center console swap in 3rd gen cummins
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- I have wanted to do the center console swap in my 3rd gen Cummins for a while now and it is finally getting done. I wanted to do it in a different was then most other people are doing this swap because I wanted to keep my lower seat storage in the truck and seeing how the new console doesn't have the lower seat storage I definitely needed to find a way to keep it. If your curious to how you can get a way with just swapping the top half of these center consoles this is the video for you.
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who wanted to swap just the upper, this video is incredibly helpful, really streamlines the entire process!
I glad I could help
Dang that is awesome! I just got my dad’s 03 Cummins back and looking for a center console to replace the worn out top but this idea is even better.
This was more of a buddies idea because I didn't think I wanted to change mine but I'm extremely happy I did, It sounds corny but its a life changer for sure.
I just got mine for 100 bucks from salvage company
Golden! Had my 2005 since new, only 45K miles. Gonna keep it to the grave, but want to give it a small facelift. This was the first "easy" upgrade I was gonna do. Finally gulped, paid the money, and got a new one off Ebay, and went out to do the 5 minute change out just like you. Two days later I found your video. Only thing I'm a little disappointed about is there seems to be a bunch of different variations on the console. Mine is the gray vinyl but with cheap looking fabric down the sides, yours looks like a nicer version. With what I paid for mine, I would have thought it was the premo line.
Anyway, I appreciated the heck out of the video, and just based on it, I subbed to the channel.
Thank you for the sub!! I got lucky on this one, it's not a high level console but I do like how well it matches my interior and I agree there is no way I'm setting rid of this truck either.
Thank you for the video just did it this past weekend!! Super happy with how it fits!
It’s amazing how much nicer it is to have this console rather than the one we started with.
Great detail - thank you! Now I want to update my center console!
It was one of the best things I could have done.
Manual here and I hit the console with spirited shifting. Already had mine done. I undid the hinges however. Also to keep my under seat storage. Don’t forget to flip the rear seat latches to enable fold down rear seats.
I still need to do my rear seat, thank you for the reminder.
Literally just paused the video went out to my truck and sure as shit I have a secret compartment under the seat with a scan tool in there a previous owner forgot about. Unreal
Haha score!!!
lol that's awesome!!
Damnit now I need to find a 4th gen console.. great explanatory video bro.
Thank you man!! You can find them pretty affordable and honestly you will never look back
@Cargill450 it's wild to me that so many people have no idea if their truck has under seat storage 🤣 im definitely gonna start lookin for one now.
Haha you would never know, they did a really good job hiding it
@@Cargill450 I had to make sure mine had it before I bought the truck lol
Thanks for sharing this information. Been thinking of doing this to my 04.
I would 100% recommend it, I didn't think I would like it as much as I do
Awesome Brandon! This is pretty cool 👍🏻
Thank you Mike, not a bad little project
Very useful i think ill put in a black one and get high end black seat covers to match... update: got one off ebay bolted right in like yours did👍
I really appreciate the video..i have a old second generation with a g56 and the bm short shifter..i going to try to find a 4 gen center console..Because of the cup holders ..looks good thanks
awesome idea and great video
I wish someone would make a large touchscreen retrofit for the 3rd gens, i really love the 12" touchscreen in my 5th gen😊💙 I like the updated 4th gen console but I really like the "hidden" compartment under the middle seat i think it was a feature in the SLT trucks but i could be wrong. Both my 3rd gens are SLT so they have power outlets in the center consoles as well as the underseat storage under the fron middle seat I am thinking about a way to make the 4th gen top half of the console fit the 3rd gen bottom half😊
Which trucks have that under seat compartment? My 08 mega cab doesnt have it
I got the bottom storage bin,mines a 2015,handy
I couldn't go without that lower storage.
Dang bro that's a beautiful truck
Thank you! I really appreciate it. The thing has been a project for a while now and i couldn't be happier about where its at right now.
Thankz man! Exactly what i need to do to mine.
Nice job, but you did not hook up the power outlet that you disconnected from the original arm rest. Otherwise, awesome video
I did not hook one up because I still need to get one to put back into the new console, I keep forgetting about it to be honest.
You've had this truck how many years, and I didn't even know it had storage under there! 😄
Thats where you keep the secret stuff 😉
I ran out to my truck at 3am to see if I had that hidden storage compartment. I had no idea.
Its a cool feature and they hid it really well
This is amazing great job
Now what abt the wiring
What brand rock sliders are you using
They are Apex LED brand rock lights, they are bright for an 8 piece set but about a year ago my controller went out so I tried to get a hold of them to get a replacement and they ghosted me pretty hard so I’m going to change them out but I just don’t know with what yet.
Maybe I missed it, but, where did you order it from? Great video
This one a friend actually found for me but every now and then they will pop up on marketplace, at least that’s where I look for them.
Where did you find that grille at?
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Might be a dumb question but could you not just take out the top 2 bolts on each console to swap it over?
I tried that originally but that top part is different, I can’t remember exactly but I started out taking those 2 bolts out and there was more to it. Sorry I don’t remember what it was exactly but I know there was something more to it.
So correct me if I'm wrong here but don't you now have 6 useless cup holders. How do you shift if you got a drink in any of the new top cup holders? Looks like they will all be in the way of your arm depending on the gear. Surprised nobody mentioned it.
In all honesty, on the console the far right is good. Middle and left not so much and the down low cup holders you already know about them.
Great video!! Thanks
Thank you!
Did you cut the unneccassary brackets off the new one where the third bolt is
No sorry I should have shown that, there are 2 10mm nuts that hold those little brackets on so they come off of the new console really easy
Video helped me out. could you tell me the year of the new center console you put in?
Anything 4th gen would work, 09 to that 19 mark. I would imagine the 5th gen console would work but I can’t tell you for sure.
@@Cargill450 ok thanks 🤙🏻
What head unit and bezel did you use
Can I swap 02 crew cab front seats to a regular cab 02 dodge truck??
I don’t see why not, the mounts for the seats should be the same.
Nice! Hey whats the red 3 hole thing on the back inner door. Thanks for your videos!
It’s a jam handle, it’s so you can close the door without touching the outside
So what years can i find that console
4th gen 09 to 18 but I personally can’t confirm 5th gen trucks even though they should be the same
Does anyone sit there? Is it comfortable?
I have never had anybody sit in the center but as far as comfort goes it shouldn’t be much different if any from the factory center console.
Trucks are meant to get dirty and beat up, I don't know why people think they are luxury vehicles 😂
Nice, I want to do this to mine. I always slam dunk coffee in the other cup holders. 😂 Some how I always forget I have a drink down there. Any lead on a 4th gen console, and how much? The wcfab 2nd gen swap and fuel wiped out my savings. I just ordered parts for a bi xenon morimoto 5.0 d2s retrofit, and I want to do this next check. Back to paycheck to paycheck 😅 Going to color match white housings.
Keep you eye on market place they usually pop up pretty cheap, I will let you know if I find one around here I will try to let you know about it or pick it up
@@Cargill450 appreciate that man 👊 I have a Laramie with grey leather
I’ll buy your old parts if you still got them !!!
I don’t have them anymore, I got rid of them a while ago
I found that hidden storage compartment by accident and put a subwoofer in it lol
I have throw that idea around too, what did you use
HOW DID YOU INSTALL THE SPIKES ON THE FRONT GRILLE AND WHERE DID YOU FIND THEM.I WANT SOME RED ONES FOR MY RAM
They are pretty easy, they have a nice machine screw in the back of them and you just put them together in a hole. It's been so long sense I have looked for them but I would think Amazon should have something, I got them from Over Kill Fab but they came chrome and I just had to sand them real good and paint them.
Thank you sir definitely getting some
Is it called rivet spikes or what would it be under
You should have bought an automatic
Those consoles are expensive asf
Every once in a while you can find one pretty cheap, but most of the time you’re right they are priced a little high.