Right now i have an 85 - 92 console in my bird and i dont like the style at all so i bought a camaro console but i havent gotten it yet so my question is how many of you have done this and will it fit w/o mods cause if it dont fit without mods ill mod the hell out of it to make it fit cause the camaro consoles rule. BTW its a 3rd gen camaro console not a 4th

thanks

 

noone knows? ttt

 

Before I decided to go the 4th gen console route, I had a console out of an 87 camaro. It will bolt right in, the only problem is that the radio pod has to be removed and the trim from the dash has to be cut back a little. Just take your time and trim slowly, so that it fits flush. In my opinion, a camaro console looks much better than the bird console. The reason why I swapped out my old firebird console was because the vinyl kept peeling back, and it looked ugly. Plus with a camaro console, you get functional lower heater vents. Anyway, if you need any help when you start to do the swap, just let me know.

 

Oh my Firebird console, I fixed the peeling-back vinyl look. Bought two 3 foot sections of "strip stock" steel from Home Depot, in their hardware aisle. They were 1/8th inch thick and 1/2 inch wide. The plan was to place them against the sides of the console, as high as possible, to keep the vinyl from peeling. I cut each section to length, and then angled the ends so they'd follow the downward curve of the console. Then I drilled holes in them, an inch apart, right down the center of each plate. Then I put the plate against the console, and marked the hole centers with whiteout. I used a blade knife to cut a small square out of the vinyl around each hole so the drill wouldn't tear the vinyl all the way down. Then I put the plate back up against the console, and marked the hole centers with a punch. Then I drilled again, thru the console. I put screws thru that turned out to be a bit long, so I used bolt cutters to sharpen 'em.

Then I removed it all again. I primed the bolt heads and the steel strips. I painted the strips with wrinkle black, and the bolt heads (and washers for between the bolt head and steel) gloss black.

Looked damn good until a year ago when the black wrinkle and gloss black started peeling off. Oops. It lasted since '96, though. When I redo them, I'll be a little more careful with my surface prep.

And as a bonus, when I installed my megashifter in '97, the megashifter shift plate was painted with... wrinkle black!! Talk about a great match!