Overhead consoles - anyone?

[DIY Guy]

I dont know if Im putting this is the right place or not but Ive looked everywhere for a thread about overhead consoles and havent found anything yet. Im currently building this one, anyone else fabricating or modding existing?

 

[Louisd75]

I dont know if Im putting this is the right place or not but Ive looked everywhere for a thread about overhead consoles and havent found anything yet. Im currently building this one, anyone else fabricating or modding existing?

I had one for a while. I liked it alot, then it got destroyed when my truck was broken into. I've got too many other projects in front of replacing it.

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/63521-Working-on-my-setup?p=911248#post911248

 

[eggman918]

This is in me '68 CrewCab along with my ceder headliner,I cannibalized a pair of Bose 201 bookcase speakers and copied the internal volume for enclosures and mounter the receiver and CB as well as 2 external speakers for CB.

 

[Pilat]

That gives a whole new meaning to the word "headbanger"!

 

[rayra]

Late 90s Tahoe / Subs had a real nice overhead console that could be readily adapted for radio head units and the like. Or serve as a model.

 

[MOguy]

I built a shelf from some stuff I had laying around. Just wire shelving and a bed rail cut down and bolted to my roll bar. It will hold my weight, not that I would pack that much up there, but it is sturdy.

 

[ADVW/Liam]

Interesting.... I've been pondering an overhead console for my Tacoma too. Just want a place to mount a CB, my sPod switches, and retain the interior lights, compass and temp gauge.

 

[christianoffroad]

Check into a Highliner. Got one for my truck love it! Mounted cb and switches, has speakers and domelight. Not cheap, but works and looks great

 

[rayra]

The old skool JC Whitney catalog long had a line of overhead console for full size domestic trucks that was essentially a shelf very similar to MOGuy's basket. It bolted to the existing sun visor mount holes, the visors then transferred to the shelf. It was deep enough for CB radios, binoculars, a rifle soft case.

 

[AFBronco235]

I'm in the process of working on one myself, using a shelf visor as the base. I plan on moving switches, winch controls, and radios to this from the center console.

 

[anickode]

I built a shelf from some stuff I had laying around. Just wire shelving and a bed rail cut down and bolted to my roll bar. It will hold my weight, not that I would pack that much up there, but it is sturdy.

I really like that. I wonder if I could pull that off in my Colorado without it being an inch from my face? It would be easy enough to make a bracket that goes from the visor mount to the front mounting bolt on the Jesus handles...

 

[rayra]

I think you'd have to be on the shorter side of 6' for these shelves to be practical

 

[franks71vw]

Any updates on your visor... looks interesting, my biggest concern is how do you attach it to the ceiling...

 

[Scrapdaddy]

Here's the one I made for my FJ55. I didn't want the headliner anymore, so I built a roof support that bolted into the sides and made some cubby spots for different things. the whole roof got sprayed with Lizard Skin and tinted Monstaliner. Super quite now.

 

[AFBronco235]

Here is my little project 90% finished. Just need to wire it. Its a switch panel for my aux switches and a nice little place to stick my sunglasses where they won't go flying. I designed it in google sketchup to fit on my visor shelf. Its made of 4 pieces of ABS plastic I had printed up on a 3D printer. Came out great. All the screw holes matched up perfectly. Now I just need to wire it all up.