Post by pureinsanity on Jan 22, 2011 0:02:43 GMT -6
Ordered a new center console piece from ebay, could have simply asked what color it was but i decided to risk it and buy it anyway. Well...it was gray and my interior is natural, and I wasnt about to put it in and live with mis-matched pieces, nor was I going to send it back, so I did a little swapping.
One quick look on the back side and I could see that the wood piece on top was plastic welded on to the main base, so out came the drill and some patience. After about 15 minutes of drilling I had all 13 holes drilled out. Once the top piece was out I carefully disassembled the remainder of the console and started drilling the old one. Once that was complete and torn down I took the cup holder piece that I had been missing from a console I got at the local pick n pull. After a good washing and a lot of scrubbing with a toothbrush I was ready to rebuild the base piece. Starting with the cup holder assembly I took all the springs, posts, and rubber fittings from the new console and put them on the old. Figured I may as well swap everything over since for one I paid for it and two the springs on mine were pretty rusty and sprung. After that was all put back together I put the shifter pieces on, glued the wood finish piece on with a hot glue gun and Viola! New old center console.
New Console
Back Side…theres 7 plastic welds on one side, 2 in the middle, and 4 on other side.
Drill bit I used
New console with wood top removed
New console all disassembled
Old console and the remainder of the new one
Old console torn apart
Junkyard console I used for the drivers side cup holder piece (I had to break it to get it out of the car)
Post and spring that holds the cup holder assembly to the base (new on the left, old on the right)
Old pieces…rusty hinges and dirty posts
One side redone with new parts
Both sides done
More old parts
New old console!
One quick look on the back side and I could see that the wood piece on top was plastic welded on to the main base, so out came the drill and some patience. After about 15 minutes of drilling I had all 13 holes drilled out. Once the top piece was out I carefully disassembled the remainder of the console and started drilling the old one. Once that was complete and torn down I took the cup holder piece that I had been missing from a console I got at the local pick n pull. After a good washing and a lot of scrubbing with a toothbrush I was ready to rebuild the base piece. Starting with the cup holder assembly I took all the springs, posts, and rubber fittings from the new console and put them on the old. Figured I may as well swap everything over since for one I paid for it and two the springs on mine were pretty rusty and sprung. After that was all put back together I put the shifter pieces on, glued the wood finish piece on with a hot glue gun and Viola! New old center console.
New Console
Back Side…theres 7 plastic welds on one side, 2 in the middle, and 4 on other side.
Drill bit I used
New console with wood top removed
New console all disassembled
Old console and the remainder of the new one
Old console torn apart
Junkyard console I used for the drivers side cup holder piece (I had to break it to get it out of the car)
Post and spring that holds the cup holder assembly to the base (new on the left, old on the right)
Old pieces…rusty hinges and dirty posts
One side redone with new parts
Both sides done
More old parts
New old console!
,xxxmi and halfway running, Beater, needs extreme help, all chipped paint and everything. Scrapped