach the front of the HU to pair it with the tablet, but it won't be sticking out in the way anywhere.

I'm waiting for the right tablet to come along. The 7" tablets are too big to mount in the dash without cutting up the bezel. The Galaxy Note phones could be made to work, but they're too damned expensive. I have an extra Ltd bezel in case I do need to cut into it, but to me that never looks right when people do that.

The new Kindle Fire HD 6 looks like it might be just the right size to mount into the existing bezel without cutting. If it turns out to be rootable and flashable, I may get one, root it and load it up with a full flavor of Android, then put a stereo remote app on the phone along with Torque. I'm still not sure whether that tablet can be forced to work the way I want.

I was also considering using the original head unit's faceplate to make a mounting plate for the tablet, so that it looks like it belongs there. And if it all fits just right, I might be able to keep the original volume pot and power button and wire them in so that they work.

But again, right now this is all speculative.

 

Cheap... If you ever end up with a head unit that has a usb port, the cable can be run under the center console and mounted inside. It's pretty clean. I mounted one on the exterior of my console as well, but if someone were to move the passenger seat forward and a usb was plugged in, it could be damaged. Opps. I'll find something else to mount there in the future.

I put ZJ seats in my XJ for about a year. I'm 6'0" and the ZJ seat back topped out somewhere between my shoulder blades and the headrest and the base of my neck. The *** cushion was better than the XJ, but overall I just didn't like the seats.

I replaced ZJ with XJ seats from a 98 classic, also from a junkyard. I lucked out and got a set that had been covered most of their life. I like them way better than the ZJ seats and they look like they fit better too. They're lighter than my 2000 interior, but it's all good.

The overhead console wasn't too expensive. I did have to reupholster the sides. That wasn't expensive really, but it was a lot of work cause I don't know much about upholstery and had to learn.

Pulling the carpet out is a great idea. I went over mine with a carpet cleaner. They were nasty. If the jute padding is nasty and likely will be, it can be replaced with rebond carpet padding from a hardware store. I got a 6'x9' piece, but it takes two to cover everything. I'm a little concerned about fire resistance of this foam stuff. The jute tends to melt more than burn... I haven't tested the foam.

The LED interior install is good too, but I'm the one that sells sets here, so I'm kinda biased. I'm not as big a fan of the instrument light LED swap. It's a pain in the *** if an LED goes out or comes loose (and they do) and the colors of the different panels will be different shades of whatever color LEDs are chosen.

Expensive mods I've done... sound system was pricey, cruse was a lot of work and not really cheap, sound dampening can be cheap, but I don't think I could do it cheaply without having experienced doing it the expensive way first.

I bought some foam padding to put behind crap that rattles, which is just about everything in the Jeep. I bought two packages, but one package is enough to put a pieces in key places between every plastic panel and what it sits on. The next time I take my door panels off, I'm going to use some of this to help gasket my speakers.


I'd like to recover my seats with leather from leatherseats.com or similar, but it's probably $1000 to do it all said and done.