How to: Recover your Center Console (10 Steps)

If your center console is ripped, falling apart, etc. it is really quite easy and inexpensive to just recover it yourself.




Step One:
Remove the three screws at the bottom of the lid.


Step Two:
Find a nice area to work on.


Step Three:
Flip the lid over and remove all the screws and remove the black pastic lid.



Step Four:
Remove all the staples currently holding the vinyl on.





Step Five:
Remove the vinyl from the armrest.


Step Six:
Spread old vinyl over your new vinyl and trace.





Step Seven:
Cut relief cuts near the front edges.



Step Eight:
Start on one side and staple the edge down. Then stretch over to the opposite side and staple again. Keep stretching to the opposite side inorder to get a nice tight cover going on.



Step Nine:
Place black plastic back on and gently screw the screws back down.



Step Ten:
Screw it back onto the console and you're done.



Now if you really try you can probably find a gray/tan etc that is pretty right on with your interior color. I wasn't too worried about it. Also, I think I spent about $12 on vinyl for about 5 lids or so. So it's very very cheap.