Has anyone made their own overhead console? I am thinking about doing this in my 89 iroc (did not come with an o.h.c.)

I got a factory console from the junkyard, and I want to use it as a template to make a fiberglass one because I want to put some gauges in it.

Anyone have photos or ideas to share?

 

Mine is not finished.... but some things of note...

My car has T-tops... urs doesn't...
I'm using a Knight Rider upper console... the Knight Rider dash has all functional gauges, but the only ones that provide ditigal readouts are the MPH and RPM. the rest are a bar graph... I am legally blind & since I don't want to be sticking my face up to the dash and trying to figure out a bar graph, I purchased some Cyberdyne digital gauges for my upper console. They all have number readouts, so now, I can look up and see all vital engine stuff @ a glance. I recommend these for 2 reasons. they are good quality & more importantly, they are all constructed on one single (thin for custom mounting) printed circuit board.

I am removing the gauges from the houseing and custom instlaling them in the upper console. I did buy one cheaper gauge from another company and it was 2 boards stacked together. Much taller. Not sure if you were going digital or analog, but just my 2 cents...

Oh, don't worry... I don't drive the car.. it does

Rafael

 

I did the same thing I bought the knight rider overhead console unfinished with no holes and mounted it up there. I also have t top though if you can do fiber glassing it wouldnt be to hard to make it fit a hard top. I didnt want to have a bunch of switches for all the accessories all over so everything just went up there and it fits alot, I have 12 toggle switches plus 2 air pressure gauges for the air suspension and theres still plenty of room.

 

where did you guys get the knight rider console??? any pics???

 

The car in my sig was my old daily driver. The console will be going into a camaro with t-tops.

Any links to this knight rider console?

 

heres the one i got although i bought mine on ebay for 120.00 heres the link Interior Products now there are 3 or 4 diffrent styles too if you dont like this one for the diffrent seasons heres that link just scroll down when you get there Knight Replicas - Interior Parts for KITT and KARR also heres a couple of pics not mine just of some of the different ones you can buy

 

Note there are 2 main versions. One is bigger / bulkier than the other...

Here is a link from a guy in Europe that sells them too, of the smaller / sleeker version that I have.

Knight Passions - if you have the passion, we have the parts!

On th "Marks Custom Kits" page, there are 2 also, scrolll down near the end of the page to see the sleeker model.

Rafael