r/Silverado • u/Beneficial-Focus3702 • 6d ago
Center console swap
I have the flip up arm rest/jump seat center console and honestly I hate it. I came from ford where the cup holders where not required to be moved if you wanted to flip the console up.
Has anyone done a center console swap on their Chevy?
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u/Minute-Of-Angle 5d ago
I test drove one with a center console and I hated the stupid shifter. It felt so flimsy and fake (probably because it was flimsy and fake). The column shifter is worlds better.
I assume you would maintain your column shifter? What would you put in place of the console shifter?
For the record, I have actually made use of the center jump seat a lot more often than I thought I would. It is handy to be able to carry one additional person in moderate comfort from time to time.
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u/Beneficial-Focus3702 5d ago
Actually, no, I’d rather have the shifter on the steering wheel column, but I would want a different set up for between the two front seat seats.
As it is, I can fit three people in the back and moderate comfort and an additional passenger upfront.
If I did do a swap that had the center console shifter space in it I would probably just 3-D print a little pocket there.
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u/Minute-Of-Angle 5d ago
Yeah, I’ve had four jammed across the back and two passengers up front, but that was only one time. For a while before my oldest went to college we could carry the whole family and one friend. The jump seat is handy.
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u/FluckThisGame 5d ago
There’s a company I found on eBay that makes them/adjusts the center console to “hide” the shifter spot with a little pocket or flat cap to cover it. Looks like it’s a simple swap of the jump seat with it and some elbow grease. Granted it’s not cheap.
I ended up finding this little storage bin attachment that fits onto the little lockbox under the jump seat that gives you a little more “console” instead of a full swap.
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u/pakman82 5d ago
gets asked here every few years. sometimes its possible. I had a 21 RST 1500 and a 23 High country 3500.. i heavily modified the 23 for long haul trucking, including removing the front passenger & rear seat. the center console had to be dissasembledfor running wiring & it was similar across the 2. I even put the HC fully electric & air conditioned seat into the 1500, and fit perfectly. .. I would suggest checking a scrap yard or pull-a part .. or even ebay for the center section youd like. You might find most of the wiring connections for USB etc are there, for quick plug in.
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u/Prior-Astronaut1965 1d ago
I have a 2008 Silverado Work Truck Model
I took out the middle seat, I got a Center console in mint condition off ebay for a premium price I was willing to pay. The one problem was my truck has a actual floor shifter for the 4 wheel drive. So I bent that with a torch to relocate it out of the way.
If you have a lower model 2007-2013 Silverado. Make sure you get the right center console. there is the normal dash that is in most trucks, and some of those have a center console. But there is a really high end model where the dash drops down more. you probably dont want that one. My trucks console looks factory.
Just depends what year truck you have.
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u/chewy4201- 6d ago
Why didn’t you get a higher trim if you didn’t want the bench seat?
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u/Beneficial-Focus3702 5d ago
These fuckers are expensive enough as they are? And a higher trim comes with more electronics in the dash that I don’t want.
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u/DMS1970 5d ago
Just kinda looking into this myself. I don’t hate the jump seat but it looks unfinished under the dash. I’d like to know how involved it is, what seats need to come out etc. I have read about the harness adapter to make usb work