Well guys, maybe this could help out a bit. I realize that not everyone has an Explorer console, but this is where I put mine:

 

thats sweet

 

I'm pretty sure you could replace it with the cubby hole.

Those cubbys are pretty small. Mine was just big enough for a single gauge.

 

shoulda put a tach there...lol

 

im sure i could find something to put in it.

 

well yes im sure, but...its just such a weird space. and its almost flat so stuff falls out easy

you should just get one from someone, it should just screw or bolt in

 

its a 100 and some bucks from ford and noone wants to give theirs up i alreaddy tried

 

There's a tach in the dash, right next to the speedo

 

I wish i could get an explorer console, but with a stick, that just wouldn't work.

 

theres plenty of people who have modded xploder consoles to work with stick, you just lose the cup holders i think. what do you guys with xconsoles do about the passenger airbag swithc though?

 

I think it was an option. My '99 had the ashtray.. my '03 didn't.. Although I did have this funky little ashtray insert for the cup holders. I use it for holding screws and stuff while I'm working under the dash.

 

i made a lil somethin somethin..





got my CB and a gauge..haha

i dont have that cubby hole i got an ash tray..that i never use

 

i plan on putting my light switches iin that cubby kinda like silvertank....

 

it does work there acully was manual explorer's they were VERY rare and there was a waiting list just to get one


no you lose the 2 little cubby holes on the x-plorer concle there like fabric the shifter comes right up where those were

 

So basically it'd cost me an arm and a leg to get an ex console made for a stick? I kinda like my bench seat though...

 

well i mean it should fit in there fine then just cut the last cup holder tray thingy enough for you to shift all your gears..

and if you got a bench seats aint you gunna have to get new seats too

 

no you can take a standard one, and remove the cubby hole part and use a shifter boot to fill the hole

no if you have a bench you remove the arm rest, then cut the pipe bracket and remove the extra foam them fold the fabric underneath remove extra then sew it up and you cant tell the difference

 

i know..lol, i was just play'n with ya

 

Yeah I know it can be done. I just......hmmm. There's gotta be abother place to mount this damn thing that's not in the headliner. I still want an OHC too.

 

I've got a tan one for sale. I've got both pieces if you need it too.

 

there ya go, just paint it black and yer in business Zabeard

 

has anyone tried putting a small cb on the front of the center console?

 

This is where I monunted my CB.


There is a metal bracket that came with the CB. I screwed that to the side of the center console and attached the CB there. The way I attached the CB, the numbers are upside down, I'll turn it around one day. I like this place because it is out of the way of my legs and not far out of reach.

 

That's a pretty nice spot. Problem is that the manual floor console is a little different so the metal bracket won't mount quite the same.

 

About the cubby hole, I didn't know it was so small!! because my truck came with an ashtray as a standard factory equipped and I don't smoke!!! And also In the hole I find it plenty of room for hollow stuff, for exaple, my key for oem locking gas cap, gum, pen,air check, etc... lol