007divegirl

Yes. About $35.00 total.
The fabric I used came from a 25 dollar grill cover I bought at walmart and ripped apart.
Then maybe another 10 bucks for thread, velcro, and nylon straps.

The thing that will really determine your overall cost is the fabric. Fabric of this heavy quality can be expensive. You just have to shop around and find a good clearance sale. Or use one of the 68 inch grill covers. It's just with those you have to tear them apart and piece the fabric together to give yourself a solid big piece to work with, but it's cheap.

JK4Life

Thumbs up for the creativity - seems like there is so much less storage space than even my previous TJ. Need all the space we can get!

Brettzky-JK757

Mike:

Would a standard sewing machine be able to handle this task (with the appropriate needle)? Or do i need to find one of those super duper Rigger sewing machines and learn to do the "Box-X" stitch?

pgoty

Damn that's awesome. That's True Jeep Dedication. I'm still doing the ole' comforter trick with my panels, but your homemade covers is the way to go.

thanks

007divegirl

A regular sewing machine does the job. You just have to buy the appropriate size needle for this project.

You need an "upolstery" sewing machine needle
And you need upolstery thread.

Mine had no trouble with it and I have an old machine.

matthew2000tx

for some reason I can't see the photos? :sad:

WireTap

Those look great! If I only had a sewing machine, I'd ditch the moving pad I've been using.

Blue Dog

Well I not sure where I went wrong and I did just like you said and they were not wide enough. So I went back and had to add a extension piece so they would fit in. The next panel I added four inches instead of two inches and that was just right. I not great at sewing but I at lease I gave it shot. Most of my project come out ok I guess. I am just not going to win any prizes for my great sewing ability . Thanks for posting this, it did direct me in the right direction. It took four yards of material .

michiganjeep2008

I made a couple of these bags - total cost $16.00. I found some clearanced upholstry material, some heavy thread, a needle. I didn't put any handles on. I have the 2 door. I put the rear seat up, lay the bags in the bag(on top of each other), put the bags against the back seat, take a bungee cord, hook it around the outside of the headrest and the other end the rear seat clamp - then do the other side - the bungees just criss-cross each other. This way I can still use the cargo area.

bosscj351

Nice dude, nice. I can't sew and I can't get the girlfriend out of the JK long enough to do anything in the house.