[georgew84]

I know there's a thread on this already, but I'm having trouble finding it. I was just wondering what would be a good material to make some kind of cover to go over the cd holder in the console of the lumi. I was thinking of maybe some kind of flexible metal. I was wanting to put something there that could hold my ipod or phone and I'd like to make a hole/housing for my usb jack...my stereo as a cord coming from the back that has a usb on the end, and there's just not a good place for it, so it just hangs over in the passenger footwell. what kind of things have y'all done with your hole?

i think i put this thread in the wrong subforum

[Cully77]

Howabout the interior section instead?

[BrOnXxBoMbAz213]

georgew84, on May 25 2009, 04:49 PM, said:

what kind of things have y'all done with your hole?

thank you for giving me a new sig quote to join nifty's quote from a similar thread

[georgew84]

BrOnXxBoMbAz213, on May 25 2009, 04:06 PM, said:

georgew84, on May 25 2009, 04:49 PM, said:

what kind of things have y'all done with your hole?

thank you for giving me a new sig quote to join nifty's quote from a similar thread

i knew that was coming, i actually did that on purpose....Enjoy!

Cully77, on May 25 2009, 03:52 PM, said:

Howabout the interior section instead?

yeah, that'd do. my apologies

[BrOnXxBoMbAz213]

but to answer your question i used black plexiglass

[hey99whatsZgoing34on]

I am going to put my Garmin 250w GPS unit there. I'm hoping to use the GPS holder thing that usually goes on the dash pad part and mount in my hole such a way I can easily remove the unit when I want to. Also this way it will still tilt to whoever wants to use it.

[BrOnXxBoMbAz213]

hey99whatsZgoing34on, on May 25 2009, 05:44 PM, said:

I am going to put my Garmin 250w GPS unit there. I'm hoping to use the GPS holder thing that usually goes on the dash pad part and mount in my hole such a way I can easily remove the unit when I want to. Also this way it will still tilt to whoever wants to use it.

thats exactly how i have it lol

the plexi is deep in the cd holder, the suction mount for my gps is mounted thru the back side of the plexi, and i can always remove the unit and leave the mount in there whenever I want without touching the plexi.. its been in there snug for over a year and a half now

when i leave it on the dock, it is wired to come on with the car, and the audio (turn by turn, buetooth, etc) plays thru my car speakers

This post has been edited by BrOnXxBoMbAz213: 25 May 2009 - 04:59 PM

[georgew84]

did you remove the black fuzzy thing with slots for cds before doing this?

[BrOnXxBoMbAz213]

georgew84, on May 25 2009, 06:20 PM, said:

did you remove the black fuzzy thing with slots for cds before doing this?

nope I left it in there, and the plexiglass is self secured by pushing it in when you mount it in the cd holder, because the cd holder gets smaller it gets deeper

[hey99whatsZgoing34on]

I'm going to leave mine in I think.

Bronx... using the plexi is a much better way then what I was going to do lol. I was just going to screw the bottom part of the holder right into the back of the hole haha.

Thanks for the tip.

This post has been edited by hey99whatsZgoing34on: 25 May 2009 - 05:48 PM

[BrOnXxBoMbAz213]

hey99whatsZgoing34on, on May 25 2009, 06:41 PM, said:

I'm going to leave mine in I think.

Bronx... using the plexi is a much better way then what I was going to do lol. I was just going to screw the bottom part of the holder right into the back of the hole haha.

Thanks for the tip.

haha no problem... to clarify a little more... i cut the plexi the basic shape of the cd holder, just smaller... then cut a hole in the middle of it, so I could put the navi mount thru it. The suction cup on the back side of the plexi... but measure everything out VERY CAREFULLY, because you wont have much room to work with for the suction cup...

the original way I had it too using plexi worked fine as well.... cut it the size of one of the tape slots in the back (had to double up to make it thick enough to fit securely in place)
and then just put the section cup right on top of that and positioned the mount so that the navi was about even with the opening of the console

[me6894]

I miss that radio...

Anyways I just used mine to hold my aeroforce and put my ipod adapter through.

[zzapultimate]

I cut a piece of lexan plastic and made a PSP holder out of mine. The cool thing about the PSP is i can load music videos and movies onto it and play them through my sound system.

[NiftyMonte]

here is what i filled my hole with....

[me6894]

NiftyMonte, on Jun 8 2009, 10:26 PM, said:

here is what i filled my hole with....

[bumpin96monte]

TV in mine. That was actually my first fiberglass project ever.

I'd like to redo it now though, I want to fiberglass the face of the TV into it, so all you see is the screen and buttons.

[jaybaum96]

bumpin96monte, on 11 June 2009 - 03:08 PM, said:

TV in mine. That was actually my first fiberglass project ever.

I'd like to redo it now though, I want to fiberglass the face of the TV into it, so all you see is the screen and buttons.

Just ran across this thread, but i've never seen a monte with the window controls in the Center console, i may just be dumb. Did u make a custom top for it or something?

[Devin]

jaybaum96, on 31 December 2009 - 12:11 PM, said:

bumpin96monte, on 11 June 2009 - 03:08 PM, said:

TV in mine. That was actually my first fiberglass project ever.

I'd like to redo it now though, I want to fiberglass the face of the TV into it, so all you see is the screen and buttons.

Just ran across this thread, but i've never seen a monte with the window controls in the Center console, i may just be dumb. Did u make a custom top for it or something?

idk but it think thats custom, driver side masterswitch+alot of work=^^^^^^^
i just painted a piece of plywood black and screwed it on the back where the casset holder part goes on and put 2 screws in it that my GPS hangs on like a picture frame... harder to see from the outside of the car, but angled perfect for the driver

This post has been edited by Devin: 31 December 2009 - 08:07 PM

[mrclean]

ya thats bumpins custom work. i believe he has a speaker setup on the door that forced the switches to be moved.

[jaybaum96]

Wow, im amazed. Good job bumpin! looks clean as ever. Fooled me for stock haha.

[blazerman3]

Nice, clean job of that....was thinking of blocking mine off and putting my magellan in there.

[BigTony]

Mine is exactly how it was when I got the car. it holds my ipod and sunglasses! lol

[bigbadbronxy2k5]

me6894, on 25 May 2009 - 08:03 PM, said:

I miss that radio...

Anyways I just used mine to hold my aeroforce and put my ipod adapter through.

Hey quick question... That interior looks to be the same color as mine, Federal blue/ navy. Did your console come in that navy color or did you spray it and if so what shade was it? Thanks!

[badassmonte]

i use mine for gps also but i also put my radar detector in my air vent to hide it especially on my way to nc and ohio cuz they are illeagal in west vig and vig

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[NiftyMonte]

did i forget it was "bump 4 month old thread with yea me too" day

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[mrclean]

how could that even work well? radar detector in the vent....

[jaybaum96]

eric i was just wondering the same... and if he got pulled over, wouldn't it start beeping insanely? haha

[bumpin96monte]

Dunno how I missed this thread the second time up....

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Just ran across this thread, but i've never seen a monte with the window controls in the Center console, i may just be dumb. Did u make a custom top for it or something?

It is fiberglassed. I took the ash tray out, and cut out the cupholder (never used it anyways, since its not my daily driver)- pretty much cut everything flush from the bottom- did a couple layers of fiberglass matte from the bottom, then a skim coat of body filler across the top to level it all out to stock. Then I just made a template based off the factory hole- and cut a new hole with a dremel. Came out pretty well, and it makes the interior look a little cleaner.

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ya thats bumpins custom work. i believe he has a speaker setup on the door that forced the switches to be moved.

Thanks for the compliments on it. My fiberglass doors didn't require it, I just saw some car with the switches in the center (early 90's 2 door GP maybe?)- and thought, why would I have to have 2 switches, and why do I need an ash tray? So I deleted the holes in the doors just to clean them up- and just moved the drivers switch to the center. I removed the passenger switch (think I had to jumper a few of the wires to make it still operate the passenger window w/o the switch plugged in. It came in handy too because I installed a window control module for my alarm about the same time- and it was nice being able to tap into all the wires with them only running a foot away instead of having to snake wires to both doors and such.

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Wow, im amazed. Good job bumpin! looks clean as ever. Fooled me for stock haha.

Thanks- that was what I was going for. I'd rather someone who didn't know the difference just be like- 'that looks clean', but for someone that actually owns the car to go wtf?

[ChibiBlackSheep]

I always though you just stole the switches from a cavalier haha

[nitehawkjcb]

mrclean, on 29 March 2010 - 03:22 PM, said:

how could that even work well? radar detector in the vent....

I would assume it'd work fine - I keep mine in the cubby hole under my Aeroforce gauge, and it works just fine.