Upper Console Installed

FINALLY! Got the Upper Console installed, finger marks all over it, I guess I should have polished it a little before taking pictures but Oh well, one thing at a time. First time when I was test fitting it yesterday I connected up the Car battery to give it a run through, as it turned out my Fog Lights switches were not working, when I was spray painting the console I ended up getting spray pain inside of the Molex Connectors so some of the connections were "Masked" for lack of a better word. So I ended up spending a good hour yesterday cleaning out the paint with Acetone and some pipe cleaners. Hooked it up today after another cleaning session and everything appears to be working fine now. Funny thing is that when I was spray paining the Upper Console, in my mind I kept telling myself:

"You better mask off this connectors chum otherwise you're gonna have a problem."

But did I?.... Nope... Oh well, live and learn right ;) Anyways, job done and the Upper Console is FINALLY installed. Seems like it has been such long & troublesome journey getting this blasted part installed. For many that have been following along you will remember WAY back I had the other version of the console but had not only fitment issues with it but I had later on decided that it was a little too boring of a Upper Console for my taste so I bought this one only to discover similar fitment issues, that's what I get for buying parts from anyone other than a reputable parts vendor. Sometimes in this hobby you spend so much you are tempted to try and cut a few corners by getting a good deal with someone either selling some parts on eBay or "Face Book" in my case. As you know I had to heavily modify this Upper Console in order to make it fit properly, it seems to now but what a pain in the backside it was getting it there. Like I have mentioned before, If you don't mind doing a lot of custom work then buying some cheaper parts is a pretty good way to experiment, but if your looking for quick and simple I'd say make sure your parts you are buying are from a reputable parts vendor otherwise you'll be in for some extra work like I had to do.

Test Fitting The Headliner

Test fitting the fibreglass headliner by Joe Penko. this thing fits like  glove, I have the holes cut and all lined up with the mounting holes in the car, now I just need to apply the headliner fabric which should arrive today. The next step will be to install the heavily modified Upper Console.

I have the fist stages of the priming going on, I have some spot sanding to do still and then prime it again before painting, then let it cure for a week. once that is done I should be able to get the Upper Console installed.... lol I'm hoping to get that done before the snow flies.... apparently we are in for an early winter here in Winnipeg, go figure.... summer went by WAY too fast this year.

Adding Switches To K.I.T.T.s Upper Console

I brought in the Upper Console from the garage seeing how it was kind of a crappy day out and did a little work on it in my back work room. I added those lighted blue and red switches from the season 2 console (that I was not too crazy about the fitment of) into the season 1 console. I pulled the wiring harness with the Molex connector off of the other S-2 console too. I figured that since my relays under the stock OEM dash were already set up for my Fog Lights I might as use these colored lighted rockers for the Fogs. No point running extra wires when I already have them in place and ready to use. ;)

2 TV Dash Monitor Frame Arrived

I got my frame for the 2 TV dash yesterday from Knightscan. lol I think he might have been in a rush to deliver as I had to clean paper towel off of the face that had stuck to the surface, my guess is that he packed it before the paint had fully dried. No biggie as I have to strip it down and file the insides of each window flat to match the angled edges of the frame, if I don't then I loose valuable screen viewing real-estate. My fault really, I sort of assumed this particular frame fit five inch LCD screens, it does but only just.

Season One Upper Console

I picked up another upper console from someone on Face Book who had two and was looking to sell, the price was good so I bought one from him. My reason being that although in many ways I like the one I had because of it's flatter streamlined design, I did not like the way it was fitting along the front part of the windshield. The part that wings out at the drivers side had way too much of a gap and although I could fill it in with additional padding along the head-liner I was not overly thrilled with my electronics in it, they are pretty boring and uninteresting, the season one console to me has nicer and more interesting electronics and does actually match my season one dash. Now I'll need to get the electronics and switches for this new upper console. But I took it out yesterday to do a test fit and although I need to modify my mounting brackets I had made for the other console I can already tell that this one is going to fit WAY better than the one I was using.