New Center Console?

[glundblad]

I was browsing MoparPartsAmerica.com and it looks like I can still purchase a new center console. My '87 chief has the small mini console. I don't know how acurate their site is but if I can buy new for $250, that is not bad is it?

 

I assume I would need to purchase all the parts individually such as the top cushion and so on and specify color. Stock availability for everything could get tricky for one color. THat could make a simpleton like myself a little nervous.

 

Has anyone bought from these guys before? Are these guys legitimate? :???:

[Boilermaker]

Assuming its even available, is your heart that set on a new center console that you'd be willing to pay $250 + whatever instead of spending around $30 and 10 minutes at a junkyard for used one? There plenty of decent consoles at the yard that just need a good cleaning and you can get all the mounting brackets while you are at it. Depending on how you use your MJ, it probably wouldn't be long before you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the one you bought new and the one grabbed from a JY.

 

Be prepared for all the posts where people will tell you they've got whole trucks for less, could do x, y and z for the same money or offers to sell their consoles for that much.

[glundblad]

Thanks, that makes sense. I really don't drive my comanche very much and I want the interior to look new. Last year it spent most of the summer in a garage getting worked on. This year, I will probably put 500 miles or less on it.

 

I live in a "comanche unfriendly" area of the country where they salt the roads quite heavily. I have probably seen 5 - 7 of them on the road in the last year. So the comanches that end up in the junkyards are pretty far gone and those don't stay there long because there arent very many usable parts on them. So far, I have combed 6 junkyards and come up empty. When you ask about comanches at junkyards, they will usually give you one of these :hmm: or these :rotf: .

[Boilermaker]

'84-'96 Cherokee center consoles are interchangeable with MJ consoles, so you can use a console from one of those (mine is from an 87 XJ). I understand where you are coming from, my MJ has been in pieces for over 5 months and counting. A lot of that down time is because i've been picky about parts.

 

You also may want to post what you are looking for in the classifieds section.

[JeepcoMJ]

that i an ABSOLUTE WASTE of money dude.

 

post in the classifieds what color you need, with a pic of your interior...WTB for it.

 

someone will have something for you.