Reply With QuoteI don't know if anyone already makes it or not. Wouldn't be too difficult to make a steel box in side existing console. I have a welder and sheet metal brake if you need some assistance.
Secure center console
I'm working on a way to make my center console storage more secure, by integrating a steel box and lid into the stock setup. I'm just kicking this around right now (let's call it "study hall doodle stage"), but does anyone already make such a thing? Would anyone else be interested in this?
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
I don't know if anyone already makes it or not. Wouldn't be too difficult to make a steel box in side existing console. I have a welder and sheet metal brake if you need some assistance.
I would be interested in it, if for nothing more than something to keep the damn lid on my console, these things are notorious for breaking at the hinge and an OEM lid is like 70.-80. bucks last time I checked.
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Why not just lock it in the trunk and do the temporary trunk release disable mod?
I did it and use it all the time.
Sounds like it would get hot in the summer and end up burning my elbow. Ouch.
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250k miles
Center console? Just get rid of it...
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I'd keep the factory armrest - it would just be bolted to the lid of the steel box. I'm going to do some more doodling when I get to work.Originally Posted by Sharpie
But I think I'll do the trunk lock mod in the meantime...
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
That's what I thought you were after Tricky. Leaving everything stock on the outside and building a box that inserts in original cavity and using original mouting screws to secure. With 14GA steel, you would lose very little space. Can even make it to secure your gas and trunk release. Box in a box method.
Exactly! Box in a box...
...as opposed to a d**k in a box.
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
BTW... I may just hit you up about this... thanks!
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
Sure, fairly straight forward for sheet metal work. Spot welding and making it look pretty will take the longest. But I estimate it could be finished in a day after templates were made.
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