Installation of 06-07 OEM center console - Success!

[Kurk818]

Looks great. I am doing the same with my 04. Do you have photos of the modification to the emergency brake fixation since it has to tilt down to clear the console and be slightly off the center line?

You can see it in this photo a little bit.



and better here

[STiPWRD]

Kurk, which insulating mat are you using in the interior?

[Kurk818]

Kurk, which insulating mat are you using in the interior?

Fatmat with no logos. Decent reviews, good price and adhered/installed great. Took almost exactly 50sf to cover the interior.

[STiPWRD]

Fatmat with no logos. Decent reviews, good price and adhered/installed great. Took almost exactly 50sf to cover the interior.

Thanks!

[Harley818]

Kurk,
went looking for your build thread to see more........ do you have one? couldn't find it....

[Kurk818]

Kurk,
went looking for your build thread to see more........ do you have one? couldn't find it....

i do not have one. Shouldve started it from the beginning but now feels like too much work.

[R.Spec]

That looks phenomenal!

[nkw8181]

Looks great!

[Harley818]

Kurk, you motivated me to try to fit my 2002 console...... fits and looks really good.
Just mocked it in place so I will post pics on my thread when its done.

[Kurk818]

Someone has done the 02 already. It looks great. Definitely post photos.

[Kurk818]

Door panels and seats installed. Tablet still needs to be installed to finish it off.

A little dusty but you get the idea.

[wallace18]

Super job, looks fantastic!

[AZPete]

Nice work. I like the way you integrated the console with the dash. Were you able to use the three OE HVAC dials? Not for OE HVAC I'd think, but repurposed?

[Kurk818]

Nice work. I like the way you integrated the console with the dash. Were you able to use the three OE HVAC dials? Not for OE HVAC I'd think, but repurposed?

I found guages that were perfect fitment to the diameter of the hvac controls. I have boost. Oil pressure and a dual intake air temp guage. I love how it has more of an oem finish this way

[AZPete]

I'm very impressed! Gauges for the HVAC controls is creative. Thanks for posting before I start my console.

[Kurk818]

I'm very impressed! Gauges for the HVAC controls is creative. Thanks for posting before I start my console.

Youll need to retain the front cover of the hvac control s to have a flange to mount to. Its really simple

[Gary Livingston]

Nice job on the console Kurk. Can you tell me how much wider the console is than the center frame . . .like width of it between the seats?
Thank you.

Gary

[Kurk818]

Nice job on the console Kurk. Can you tell me how much wider the console is than the center frame . . .like width of it between the seats?
Thank you.

Gary

If i remember correctly, its only about and inch total, 1/2" per side. The OEM seats fit tight but with no issues.

[Oppenheimer]

This looks so great. Very OEM. Just what this car needs to make the interior look as good as the exterior.

So, what gauges did you use?

[skullandbones]

That is pretty slick! The console really breaks up all the straight lines of the dash and side panels. If you didn't know better, you would think it was designed for it.

Good luck on the rest of your build.

WEK.

[Kurk818]

This looks so great. Very OEM. Just what this car needs to make the interior look as good as the exterior.

So, what gauges did you use?

I went with glowshift

[Zodiac]

any way you can get me a close up shot of the center console area? I've working on mine also but not sure if I should cut the dash, the radio bracket, or both :/

[Harley818]

With Kurk's idea motivating me I mocked up my 2002 console. It gives a much more finished OEM look.
I raised up the dash mounts provided by FFR by throwing away the FFR bracket and making a flat bracket - raising it by about 1/2 in.
This gives just enough room for the subaru radio console to fit underneath the dash perfectly and correctly so the shifter location is good.
I'm using Prosport guages which fit right into the console.
I am going to locate my Accessport instead of the left gauge on the dash, leaving oil pressure and temp on the dash. Then I will put boost, intake temp, and a smaller voltage gauge in the console. Gauges fit perfectly in the stock holes for ventilation controls.
In the audio slot I'm going to install a standard DIN bluetooth stereo with a flat panel to fill any space. I'll put a usb in the panel for charging and any other accessories.

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I haven't figured out yet how i'm going to do the handbrake. I like the idea of a remote electric actuator but I need time to sort that out.

[Kurk818]

Looks great Harley. Nice to see that the 02 works as well.