Good bye 60/40, hello center console

[Lucifer sam]

Was poking around the junkyard and i found this center console in a ford taurus sho, and fully loaded mercury sable. I still need to go back and grab the shifter boot, and finish making the mounts.

I wish it were gray, but black is better than tan.

 

[Lucifer sam]

Oh, just to be clear, some cutting was involved to the center console, its not just bolt in and go. I had to trim off about 6 inches off the front.

 

[backroad101]

what did you do with the passenger airbag cutoff switch?

 

[kryptonitecb]

Looks really good so far, great work

Sent from the road while ignoring traffic

 

[Lucifer sam]

Cut off switch? never came across it, the only thing that i removed was the ash tray

 

[robertc1024]

Looks nice. Yes, I have twins.

 

[doorgunner]

fits good........now for some spray-on paint for upholstery/plastic

 

[shane96ranger]

Looks good man!

Is your Ranger still a 2.3? What trans are you running?

 

[backroad101]

Cut off switch? never came across it, the only thing that i removed was the ash tray

What year is your truck? Do you have a passenger airbag?



As a general question to everyone, what year did they start using the cutoff switch? As long as the passenger airbag was available?

 

[shane96ranger]

My 96 didn't have a passenger side air bag.

Sent while I should be doing something else

 

[Lucifer sam]

Looks nice. Yes, I have twins.

Twin turbos? lol

fits good........now for some spray-on paint for upholstery/plastic

Been there done that, then it chipped off, i may go with black floor carpet eventually

Looks good man!

Is your Ranger still a 2.3? What trans are you running?

yea 2.3 still. with a mazda r1 i think?.

I had to modify the shifter a bit to go through the shifter hole in the console. Unknowingly at the time, I made the shifter heavier and slightly shorter than stock, and its shifts so much better.

 

[armadillon]

You should consider doing the rubber floor instead of black carpet. Easier to clean and the carpet will immediately get dusty I honestly prefer carpet but I'm getting and closer and closer to doing the rubber floor.

 

[Lucifer sam]

You should consider doing the rubber floor instead of black carpet. Easier to clean and the carpet will immediately get dusty I honestly prefer carpet but I'm getting and closer and closer to doing the rubber floor.

I was going to, BUT, I learned a trick from my buddy that works at a dealer ship. He said to use brake clean on the carpet to get the heavy stains out. I was extremely skeptical at first thinking it would melt the carpet. I sprayed a little in one of the bad stains and now i have an extremely clean half dollar sized patch of carpet.

That and i really dont like the "work truck look"

 

[armadillon]

Ditto. It looks great if the rig is for trail only, but I have a hard enough time convincing my girlfriend that my truck is respectable. I just got the pinstripes off and she admitted it looked "decent." God help me if I go and decide to do a rubber floor. She'd never ride with me

 

[Lucifer sam]

how did you get the pinstripes off? Mine are all cracked and part of it flakes off every time i wash it, but all the adhesive is still there.