It wouldn't be until the SFA swap since I would need to remove the carpet anyways to replace the parking brake cables,but I will take pics.

You can turn off the "Chime"...I did mine...forgot exactly how but I think it was in the Owners Manual.

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Naw, that's just for the selt belt warning. Removing the passenger seat creates a false Air Bag warning and there is no procedure to turn off the warning chime for that reason.

Has anybody ever opened up their instrument panel? I think I have determined that the audio tone transducer is located between the mask and the rear cover of the EMIC unit, and I'm wondering if there is room to put some sound insulation material around it to reduce the volume.

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On the 2006 models there is a weight sensor in the passenger seat. By unplugging the seat, seatbelt anchor and the harness, you have thrown a trouble code indicating that the passenger seat sensor is malfunctioning. The only way to correct the issue would be to reinstall the seat and the seat belt components.

You can not take out the airbag.

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True.

Do you also know that you cannot remove or modify the center console without running into similar airbag troubles? The owners manual even says this is so many words - "Do not modify the center console."

Can you believe this? A jeep whose manual says "do not modify"? Why, old Wilifong Jeepster must be turning in his grave.

IMHO, if we allow this to stand, this is the time from which to date the demise of Jeep. Not IFS, not Chrysler's takeover, but the first time that they printed "do not modify" and jeep owners complied. At least, that's how I feel, so I'm going to keep looking for ways to do what I want - take the seat out w/o losing airbag protection, get rid of chimes and, yes, modify the center console. It might take an unreasonable amount of work to do all that, and it's not very important to wheeling so it might take a long time, but I'm going to keep trying. One day I'll get there.

Can we start a movement? "Fight the power - modify your console!"

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old Wilifong Jeepster???????

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I think I'm getting ready to buy one of these - are you still waiting for your SFA swap before installing yours? How didi ti look when you got it? The floor has a lot of intricate little places. Does it look like the vinyl mold is going to fit all these perfectly?

Are you going to try to use drain plugs in the floor, or leave it one piece and try to keep it dry underneath? Even if you leave it one piece, it seems like there's a chance water will accumulate underneath it. When I pulled my carpet, there was a small amount of standing water in the driver side floorboards. I am planning to use drain plugs, so I know I will have water under the vinyl, so I'm planning to cut the vinyl flooring into pieces that I can easily remove for drying, without having to remove the front seats. Thus, I would have cuts under each front seat, and the console area would be cut out. Based on that description and what you received, do you see any problems I might have?

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It's heavy,it's about 1/8" thick.It looks like a good form but there are no holes cut in it so for all the bolts(seats)and center console area will need to be cut out.It comes with a separate piece for the rear cargo area also and a foam piece for the front floor board area.I'm not installing any drain plugs as I will still use my Husky liners as well though I will have to cut off all the spikes.I also will be rubberize undercoat the floor with a very heavy coat.I'm hoping to have it installed in a month or so.

TJKJ did you get yours yet? What does it look like? Because i got mine but its just a big rectangular piece of vinyl that is not molded and had not been cut to shape. Is that what yours looks like? I think i may have to send mine back.

Ok yours was like that too. Boy is it not like advertised though. You see that picture of molded vinyl and what you get is nothing like what is advertised. You could probably do just as well to buy some vinyl at the carpet store and cut it to shape yourself.

Update: it does have some molding in the vinyl but it is slight and it just looks like a big piece of crumpled up vinyl from being shipped. The only molding that i can clearly make out is where the cross beams go that the seats bolt into.

That foam piece looks to me like it goes in the cargo area as well, no? It fits perfectly there. I don't think i will install any foam under the drivers feet as it will just hold water if any gets under there.

Okay, now that i've installed it i can say that do not install this floor unless you know what you are doing. I made lots of mistakes and there are gaps. It is a pain in the booty to put in and i cut too much material away trying to get it to go in place. It would be better to have a professional carpet installer put it in for you. Hopefully when i put the seats in it will cover up some of my mistakes. As far as protecting your floor board from water - forget it. Water will just leak past the sides and go down underneath anyways. I sprayed the floor down with asphvault rubber sealer stuff to protect it from water before i put this on. Overall, I give this product a thumbs down for ease of install. I should have sent it back before i installed it but my rug had already been thrown out. I think a better idea would be to just spray the floor with bedline or something like that.

Any carpet replacement is going to be a royal pain.Done some interior stuff before so installing is nothing new to me.What I wanted this for is not for any type of water proofing,I just hate carpet that looks tacky and never can be kept clean,traps oders,and again looks like s#$t in a vehicle.Bedlining is just not a good idea with the amount of wiring under the carpet in a KJ.

The wiring can be relocated down the center. But you are right for a cleaner look leave wiring where it is and put the vinyl down. I've got it mostly on now but there is some gaps around the center console. It doesn't look that bad now that i got all the molding in. I found out you need to leave a lot of the material up there so there is no gaps around the console. It was deceiving. I will have to make a skirt around the console now to cover the gaps. Should look okay then. The flooring itself is nice but if i had to do it again i would do it differently but hindsight is 20/20. For one thing if i had the old rug i could of used it as a template for where to cut the center console.

Any install pics?

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Just after spraying the floor down


Just before putting the vinyl in. wires back in place.


Here is the vinyl that was shipped to me. It is very crumpled and hard to see the molding. At first i thought they sent me the wrong one. It does look better now that it is installed.


Here is a pic during install.


I will take some more pics later for you to see. The seats and side molding are in place now. I still need to fix the gaps and to install the rear vinyl but that is the easy part.

Thanks for the pics, please keep me updated as I am extremely interested in seeing how this turns out, and have been considering buying one of these for a year or two.

I have to admit the picture in shipped condition is not what I was expecting and definately would have had me concerned.

What dimensions were the box it was shipped in? I have a friend that picks up all my stuff from a PO box in the states so I need to make sure it will fit in his truck.

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-OME 927-Rancho RSX 17505-3 Ring Clevis-JBA UCA-Teraflex Bump Stop
-JBA-LIB25R Rear Coil-2 Upper/Lower Iso-Skyjacker H7088 Shocks-3 Hockey Puck Bump Stops
-Powerslot Rotors-Moab Rims-BFG TA/KO 265-75-R16
-ARB Bumper-Rock Rails
-Super 44 Exhaust
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It's a big box,about 12"(H)x48"(W)x18"(D).Mine didn't near as bad as his in the pic.I unfolded mine in my living room and let it "relax" for about a week then loosely rolled it until I'm ready to install it in a few weeks.

As you can see mine was molded around a dinosaur excavation site instead of a kj.

After i complained they gave me a $40 discount coupon for my next purchase.