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Offline SS eagle

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Center console ideas or even pics??
« on: March 30, 2011, 12:35:42 AM »
Well I'm trying to come with an idea for a center console and what to get a few ideas are there any car with a similar interior design that I could use or some ideas for home built one and if you've don this before I would
Like to see pics and any creative upholder ideas??
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Re: Center console ideas or even pics??
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2011, 09:00:36 AM »
I swapped front seats from a 94 xj also took the armrest cupholder.
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Re: Center console ideas or even pics??
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2011, 09:05:40 AM »
Cool
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Re: Center console ideas or even pics??
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2011, 09:35:53 AM »
I know a case of beer fits perfectly between the seats of an sx/4 (  :footinmouth: better explain that, lol, had no where else to put it, the groceries took up the back seat, haha). Anyway, that gave me an idea of what to use as a mock up for when I do build a center console for the car. The size was about right (lentgh), also was about perfect armrest height.

Any pics of your set up mk?
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Re: Center console ideas or even pics??
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2011, 09:49:16 AM »
Not the best pic and its acouple years old.
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Re: Center console ideas or even pics??
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2011, 09:51:49 AM »
Nice! Looks to fit very well.
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Re: Center console ideas or even pics??
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2011, 06:29:56 PM »
Ya it looks like it came like that would that fit with normal seats??
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Re: Center console ideas or even pics??
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2011, 06:35:51 PM »
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Re: Center console ideas or even pics??
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2011, 09:22:58 PM »
how much modifying did u do to those seat brackets? im guessing you still used the manual stock seat brackets
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Re: Center console ideas or even pics??
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2011, 10:10:19 PM »
No brackets. I used 2x4's for spacers on all points except the front inner point and bolted it right to the floor. it sits lower than normal which gives more head room for me.wife has her own car to drive so the seat position is perfect and level.
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Re: Center console ideas or even pics??
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2011, 10:12:07 PM »
I built this one.  This is the 88 white woody.


I bought this one at jcwhitney and modified the base.  It is in the 83 with the blue vinyl interior.
new homemade base

sto-bought base

Both are moveable and can slide back and forth to made it easier to buckle the seat belt.
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Re: Center console ideas or even pics??
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2011, 11:54:17 PM »
Quote from: jim on March 30, 2011, 10:12:07 PM
I built this one.  This is the 88 white woody.



That console around you gear shift there where can I get one of that's for my eagle??didthey come in the later years of the eagle or something cause my 82 doesn't have one




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Re: Center console ideas or even pics??
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2011, 12:00:32 AM »
Srry for the messed up quote but I didn't need the other stuff and forgot to move the quote thing up
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Re: Center console ideas or even pics??
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2011, 10:17:13 AM »
I picked up a cheap plastic "console" at walmart.  I don't have pics of it, it was just 2 cup holders and change holder.  It slide in between the seats.  I had to cut the bottom 3 inches off or so.  It works OK, pretty wobbly.  But for $4 I can't complain.
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Re: Center console ideas or even pics??
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2011, 04:59:03 PM »
the only factory eagles that came with a center console/armrests where the VAM cars in Mexico to my knowledge
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