[crazyeyez]

got some more work on it today. finished up the framing and cutting. today i took the seats and stock center console out of the truck so i could fit the new console in.

yea, carpet is crappy...

i lucked out. when i built the console up, i went of my measurments of how high i wanted it. i took the braket off the oem console and it lined up great. just needed three boards to make it sit level. so i pieced together a block for it.

this worked great. perfect height, lined up great.

then to figure a way to secure the front. didnt really want to bolt it to the floor. so i figured a way. used a board and some sefl taping screw (had on hand and right size). they dont hook tot he floor, but sit in the holes for the plastic tabs that hold the front of the oem console down.

then was moment of truth. console in and seats in.

fit like a damn glove!!!! still gotta fashon up the armrest lid. but need a hinge and some lock latch. thinking something off a kitchen cabnit. had to open the hole up some for the CB tho. had to extend it to the front. the anttena cord was hitting the floor. opened the hole, and the radio sits and more of an angle and lets the radio sit in lower in the box. and dont need to open the sides up, can hear the speaker on the CB just fine as is. and the radio sits in there pretty snug, no need for its bracket.

now to find a sturdy piece of plastic or something for a switch board, then cut out the cup holders.


heres a nice pic of my lovely wires, hidden under the console

 

[Josh]

Looks like a kitchen countertop between your seats. Oh... Wait...

Trollololololol


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[Raidrz]

what are going to cover it with?

 

[crazyeyez]

:fugrin:

was actually a dresser drawer that the kids tore apart. lol. majority of the MDF is in great shape.

 

[crazyeyez]

Re: thinking about custom center console

what are going to cover it with?

gonna try to get a roll of this stuff. but probably wont till tax time.

then order up some of this to wrap it all up.
Marine Vinyl - Nassimi Seaquest Black Vinyl Fabric - Ebony

padding for the armrest i can grab at WalFart for $7 (site to store). sure i could find some somewhere else near by. nearest HobbyLobby is an hour away.

 

[crazyeyez]

got some more work done. cup holder installed (used the plastic one from the rear bench of my truck). also got the swtich plate mocked up. used the cover from a old burnt out CB radio. cut it to fit, and even Sharpied my switches on it for refference.

i took the cup holders and trimmed away some of the plastic "skirt" so that the cup holders themselves sit flat on the wood. i then put two of the boards together for extra strength. i then stuffed the cupholders up into the hole i cut out for it, then stuffed the support for it in, screwing the boards to the sidewalls. cup holders are in there tight, but still screwed them to the boards under it.

then i cut the plate out of the CB radio housing. rounder the edges of it, then drew the switches on it. then cut the hole in the top board of the console and screwed the plate to the board.

now i still got to cover or paint. i'm leaning towards paint. get one of those DIY bedliner kits. first i'd fill in and smooth it all out with some wood putty or something. then cover it. the left over bedliner would then be used on my bike trailer. the arm rest will be thickly padded then wrapped in vinyl. might find a shop to do that, tho.

 

[radojim]

maybe run some inside corner trim where the console widens. might clean it up a little.
not necessarily this exact style, just for example...

another thing i would consider is following the angle of the front piece all the way up. basically, just angle cut the top piece to match it.

 

[crazyeyez]

i have thought about closing that up, but as it is, i can hear the CB thru the gaps.

dont know if i'm all that worryed about the front over hang. once its installed in the truck, it isnt that noticeable. but i'll see what i can do.

 

[radojim]

i got it. 1/4'' holes equally spaced going up the trim, like a speaker grill. yea?

 

[crazyeyez]

i thought of actually using speaker grills, but the radio sits in there nice and snug, and i can hear it clearly enough as the console is now

 

[ShadowedXistence]

too be honest... the more I see this thing, the more I hate it...

 

[Supermodulation]

I need to do this!

 

[crazyeyez]

too be honest... the more I see this thing, the more I hate it...

then dont come into the build thread for it.

 

[blurred]

plenty of room for switches

 

[Supermodulation]

^
Boyd :th_woot:


Do you have any plans to incorporate your cell phone and charger in your layout.?

 

[crazyeyez]

i do, James. havent worked that out fully, yet. figure i'd get a set of the two outlet splitters with the soft cords, that way i can extend it and put the plugs where ever. but i'd have to double check it, but i think the right most power outlet might be clear of it. and i usually have a twoway splitter with usb port pluged into it.

 

[1BADI5]

Oh snap......I smell progress.

LOL @ Boyd's post

 

[crazyeyez]

lol. told ya i got some work done, Jeremy. lol

 

[JackedRado71]

Hmm its looking familiar!

 

[crazyeyez]

:lol: yea. hoping to get the rest of the stuff i need this weekend. then try and find a shop that can pad and wrap the armrest.