There is a How-To with this but using a factory part off of an H3 center console/tunnel peice

 

I wanted to fab my own console with spots for switches,cb,compartments etc

 

i would much rather see a heavily modified plastic console out of a different car than a custom steel one any day. almost all the steel custom made consoles i have ever seen turn out too boxy and novice looking. just my 2cents.

 

Since you´re trying to build your custom console I assume you don´t want any stock console from other cars, but what about this:

There are many manufacturers that offers custom consoles professionally finished. Wood, MDF, Poly-carbon, and others.

 

This reminds me of the spanish inner-city lowered S10's.

wicked tacky.

I like his idea... and the flush mount CB spot !!!!!!

 

nice design! i do like the idea for the CB. working on my own as well. its on hold till i get the funds to finish it

 

Keep in mind here guys this is a toy truck meant for the dunes. Im essentially going for a 4wd trophy truck look. All i care about is it being rugged and its main purpose is to conceal the roll cage tubes and hide some wiring. I also want all my light/accessory switches close together and get my cb out from under my dash. This is definitely not a show truck haha

 

i'm the same way

heres a link to my build
http://www.355nation.net/forum/interior/57110-custom-center-console-build.html

 

I think i finally got it sized just right to fit under the console,but it still need a little trimming. Also added cupholders,a cubby,and a place where i want the shifter. Im thinking diamond plate would look pretty cool

 

Diamond plate would look killer!!!
In for pics

 

looking good!

 

looks like yo wont be able to move seat forward with out hitting the console, looking good

 

I noticed that too, should make it thin enough to where the seat can go all the way forward and then angle it like it is

 

maybe he doesnt need to slide the seat forward anymore

 

The seats almost all the way forward in the picture,I moved it up to make sure it would clear. The only problem with diamond plate is my inability to tig weld haha. I'd have to have someone do it unless I could get one of the techs at school to do it

 

Called the local steel shop it's $80 for a 4x4 sheet of .125 diamond plate. I'm happy it comes in steel so I can weld it and paint it now

 

If you cut up all the pieces and send it my way, I'd love to tig it up for you. Is it stainless or Mild steel??
Just need some $ for welding gas and filler wire - Donations for ya fellow 355 members!

I can Mig it and make it look just like Tig. Or Tig the whole get-up and ship it back in a big 'ol box haha.



I used to be an Xray qualified welder for Nuclear Submarines. Classified info, but somewhere in new england

PM me if you're interested.
I have a plasma cutter too that could make things easier if you made the templates and sent the steel sheets... but now that's more time blah blah blah.

I think it'll look Bad A$$

 

I was leaning towards plasma cutting. I still have more trimming to do so it fits nice and snug. The mock up isn't exactly perfect (cardboard flexes) so I need to put a little time into it. Mig is no problem for me,my skills are beaut with that process lol. I was also seeing if my school could use the the shape cutter or water table to cut it all out

 

I need to get a new shifter too seeming how that's the whole point of the new console haha

 

Those are to fancy for my standards haha. Find out today about my tax return so hopefully I can start making progress on this project. I don't feel like dropping $100 into a console at the moment. Just something to think about,if I'm running a console shifter I'm not going to want the column shifter anymore. How hard are they to remove?

 

I went to the yard today and robbed a '95 firebird shifter. The only problem i need to work out is that the gears dont line up. Its for a 4L60E and park works fine,however when you go into the reverse notch it doesnt engage all the way and every gear under drive is off by 2 notches. So 1st gear on the shifter is 3rd with the tranny. Any suggestions on a fix? I thought maybe my spacers werent long enough but even with an extra 1/2" they all line up except it stops in 2nd and wont go all the way back into park. Maybe an adjustment of where the linkage attaches to the shifter or maybe i should rob the linkage to the firebird trans? And yes i know its rigged for the time being as a proof of concept, I will make nice brackets for it to mount to and solve the gear changing problem