Part of the planned mods for my 99 are bucket seats and a full length center console. To that end I pulled the console of of a sport trac the other week, probably an 01-03 model, same shape and mounting as the common regular Explorer swap piece.

Anyhow I was wondering what y'all do about the HVAC pieces in the console?

My console does not have the data center and I will not be using the back seat hvac or controls, so I don't see any reason to reinstall that ductwork or wiring. I'm curious what y'all do with those pieces and the control unit and vents ont he back.

Easy enough to leave the ducts out. I'm thinking about fabing a blockoff plate to mount in place of the rear HVAC controls, maybe with some USB charging ports. The idea popped into my head to possibly hide a power inverter in the console and have a couple of 120V outlets mounted in said blockoff plate for charging laptop and similar items while driving.

Not really sure if anything could be done about the vents and still look decent.

Again, justr curious what y'all have come up with for that area of the console.

 

Most just leave it there as no one will see it back there. But your idea sound good. Do post picture when done.

 

I just left the vents in there, except the duct work at the front of the console. Mine was a console from a 97 Explorer, into a 95 Ranger XLT.
Mine is a stick shift, but cut off part of that drop box thingy in the front, just enough for a trim ring, and had redlinegoods, I think, make a shift boot for it.