my personal taste leans more toward keeping the stock appearance, although those are some pretty nice consoles in the link Elemental sent.
i took my stock console and cut steel bars to reinforce the cheap plastic parts. replaced the switches with ones that look stock but are illuminated. made a new cubby box liner bc the original one was broken and wouldn't fit in now that i had reinforced the console. attached discovery 2 grey cup holders - made little hidden wooden pieces that fit underneath the cup holders and level out the bottoms, then screwed them into the console through that wood piece. all the wiring still fits, the heater hoses to the 2nd row still fit, etc. pics are at my thread 'interior re-do.'
i think there is a market for console replacements as long as you can provide a range from cheap/basic ones on up.
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