Center Console into an '88

3hokies · 06-21-2012, 02:04 PM

So I got a center console out of a 90 something Splash supercab and of course the floorboard in my 88 Regular cab is different. Anybody mounted one in theirs...I could use some tips as the bottom of the console sets about 1 1/2 inchs oabove the floor booard in the back.

**nitrofan1** · 06-21-2012, 10:59 PM

Can ya remove the seats & take some pics of it on the tranny hump?

3hokies · 06-22-2012, 04:41 AM

Easy...seats are out

85_Ranger4x4 · 06-22-2012, 08:55 AM

When I put an Explorer ('93 I think) center console in my '85 I had to use square tubing under the front mounts to shim it up.

3hokies · 06-22-2012, 09:02 AM

Here is the pic of the gap, it's in my albums.

http://www.therangerstation.com/foru...ictureid=10001

85_Ranger....I saw yours....looks exactly like my seats, I cut a 2/3 to 4" and drilled to holes in it for shims this morning.

85_Ranger4x4 · 06-22-2012, 09:36 AM

Yup, the gap under mine was the same. The console sits up higher compared to the seats than it does in an Explorer too which I don't mind (yours will probably be the same)

I ditched the Explorer seats because they hit the rear window pretty hard and I was still too close to the steering wheel.

3hokies · 06-22-2012, 09:43 AM

My seats are out of a Ranger splash like the console.

.:Rafael · 06-22-2012, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 85_Ranger4x4

Yup, the gap under mine was the same. The console sits up higher compared to the seats than it does in an Explorer too which I don't mind (yours will probably be the same)

I ditched the Explorer seats because they hit the rear window pretty hard and I was still too close to the steering wheel.

And which seats did you use?

I'm also considering using an explorer console in my 88' regular cab, and I know I have to change the seats, so I better start thinking in options

85_Ranger4x4 · 06-22-2012, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by .:Rafael

And which seats did you use?

I'm also considering using an explorer console in my 88' regular cab, and I know I have to change the seats, so I better start thinking in options

I have Eddie Bauer BII seats in it now, I think the best fitting seats would be ones actually intended for a standard cab truck.

These seats are a lot better than the Explorer seats were but they are still kinda thick at the top.

85_Ranger4x4 · 06-22-2012, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by .:Rafael

And which seats did you use?

I'm also considering using an explorer console in my 88' regular cab, and I know I have to change the seats, so I better start thinking in options

I have Eddie Bauer BII seats in it now, I think the best fitting seats would be ones actually intended for a standard cab truck.

These seats are a lot better than the Explorer seats were but they are still kinda thick at the top.

Before:

After:

3hokies · 06-23-2012, 09:20 AM

Mine look like the before seats but out of the same Splash. Those EB seats are sweet. did you hook up the Lumbar in the old ones?

85_Ranger4x4 · 06-23-2012, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by 3hokies

Mine look like the before seats but out of the same Splash. Those EB seats are sweet. did you hook up the Lumbar in the old ones?

No, I never got around to it. I knew the first time I sat in them they wouldn't be in for long. I do want to hook it up in the EB seats though (just haven't done it yet)

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06-22-2012, 04:41 AM	#3
3hokies Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Winchester, VA Year: 1988 Make: Ford Model: Ranger Regular Cab Custom 4x2 Engine: 2.9L Class: 2wd street Used For: play toy Posts: 84 Rep Power: 4 iTrader: (0)	Easy...seats are out
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3hokies Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Winchester, VA Year: 1988 Make: Ford Model: Ranger Regular Cab Custom 4x2 Engine: 2.9L Class: 2wd street Used For: play toy Posts: 84 Rep Power: 4 iTrader: (0)	Here is the pic of the gap, it's in my albums. http://www.therangerstation.com/foru...ictureid=10001 85_Ranger....I saw yours....looks exactly like my seats, I cut a 2/3 to 4" and drilled to holes in it for shims this morning.
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85_Ranger4x4 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Between Omaha & Des Moines Year: 1985 Make: Ford Model: Ranger Engine: 5.0 Class: 4x4 Used For: A weapon of massive consumption. Posts: 11,267 Rep Power: 52 iTrader: (0)	Yup, the gap under mine was the same. The console sits up higher compared to the seats than it does in an Explorer too which I don't mind (yours will probably be the same) I ditched the Explorer seats because they hit the rear window pretty hard and I was still too close to the steering wheel. __________________ 1985 Ford Ranger Custom, 4x4, PA 3" BL, 5.0 HO wannabe, C5 Transmixer, 31 spline T/L 8.8 w/ disc brakes. Build Thread My Ranger is not old; no one would call her old. She has a bluff bow, lovely lines. She's a fine truck: weatherly, stiff and fast... very fast, if she's well handled. No, she's not old; she's in her prime.
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06-22-2012, 09:43 AM	#7
3hokies Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Winchester, VA Year: 1988 Make: Ford Model: Ranger Regular Cab Custom 4x2 Engine: 2.9L Class: 2wd street Used For: play toy Posts: 84 Rep Power: 4 iTrader: (0)	My seats are out of a Ranger splash like the console.
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