lostforawhile's hatchback center console project

[lostforawhile]

I've been doing some more work on my center console again, There are two kinds of consoles factory, one is the one piece console that comes in the SEI, and the other is the two piece console that fits over the ebrake cover. The main problem with the two piece console, is that it's weak where the arm rest attaches to the base, I solved this on mine by removing the plastic feet on the bottom of the arm rest and making an aluminum bracket to attach the two halves together.

This is the bottom side of the plate

this is the top side under the trim

this,combined with a bottom mounting that's a lot stronger, makes the armrest much sturdier

you can see the plate between the halves

I ended up recovering the armrest again,this is the same material that will be on the top edges of the doors. the foam was shot,so they got refoamed
the original foam

new foam, and material ready to glue together

part 2 is coming in a few minutes

[lostforawhile]

part 2

center console repainted

new top on with new upholstery and foam

inside with buttons for hatch release,and gas door and all upholstery

back with lighter plug and courtesy lamp

level control for sub,yes it's a hot water faucet painted purple

anti collision light switch

I didn't get a picture of the map light on the bottom of the arm rest, my batteries went dead before I could get one

[Civic Accord Honda]

leather looks fresh
that side switch reminds me of the switchs they have on the queen mary ship ( i think in the engine room)

[lostforawhile]

leather looks fresh
that side switch reminds me of the switchs they have on the queen mary ship ( i think in the engine room)

it's from an airplane

[lostforawhile]

the inside is four pieces, the piece that holds the switches, the aluminum plate it attaches too,that forms the box for them and the map light, a wooden spacer that's milled out, for the wires inside of the arm rest, and an upholstered plastic piece that forms the floor of the armrest.

[lostforawhile]

next on to the center console again

[markmdz89hatch]

interesting project there. Do you have two alternators for all these new gadgets you're running? What kind of actuator or "popper" are you using for the hatch and gas door?

[lostforawhile]

interesting project there. Do you have two alternators for all these new gadgets you're running? What kind of actuator or "popper" are you using for the hatch and gas door?

I really shouldn't be pulling that much more current, as far as the actuators, I've had a solenoid I found in a junkyard for years in the hatch, works fine and easy to put in, the gas door one was one i found in a buick trunk, it's under the drivers seat attached to the original cable. I could have used one of those plastic geared actuators in the hatch, but that's also my emergency backup in case the door locks fail, so i wanted something bulletproof. this let me get rid of the ugly floor levers.

[Dr_Snooz]

Finally a Lost project I can understand! I love it! You always bring such energy and creativity to your projects.

[car6289]

Lost:
With all that GPS stuff out there, I'm impressed that you are installing or have already installed a map light. Is there a TCAS installation in your future?

[lostforawhile]

Lost:
With all that GPS stuff out there, I'm impressed that you are installing or have already installed a map light. Is there a TCAS installation in your future?

I don't use gps i can't stand it just regular old maps.

[Hondamonster]

maybe i missed something, but what's an anti collision light switch?

[Civic Accord Honda]

edit nvm i read something wrong lol i thought hondamonster asked where the switch was lol

[lostforawhile]

maybe i missed something, but what's an anti collision light switch?

I have aircraft anti collision lights as rear markers.

[car6289]

May your followers be blessed with spatial disorientation on foggy nights.

[lostforawhile]

May your followers be blessed with spatial disorientation on foggy nights.

they aren't too bad, pre strobe light, just the red lamps mounted low facing back, not much more wattage then a brake lamp. these are probably 1960's era lamps, i have a bin full of them,plus lots of spare bulbs the bulbs are like 40 bucks each at aircraft spruce

[Hondamonster]

haha cool. i was thinking "dang i could have used one of those..."

[gp02a0083]

i can agree with the gas door and hatch pop switches , but the "anti aircraft collision lights" ..... starting to get into the realm of IMO

[lostforawhile]

i can agree with the gas door and hatch pop switches , but the "anti aircraft collision lights" ..... starting to get into the realm of IMO

how do you know something is rice until you've even seen it? I don't build rice. bottom section under the trim will be black

[lostforawhile]

more done, i added nut plates to the center console piece also, this makes them a lot stronger then having the screws from the armrest go right into the plastic. These armrests must have been installed from the dealer aftermarket. i'm changing lock -unlock buttons, so i have to make a new trim plate for the button. I'm not sure what it's out of but it looks better then what I had.

[gp02a0083]

how do you know something is rice until you've even seen it? I don't build rice. bottom section under the trim will be black

IMO still the lights look

[lostforawhile]

[lostforawhile]

well everything fits now i need to paint the last part of the console again.

[lostforawhile]

IMO still the lights look

well i've never seen a ricemobile with these before, never even seen a car with them before. last time I checked rice was buying crap from walmart and sticking it all over your car and driving around with a giant fart can muffler and big wing. since when has custom stuff been rice? to each their own opinion I guess. I create original stuff, I don't follow the trend of put something on a car just because someone else did and I don't have the brain cells to come up with something different. I was modifying Hondas before it was even cool to do so. Some of the stuff I came up with in the late eighties and early nineties was copied by a lot of people in the Atlanta area. I will never be a ricer, I don't follow trends. If I had a dollar for every person who told me, why did you fix up a stupid Honda? buy a Mustang or something!! ..............................

[Civic Accord Honda]

defination of ricer
"ricer 1299 up, 231 down
Ricer - Any person who adds tasteless modifications to a perfectly normal automobile.
"
" Ricer 610 up, 97 down
Someone regardless of ethnicity with any vehicle regardless of type that put money into the cosmetics of their vehicle instead of performance and treats it as though it will beat anything it up against.
"


and imo on ricer
anyone who adds useless items to there car... i consider myself a ricer as i like stickers and fart cans lol

btw theres a diffrence in Ricer and Ricer trash imo
ricer trash = stock engine lots of useless exterior mods IE wings,fart cans on stock pipes , altezzas...

Ricer = modded engine with balls and useless exterior mods such as fart cans and stickers body kits etc... lol

but imo people should do as they please to there cars and not be labled


imo tims car is more of the Rat Rod style if i were to lable it wouldnt be rice.. lol