Installed most of the stuff i got from the junkyard. The coin holder is in a temporary spot. Ill mount it when i think of a spot to mount it. Most likely in the center console. Also fixed my locking mechanism on the center console! im in love with that little thing now. atleast my center console wont fly open now when i jump my truck
I then installed the cup holders. It was a direct fit that bolted on with existing bolts. I was suprised. Then I tackled the overhead console
It was a pain in the @$$. First of all, the one i took off this wrecked out silverado was missing all of it's doors, so my dad and I looked for some and only found 1. And it's hinges were broken.. So I went to lowes, and bought some mini-hinges and some metal flashing (sheet metal)
I came home, took it all apart, and painted the doors with the same color i colormatched my grille with. To give it a custom touch. I did debate on whether or not i should paint the plastic base black or not, but i passed on that.
So i paint all of the doors and make one out of sheet metal and it comes out surprisingly good. I then attach all the doors with hinges exept the last one. Now im done with the center console
BUTTT my last door was mising a button to open it, so it would hang open
so i stole the button from the middle door and put it on the back, and glued the middle door down for now, until i can either get another button or rig up one of my own.
So now I go to mount it, im pretty nervous because my headliner is SPOTLESS and factory.. so im afraid to cut into it. But i do it anyways, I proceed to look for the 2 little holes that the back of the console slide into, and.. whoops.. i cut a few inches to far
but i still proceed to mount it.
The front of the overhead console is held on by a simple screw that goes into this little hole hidden under my front part of my headliner. It took me about 2 mintues to find it.
To bolt on the front, you need a metal threaded sandwich/sleve. I can't find one laying around. So i spend an hour tying to used an anchor to mount this thing...
I finally realize that when i took off my valence, i had a ton of those lying around. I find one, find a long narrow screw that threads into it, and get this baby bolted it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It looks good, but the headliner part i cut too far off looks stange, so using some left over metal i painted white, i cut out a piece, and sandwich it between the console and headliner, looks funky, but hey, it works..
I still plan on wiring up my lights soon, But im definitely done for the day, i spend nearly 4 hours on this simple install
But it was worth it
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