yea that sounds good im gonna mock one up with cardboard and maybe incororate some speakers in the sides

Cool. I used a 8x9 stereo box with a cheap dollar store cup holder on top. It just sits between the two seats...with a speaker to boot!!!
Wheeling on the cheap sounds like me....LOL

Did some more work on the console today, think I had a little more time on my hands than sanity! I didn't like the carpeted cupholder area, and needed to enlarge them anyways, so, I tore the carpet off, added a piece of wood that hung over the edges a bit to hide the carpet seams and put some Deck varnish that I had leftover from doing my deck last summer.





Now here is the too much time part. I wanted a way to keep the lid from flopping back and breaking the hinge. Soooo, looking around the garage I found an old RC truck that I had. Stole the rear shocks, shock tower, and front shock tower and came up with this!





It not only holds the lid open, but it holds it shut as well! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

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Very ingenious! Nice job Buck! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Here's how my lids opens. It stays open by resting against the passenger seat. A lot less stress on the hinges this way.



I have a CAD file with the dimensions of my console here somewhere. I'll post it here in a bit if I can find it.

Found it:



This is for a second gen X-tra cab. 4Runners will need to be a few inches shorter to allow the rear seats to fully fold down.

Not about consoles per se, but I have a couple of pictures of the 1999 Tacoma shifter boot frame that I put in my 1988 4runner. It has a cupholder that expands to hold two cups and is a really nice upgrade, since 1st gen 4runners predate any kind of cupholder. The gray plastic almost matches the stock interior and it was pretty easy to adapt and install.

I don't have a means of posting images from a website, but if someone who does can send me an email address via PM, I would gladly send them the images to post here.

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OK trying to post first picture. The Tacoma shifter boot frame is installed in a 1988 4runner, but I do have an R151F transmission which put the shift levers farther forward by about 1-2". I put a piece of madrone wood in the space between the shifter boot frame and the console. People with the stock W56 may not need such a piece.

i bought one from wallmart (probibly the same one since every wallmart in the world is the same) and it fit so tight i didnt even have to bolt it down in my 83 even when im wheeling it stays right there the (pop in the cup holder is a diferent story)

I know that I didn't build this one but I'm gonna post up some pics anyhow. Also I'm betting that its made in china <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/barf.gif" alt="" /> so buy at your own risk (I didn't buy it so I don't know).

Otherwise its an awesome fit and it works great. The top padding is the same color as the dash etc howeverthe body of the unit is a bit lighter. If it begins to bother me I'll paint it, but its fine for now.



there is a ton of room inside as you can see it carrys a lot and it also has a good amount of room underneath for the things you want to hide there are a bunch of McD's coupons in there which brings me to the cup holders. They adjust enough to fit a super small cup all the way up to a supersize very securely.





The only thing I don't like is that there is no hinge on the lid but thats easy to fix.



I gotta say that I could't build on better if I tried, not to say one shouldn't try cause I've see some pretty nice designs.