# Swopping jeep cherokee interior **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** cherokee, jeep\ **Created:** [March 5, 2018, 9:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swopping-jeep-cherokee-interior/113191 "2018-03-05T09:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeep-Jeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@Jeep-Jeep](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jeep-Jeep)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 9:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swopping-jeep-cherokee-interior/113191/1 "2018-03-05T09:08:54Z")
i have a jeep with a dark gray interior and would like to change it. anyone with some tips and trikcks? ---
**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 10:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swopping-jeep-cherokee-interior/113191/2 "2018-03-05T10:41:38Z")
Get some seat covers and/or dash cover? ---
**Author:** ![Jeep-Jeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@Jeep-Jeep](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jeep-Jeep)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 10:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swopping-jeep-cherokee-interior/113191/3 "2018-03-05T10:43:25Z")
I was thinking on changing seats in a lighter leather and swopping the dashboard. I do not thinks that covers ever look realy good ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swopping-jeep-cherokee-interior/113191/4 "2018-03-05T13:55:42Z")
You don’t say how old your Jeep is. If it is less than 10 years old, you may be able to buy a complete interior from a wrecked version from junkyard. I don’t know how many parts are required on the color change but buy them all and swap. It is tedious, frustrating and time consuming. The trick will be finding a car that is wrecked but hasn’t damaged the parts you need - airbags destroy a LOT of the interior these days in an accident. Dash pads and side covers get ripped when the bags deploy. Problem 2 is finding a donor car sitting in the junkyard without the car’s windows being rolled down. Junkyards, in my experience, don’t generally sell many interior parts so they don’t take care to close up the car to protect it. ---
**Author:** ![Jeep-Jeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@Jeep-Jeep](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jeep-Jeep)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swopping-jeep-cherokee-interior/113191/5 "2018-03-05T13:59:05Z")
Thanks MustangMan, my jeep is 18 years old. a 200 jeep Cherokee. i believe youre right that it is difficult tracking a suitable donor. I havent found one yet, perhaps the reason you dicribe with aibags might be the reason. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swopping-jeep-cherokee-interior/113191/6 "2018-03-05T13:59:38Z")
It would make more sense to SWAP vehicles and there are no tricks here, just lots of money. ---
**Author:** ![Jeep-Jeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@Jeep-Jeep](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jeep-Jeep)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swopping-jeep-cherokee-interior/113191/7 "2018-03-05T14:01:39Z")
Thanks Volvo\_470 i can’t think about “abandoning” my “precious” i’m also looking to improve the current interior and seats ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swopping-jeep-cherokee-interior/113191/8 "2018-03-05T14:03:19Z")
Wow, 18 years? You will have a really hard time finding a nice interior with that kind of age. You know that vinyl can be painted, right? Proper prep and special vinyl paint can be sprayed to change the color. Leather can be re-dyed. It works best on light-to-dark but maybe that is an option. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swopping-jeep-cherokee-interior/113191/9 "2018-03-05T14:15:03Z")
Paint the dash and put new leather in. After 18 years unless you really took care of it, the leather’s probably toast anyway. Might as well get new covers. ---
**Author:** ![Jeep-Jeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@Jeep-Jeep](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jeep-Jeep)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swopping-jeep-cherokee-interior/113191/10 "2018-03-05T14:15:57Z")
sounds like a smart option i will track down some leather shops in my country! ---
**Author:** ![SteveCBT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevecbt/32/3192_2.png) [@SteveCBT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveCBT)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swopping-jeep-cherokee-interior/113191/11 "2018-03-05T17:10:34Z")
Search for someone like this. [http://www.richsautouph.com/](http://www.richsautouph.com/) Not sure what country you are in but Tijuana Mexico is legendary for shops that do decent work.