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Hubjeep
12-13-2009, 12:35 PM
Howdy all,
I have a 1989 Waggy that I intend to restore and would like interior suggestions.

A couple years ago I stripped the frame, welded up a couple rusted frame mounts, and coated frame with POR-15 and POR chassis coat.

Exterior color will be white, of course with wood decals. :cool:

The current interior color is burgundy red, in very poor shape. I would ideally like a gray/charcoal/black interior.

A charcoal carpet kit (assuming this is available), light gray headliner, and front buckets (possibly gray tuffy stereo console between them)/rear bench seat from some other SUV would take care of the bulk of the interior, the bottle-neck is going to be the hugely red dash and door panels, any suggestions how to change the color of them?

EDIT: On second thought tan would probably match better with the wood decal exterior. I suppose one option would be finding a tan interior waggy and swapping the door panels over? Hmmm...

Frame:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/Hubjeep/Wagoneer/PICT0001.jpg

Thanks,
John

jeepskater433
12-13-2009, 01:24 PM
white exterior with tan interior would look very nice, my first wagoneer was white with maroon interior, it didnt look too bad, but I wouldve preferred the tan

suzq044
12-13-2009, 01:27 PM
Personally, I like both the black and the tan ideas.

Black would be a cool black'n white waggy, and the tan would complement the 'wood' on the exterior.

Hubjeep
12-13-2009, 08:33 PM
Thanks for the replies.

I like gray interiors, but I don't think the gray will go well with the wood decal exterior. I should probably go all tan.

del
12-14-2009, 01:22 AM
I say do both. Use the two colors to create some contrast. Maybe tan seats, back carpet and aftermarket console. I prefer tan myself. As far as changing plastic part colors, there are paints for the interior colors. I think a cople of guys on the site have used them. I don't really like the burgandy color, and passed on several waggys because of it...Del

710 Burner
12-14-2009, 07:35 AM
I am very fond of the Sand colored interior that came in the 89's and you could compliment it with black accents for a great look.