Bralgar

Has anyone tried to fab a new hinge for their console lid on the 93-96 Camaro's. I fabbed one up for mine last night, usind a piece of 26 ga galvanized metal, metal snips, a bench vise hammer and a dremel. I works well and seems durable but has a little side to side wobble when up. I'm not sure what an unbroken hinge looks like since I bought my car with mine broken, but if any one knows of any attempts at fixing these please post. I have pics of my fix but no web space to host the pic. Maybe we can all put our heads toether and come up with a durable solution (besides the console upgrade) .

iamsparc

Send me the pic and a write up and I'll put it on my site today!

-Mike

AW/whiteZ-28

Has anyone tried making there 93-96 console open sideways?
like 98+
I'm getting the newer console but it was just a thought

superal

wow that's a great idea. I didnt know the newer ones opened sideways. Once mine breaks off completely (only half broke now) I'll make it open sideways.

Korben

how hard is it to swap an lt1 dash for an ls1?...

camaro6

Its not hard at all. I just changed mine on sunday. It took me about an hour to do. The LS1 dash doesn't fit snugly on the carpet up by the cig lighter/extra cupholder part of the console. I did not know it would do that before i put it in. I knew about the gap under the radio but i thought the console would fit around the center hump perfectly. The LS1 console is also taller than the Lt1's consoles.

iamsparc

Alrighty...I updated my page with the pic and write-up from Bralgar. Here's the link here. Or you can go to page six of the link in my sig for my Camaro.

As for changing out the Camaro console, the newer style...Camaro6, you said that the fitment at the front of the console isn't complely right. Is it something noticeable to someone else, or is it just something you would notice installing it? Got a pic??

-Mike

matt diamond

you can just fill the gap under the carpet with some sort of padding. the gap was only an inch or so on the passenger side of the console.

iamsparc

So you just put the padding under the carpet so that the carpet comes up to meet the console? That doesn't sound that bad at all! I also have heard something about an older Ford part that can fill the gap perfectly where the console meets the dash...

-Mike

SloMofo

I would like to be able to do that.

Bralgar

Isn't the 93-96 console lid too tall to open sideways towards the passenger seat?

SloMofo

I'm sure something could be fabricated to make it work

matt diamond

i don't think that the 93-96 lid could be made to open sideways because of the angle of the front of the lid. Also, the lock on the front would have to be relocated.

matt diamond

that is exactly what i did. you don't have to put much padding at all. just enough to push the carpet out and inch or so.


the gap between the console and the bottom of the radio is about 2 inches. I left it open because it is not that bad of a gap, but you can put one of those trays from an older stang that goes under the radio.