First Console, Pics

That looks absolutely incredible!  Did you build that whole piece from scratch?  Or did you build on to a factory piece?  Either way you did a great job.

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

hey Vinn...i secured the stereo by gluing/nailing a piece of 1/2" thick wood on the desired angle and then screwing in the metal case that the actual player slides and locks into (not sure what its called, lol) with flathead screws...pretty simple...if that made sense. 

thanks Steven.  The entire console was made from scratch...started with the base and sides so i could get the angle right, then i measured out the length and hight that the armrests had to be and roughed out a quick design..glued and nailed it all together, then did the wood for the cd player, the cupholders and then staple/glued the fleece followed by the resin and filler and sanding and primer and paint and polishing n stuff.

I would say make a little cubby hole/storage bend.  Add a little lite that comes on with the interior lights and then your done.

That console is sweet...  keep up the work...

paint is called -Black Sapphire- and the steps to painting it after finishing off the console with 280 gritt are 3 coats filler primer sanding with 280 between coats, and then wetsanding with 600 on the last coat.  Sprayed the color on 2 full wetcoats and wetsanded again with 600 and then put on a final 2 wetcoats.  i also clearcoated it after letting the paint dry and roughing it up with 1000 , just 3 coats with about 15 min between coats so it was still tacky.

i wasnt sure if i should put a switch in to turn the light off and on, but yea i could hook up a relay as it seems like a pretty simple setup, thanks for the idea.  I gotta get my *** in gear and finish off the armrest and pocket, but i picked up the material a couple days ago so i just have to get cracking now.

well i got the armrest done.  Gotta say i hate working vinyl around curves.  I did 2 layers of padding (the pillow stuffing stuff) i think it woulda looked better with the edges rounded off but the router wasnt working.

I also got the pocket done, just a little 1/8" box covered in black fleece, but it looks pretty good when theres something in it (otherwise it looks like a black hole unless the light is on)

now i just have to worry about selling the car.

i like it, what made you decide to move your radio down there if you had nothign to put up top?

just curious, most people move their radio's down ther because they are putting tv's up there and need the space or something... anyways, tv's are always an idea to take up space :-D