2024 Chevy Tahoe Center Console Installed In A 78 K5.

[Frankenchevy]

The jump seat function works good for the dog The floor shifter and twin sticks keeps that pesky potential 3rd rider away!

But can you even hold a conversation with your wife when she’s all the way over in the passenger seat?

 

[SquareRoot]

But can you even hold a conversation with your wife when she’s all the way over in the passenger seat?

She's over the truck thing. Something about big T!tt*es and a K20 suspension she no longer cares for

 

[Frankenchevy]

She's over the truck thing. Something about big T!tt*es and a K20 suspension she no longer cares for

She can drive and you provide additional support.

Alternatively, great justification for four link and coils.

 

[Sad Sack]

But can you even hold a conversation with your wife when she’s all the way over in the passenger seat?

And the downside is...?

 

[Frankenchevy]

And the downside is...?

Referencing a thread from quite a few years ago about a center console install.

 

[Chevy 88]

The center consoles sell for about $350 new / used / locally / eBay. Regardless of where, $350 seems to be the going price.

I got mine on Marketplace for $100, and the seller drove over 100 miles to meet up. It was not out of his way, he just happened to be coming to my area on that day.

Best part: It was literally brand new. They took it out of a brand new Tahoe to install other items in its place. So now my K5 has that new car smell. For installation, I used two 12" 2x4 sections. One attached to the bottom rear of the console, and one installed on the truck floor where the front of the console sits. The wood fits the frame of the console perfectly, and gives the whole thing good support and stability against the floor of the rig. The 4 corners of the console had heavy duty metal brackets where it would be bolted to the Tahoe. I used very large screws that have 7/16th bolt heads on them to go through those metal loops into the floor (after drilling some holes).

I put all 4 screws in loosely, and then cranked them down equally. I'm really surprised how secure the center console is. Its solid.

Took about 30 minutes to install.

 

[Johnny Atomic]

I literally ripped the center console out of my 78 K5 with my bare hands and throw'd it up against the garage door.
It was a piece of **** and it deserved nothing less!

In its place, I installed a center console from a 2024 Chevy Tahoe.
It has cup holders, an upper storage compartment, a seat, and a lower storage compartment.

Best . Upgrade . Ever.

got a pic of it installed?

 

[TotalyHucked]

Screws...you used screws? Not bolts? And wood?

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[SquareRoot]

Still no pics. It never happened.

 

[Snoots]

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[Chevy 88]

Finally got around to posting pics of the center console project.