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I've been haveing great luck in making my own custom molded sub enclosures for friends and for my car.

I was wondering if anyone has done a custom molded center console? and yes I did seach the forums first.

I wanted to make a real unique center console that would look good and function well. I will be taking photos of the process step by step to post if it works out. I will be using a 99 SE center console for the basic form then moddifying the new molded form to something I like that looks good and funtions well.

Next question is what did all of you hate about your center consoles? Bad storage, not tall enough cup holders, etc.? Any special requests?

I have 2 gallions worth of resin ingrediants and about 15ft of Light weight fiberglass cloth left over after my last sub project. That I will be useing for the new console fabrication.

Well I guess you could call this custom but its a pre 98...

I just picked this up from Swazo...

Here's one that SpeedDemon from here had done.

SpeedDemon did an awesome job molding everything in. Did he do it himself? If he did, that is some major kudos.

Im going to need to pick up one of those consols for some upcoming goodies...

I may have to get another console to modify. Where do you get the material for all of this? My complaint is the cupholders for th pre '98 console ( I have actually considered buying a post '97 console because of the cup situation.)

Complaints cup holders, arm rest not high enough.
Good luck man, I am getting in to fiberglass my self its great stuff.

I custom order my fiberglass stuff offline from a lot of places. the best trick I found for good smoth surfaces is to cover the fiberglass enclosure with speaker grill fabric and coat it in resin. I get a nice smooth sand able/paintable surface every time.

I too have noticed the cupholders, the arm rest, the very low 12v acsessory plug and the lack of places to put other goodies.

so here it is the current complaint list
our cup holders.
the arm rest must be higher.
move the 12v plug higher and add a second one for the passanger.
and more storage for cds and other in car items.