Howdy,
I have an awesome fiance' that got me a tuffy security console for Christmas (best girl ever!). I was doing to searching on the forum and never could find what I was looking for as far as install comments and photos. Therefore I decided to start my own thread with photos and a short explanation of the project. People had nothing good to say about the brackets from CCOT or other companies. I saw many methods of people using wooden blocks or fabbed metal pieces (nothing really appealed to me).
First things first, remove the original console.
After some measuring, I marked the bottom of the console.... I should have measured twice and cut once..... I ended up with a second set of hole that weren't needed, but it happens...
I measured 2-1/2" from the drivers side of the console, then 11" from the front of the cup holers, then 19-7/8" from the front of the console for the second set of holes. I drilled 3/8" holes so the measurements didn't have to be perfect.
Next, I took my drill and drilled the original mounting holes in the floor for the original console out to 13/64" and tapped them with a 1/4" x 20 tap to take a standard 1/4" bolt.
I went to the local hardware store and got fully threaded 1/4" bolts - the front holes used the 3" bolts and the rear holes used the 2-1/2" bolts. I put a flat washer, ran the bolt through the console, used another flat washer and a nut to sandwich the console. installed a third nut on the bolts to act as "jam nut".
This prevented me from bending the bottom of the console when trying to tighten it to the floor and make it stable. After getting the bolts threaded into the floor, I ran the first nut up to the bottom of the console and made sure it was tight. Lastly, i ran the "jam nut" down the the floor mounting points.
The console is rock solid. The entire truck can be shaken by grabbing the console.
This was my approach to mounting the console, hope it gives some people new ideas when they go to mount theirs.
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Cheers,
KK
I have an awesome fiance' that got me a tuffy security console for Christmas (best girl ever!). I was doing to searching on the forum and never could find what I was looking for as far as install comments and photos. Therefore I decided to start my own thread with photos and a short explanation of the project. People had nothing good to say about the brackets from CCOT or other companies. I saw many methods of people using wooden blocks or fabbed metal pieces (nothing really appealed to me).
First things first, remove the original console.
After some measuring, I marked the bottom of the console.... I should have measured twice and cut once..... I ended up with a second set of hole that weren't needed, but it happens...
I measured 2-1/2" from the drivers side of the console, then 11" from the front of the cup holers, then 19-7/8" from the front of the console for the second set of holes. I drilled 3/8" holes so the measurements didn't have to be perfect.
Next, I took my drill and drilled the original mounting holes in the floor for the original console out to 13/64" and tapped them with a 1/4" x 20 tap to take a standard 1/4" bolt.
I went to the local hardware store and got fully threaded 1/4" bolts - the front holes used the 3" bolts and the rear holes used the 2-1/2" bolts. I put a flat washer, ran the bolt through the console, used another flat washer and a nut to sandwich the console. installed a third nut on the bolts to act as "jam nut".
This prevented me from bending the bottom of the console when trying to tighten it to the floor and make it stable. After getting the bolts threaded into the floor, I ran the first nut up to the bottom of the console and made sure it was tight. Lastly, i ran the "jam nut" down the the floor mounting points.
The console is rock solid. The entire truck can be shaken by grabbing the console.
This was my approach to mounting the console, hope it gives some people new ideas when they go to mount theirs.
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Cheers,
KK
