Herculining Floors - **Write-up**

[bmyohn]

As many of you have heard I am Herculining the interior of my XJ and I promised a write-up…so here it is

Its my first write-up so bare with me…lol

1. Tools Needed
a. Herculiner Kit
i. Gallon Paint
ii. Bristle Pad
iii. Brush
iv. Rollers (not completely necessary)
b. Basic Wrench/Ratchet Kit
c. Screwdrivers
d. Acetone
e. Rags
f. 1-1/8" Hole saw and 3/8" Drill Bit

2. Begin by removing the seats
3. Remove the rear seats using a 16mm ratchet to remove the back of the rear seats, there is one on each side.
4. The front seats each have four bolts. The fronts of the brackets have two 13mm bolts.


The rears of the brackets have two different style bolts. The outsides have bolts that are removed with a 13mm bolt, mine were pretty tough to get out. (they are easiest removed with the seat pushed as far forward as possible) The insides of the brackets are nuts that are removed with a 11/16” ratchet.


(don’t mind the trash…lol)

5. Next, you can remove the seat belts, I chose not to. They are removed with a Torx Head
6.
7. Once all the seats are removed you can take out the center console, to remove that you must take out the plates at the bottoms of the shifters and unscrew the 6 screws that are there.
8. Pull out all carpet (trunk and front section pulls out in two sections
9. Next, you must remove the sound deadener material (silver metal). The sound deadener is located under the bench seats, on the ground infront of the bench seats and buckets as well as on the tranny hump (I didn’t remove the tranny hump material)



I found that the herculiner went over the rubbery/glue type stuff fairly well and it wasn’t worth spending the time getting all of it out. The herculiner doesn’t apply well to the metal though.

[bmyohn]

10. I also drilled some holes to use as drains, I took two of the drain plugs from the trunk and used them for the front. I took a 1 – 1/8” hole saw to fit the plug

Finished product:

I also added some to under the bench seats using a 3/8” bit

There are also these drains that came stock, they get pulled out with a flat head screwdriver pretty easily



The trim can be removed as well at this time.
11. Once vacummed and cleaned out I went around with the bristle pad that came with the kit and scratched the surface, make sure to take care of any rust issues at this point.

12. Apply Acetone to the surface to clean all the shavings up.
13. Apply a coat of herculiner to the entire floor.
14. While still tacky go ahead and apply a second coat to the floors, I did three coats total (maybe a little overkill, but better safe then sorry)





15. Reinstall all trim and seats, the center console should go on first and then trim and then seats.

Finished Product

[Miami_XJ]

Nice job, thanks for taking the time to create and share that with us!

[bmyohn]

no problem, it was a fun project and messy..lol

now updated with finished pics

[cox_xj]

sexy........so in all how much did it cost?

i can't wait to get mine back shes getting lots of new toys when she gets home

[bmyohn]

it was 90 bucks for the kit, and about 45 for the hole saw, bit, and acetone

so about 135 or so, but i did find 10 bucks worh of change in the carpets and cupholders...lol

what are u planning for urs??

[cox_xj]

shes getting herc'd inside.......from top to bottom lol

found the shifter only center console.....puttin that in

doing a complete rewire of a few thing on the inside

and some other goodies

[cox_xj]

opps double post

[brifro123]

Nice job Brendan, now you can go all the way through nic's pond without worrying lol.

[itasor]

Looks great! $45 for a hole saw? O_o

[bmyohn]

no for a hole saw, drill bit and acetone all together

[Clifford97GC]

nice job looks good i just hurculined the exterior of my jeep today and started ripping out the carpet to do the interior

[LEAD_NOT_FOLLOW]

Looks good Brendan!

Sorry it took me so long, but got back to your PM on GLXJ.

[Clifford97GC]

any idea how much hurc you used, i still have atleast 3/4 of a gallon that will prob get it done right?

[XJK]

nice work bmyohn, i hope to be doing this next summer but i have a ton of other things to take care of first

-Kyle

BTW good writeup