So the dodge center console has some short comings. The first off is the cup holders. I mean really dodge (and ford/chevy did this dumb crap back in the day as well) what the hell am I supposed to do with these?
With insert. The shallow depth is as much an issue as the inner diameter is simply too small for the bottle to fit in.
Without, just as bad.
Time to build some stuff...
Not quite big enough
That'll do nicely.
So skip a bunch of steps and you have this. The absolute hardest part was trying to hold the cup holder part in place and hold the support brace and try to tack weld it while all of this was in the console. I almost gave up here
The bolts fit in the factory holes that bolted down the console, just need longer screws.
Which I plasti-dipped. And yes, the drivers side is deeper than the passenger side. It was intentional.
And then scrubbed the console clean and dipped the little storage pocket in the middle as well (which I'm still waiting to dry)
So then the next problem is there is no kind of storage tray inside this thing, just a big empty void.
Well I grabbed the tray from my ford bronco console I had been using and it was pretty close to fitting. I had to file down the outside edges so it would drop in and smooth the bottom of them so it would sit low enough for the lid to close.