Central console ideas

[Tim Reid]

Hello,

 

Who's got a central console been the dash and tunnel?

 

It gives a bit of extra space near the driver for things like power socket.

 

I'm thinking about making one first in alloy then carbon fibre to mount a battery cutoff switch, power socket, AIM dash connector, and maybe brake balance adjuster.

 

Any photos or ideas would be appreciated.

[Jim RS]

My gear lever is there so not a chance in hell🤪 

[Jim RS]

Seriously though, I had to bridge the gearlever being a good position for the heater fan on passenger side(us olduns need cossetting) and the kill switch on drivers, also have mounted the high intensity indicator repeaters which work amazingly well. Only draw back for me is that with all action controls mounted close together it takes training to avoid knocking the kill switch in frantic situations. I am limited for dash room as that Ford control panel is huge at the rear but it's so neat for combining display apart from being "old school" and great to see 170mph displayed🙃

[Quinten]

My 1st version using a piece of cut off (fake) carbon dashboard.

 

 

My latest (3D printed) version:

 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

The pre rebuild console; 3M multilayer carbon wrap, heater controls and 12 Volt point for chargers etc.

 

 

As part of the rebuild, the analogue dials have gone, so I’ve moved the heater controls up to the dash panel, and the centre console now has all the ecu controls for traction etc.

 

The 3M Carbon wrap has gone, and I’ve replaced it with genuine carbon, engraved with the control functions, on the centre console. (I got the same guy that did the build plates etc to do it.).

 

Not fitted back to the car yet, but you get the idea...

 

 

 

[TAFKARM]

I love those stack gauges. 
 

@Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary you need to change the traction control lettering to “Girls Blouse” and “Big Girls Blouse” 😄

[Tim Reid]

I'm liking the angles of this one...

 

Looks like it's the same as the dash and wider at the top inline with the tunnel lines.

[Si.Dalziel]

I put this in

 

 

 

[AndrewBClarke]

Mine is matched with the Westfield dash and allowed me the space for the heater control, USB port and the Ctec traffic light battery conditioner unit. 

[Andrew O Byrne White - Ireland AO]

Can't find a good photo of the finished product but I 3d printed a panel and vinyl wrapped it. The only photos I have are before IVA where it only has the heated seat switchpack. I left the two removable sections in there which have since been knocked through and filled with a 12v socket and a double USB socket. 

 

 

 

 

[wizzer]

This is mine 1 mm ally wrapped in vinyl 

it's maybe set a little to far back looks better when your sat down. 

Tony 

[tolf]

10 minutes ago, wizzer said:

This is mine 1 mm ally wrapped in vinyl 

it's maybe set a little to far back looks better when your sat down. 

Tony 

I like the gearstick and handbrake surround, can you tell me where you got these from please?

 

Many thanks Ian

[wizzer]

Thanks Ian 

If you mean the gaitors 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391808143257 there very good quality, they've put the price up though I paid 45quid,  

The black surrounds came with the car they where chromed ally I just got them powder coated. 

Tony 

[tolf]

19 minutes ago, wizzer said:

Thanks Ian 

If you mean the gaitors 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391808143257 there very good quality, they've put the price up though I paid 45quid,  

The black surrounds came with the car they where chromed ally I just got them powder coated. 

Tony 

Thanks Tony 👍👍

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

European Spares do a few different gear lever and handbrake trim rings, as above, they usually just do chromed, but I dechromed one for the last car and refinished it in crackle black.

 

https://www.europaspares.com/interior-parts/trim-rings.html