Center consoles

totaljoint · Post by **totaljoint** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:26 pm

I did a dealer search on the Starboard web site. The Seattle dealer told me of a local boat/cabinet shop that used the material, thats how I got the 1/2" thick scraps (pretty good size!) for free. The sheet of 3/4 inch I ordered from a local plastics shop. The box could easily be made out of the 1/2 inch material. I'll let you know how it stands up to Pinzgauer engine heat.
Ed

4x4Pinz · Post by **4x4Pinz** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:54 pm

I am very interested to see how it works. The 1/2" should be plenty. Not a lot of boat places around here that work in much besides fiberglass:(

karoja · Post by **karoja** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:55 pm

Just bougth mine. Lets see how long it takes to make it down here!

texas pinzgauer · Post by **texas pinzgauer** » Sat Jul 24, 2010 3:35 pm

I used a product called Homax Orange Peel Spray Texture to replicate the coating that Brian Mason added to the engine cover when he owned this truck.

I then spray painted it black and here are the results. Excellent workmanship Michael. Thanks again for a great solution to a problem I didn't even realize I had!

How about some sort of overhead console next?

yaknowthatguy · Post by **yaknowthatguy** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:11 am

texas -

I was thinking about the overhead console idea too.... wanted to put something in across the top of the windshield. After the excessive pricing I got from emachineshop.com (almost $1000 for a piece of aluminum with 4 bends....that's before adding the bottom piece) I decided to regroup and come up with another plan. I'll talk to a machine shop when I get home from work in about ten days.

4x4Pinz · Post by **4x4Pinz** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:11 pm

SwissArmyToy check your PM's

Overhead consoles have been discussed before and while I have not found any idea I like better than the tuffy unit I have tried a few. The firs picture is a version that drops down between the head guards which I duplicated but found I hit my head on it far too many times while looking at or for something in the rear of the pinz. The second picture is the tuffy. I have never hit my head on the tuffy box unless the radios had been opened and I was leaning across the center to get something.

karoja · Post by **karoja** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:12 pm

I like the Tuffy. Can you also install it backwards?

4x4Pinz · Post by **4x4Pinz** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:20 pm

a lot of people install it the other way around. I wanted to leave the area open between the visors for a future 5" ftf screen for backup camera/gps screen. Nice thing with the tuffy box is they are lockable and have lots of room inside to install other items. I have the controll unit for my intercom in mine along with the jacks for the front headsets.

Jimm391730 · Post by **Jimm391730** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:56 pm

I'm tempted to cut a piece of 3/16 or 1/4" aluminum, say 8-10" wide, and have tapped holes drilled every inch or so in a grid. If I mount that plate to the roof then I have lots of places to mount whatever I want, whenever I want to. This way I do not have to decide what I want to mount in advance.

Jim M.

audiocontr · Post by **audiocontr** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 4:29 pm

Was going to add the new piece this weekend. What size drill bit did you use to drill the cup holder support screws?

4x4Pinz · Post by **4x4Pinz** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 4:50 pm

We used a 5/16ths bit.

karoja · Post by **karoja** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:44 am

Just got the console, looks very good. Will install it this afternoon.

karoja · Post by **karoja** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 11:01 am

4x4Pinz, how did you attach the Tuffy to the roof support? Just got mine and it looks GOOD. Thanks,

4x4Pinz · Post by **4x4Pinz** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 11:30 am

The first installation I used 5/16ths self tapping tech screws, but after time they began to loosen up. I ended up putting a small tack weld on each side where the console contacted the roof support/rollbar. I made a bracket to go from the console to the windshield and bolted it. The bracket allowed me to keep the original visors and have enough room for a 5" screen (yet to be installed)
In the second post you can see the welds before I painted them and part of the bracket for the front.
http://real4x4forums.com/PinzgauerBBS/v ... ad+console

karoja · Post by **karoja** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:49 pm

Installed the Tuffy double console, definitely the way to go. Nice and clean! Although 6'2 tall, don't believe it will be in the way of my head!