SBRMD,
Answers here:
1. Did you ever price out a new console? How much, and did it come all together, or did it require a bunch of little additional parts to be complete?
A: Unfortunately they don't sell it as an assembly. I did start pricing the individual components to make the floor console and it was approaching $800. The best way to buy the floor console is to get the entire assemble from a wrecker. As discussed above, if you want to go cheap on the dash, you can just buy the dash "cover" and transplant all the PPV trim pieces over. Even the air bag covers and glove box can be transplanted over although the color will be slightly off. The SS has a darker "black" plastic, at least on mine.
2. When you removed the original "cop-spec" console, was the piece that caps the "hacked" portion of the PPV dash connected to that console, or was it a separate piece? In other words, wondering if one could leave that "cap" over the hacked part, so that even with the discontinuity, one maybe could use the SS console with the std PPV dash with looking too hacked-up.
A: The end piece is a separate piece that clips into the same receptacles that the floor console clips into so it is not likely that you can keep that piece to "gap" the PPV dash to the SS floor console. This is how the PPV "hacked" dash interfaces with the SS floor console. I actually drove it like this for a couple of weeks. If you can live with it, then this would be easiest, cheapest, and laziest solution
3. Didn't completely understand about the parking brake bracket/heat duct issue: doesn't a '14-'17 car have an old-school step-on parking brake at your left foot? What's left over in the console?
A: The SS console has molded ducts that pick up the HVAC ducting behind the dash. When installed in an SS, it plumbs the hot/cold air to the back vents on the floor console so the back seats have conditioned air. This plastic ducting runs right through the PPV brake pulley bracket. You need to do two things to make it fit, 1) trim the PPV brake pulley bracket to as small as possible (about half its original length), and 2) trim the SS floor console duct to clear the (now smaller) brake pulley bracket. You will need to trim and remove the console ducting from the front of the console all the way back past the cup holders.
also, on a different but related note: are you still running the original rear door panels, or did you do something to get some stereo speakers in those?
A: I have not addressed the rear door panels. That will be part of the infotainment upgrade. The silverbox will go to Chris White for reprogramming and I'm thinking JL Audio Fix-86 DSP processor to get the time corrected signal to an amp and component speakers. I have not thought about it much though.
Thanks again for the continuing education. If you lived closer to me, would be tempted to try to hire you to do the whole trick (dash and console) over again!
A: Ya it would be fun but I'm about to start on the DOD delete and cam soon.
SBRMD wrote:Silversled, have read your postings several times, may have use of your experience soon...
A few more questions:
1. Did you ever price out a new console? How much, and did it come all together, or did it require a bunch of little additional parts to be complete?
2. When you removed the original "cop-spec" console, was the piece that caps the "hacked" portion of the PPV dash connected to that console, or was it a separate piece? In other words, wondering if one could leave that "cap" over the hacked part, so that even with the discontinuity, one maybe could use the SS console with the std PPV dash with looking too hacked-up.
3. Didn't completely understand about the parking brake bracket/heat duct issue: doesn't a '14-'17 car have an old-school step-on parking brake at your left foot? What's left over in the console?
also, on a different but related note: are you still running the original rear door panels, or did you do something to get some stereo speakers in those?
Thanks again for the continuing education. If you lived closer to me, would be tempted to try to hire you to do the whole trick (dash and console) over again!