Hey guys Im getting ready to do the console shift on the Girl Friends 06 F150 and am gonna remove the whole dash out of a wrecked truck and get it painted and swap it into hers does anyone have any helping points on the removal of the dash it would be appreciated Thanks in advance guys.

 

Seems like lots of work just for a center shifter. You aren't paying for the new dash are you?

 

well its easy then pulling hers so she cant drive it then putting it back together so take the other truck apart and paint it then the truck is only down for a day. Im getting everything out of the truck that i want for under 500 bucks

 

They come apart like legos...There are a few screws though I think they use 7mm...

 

the joys of fords, everything snaps together lol

 

One main thing to think about are the airbags. Its recommended that you remove the battery connections and then let the truck sit a MINIMUM of 30 Min. This is to let the residual power source deplete, therefore allowing you to work on/around the airbags without the chance of them engaging. Be careful when you set them down after removal. I have heard stories of the drivers side engaging after being set down too hard (stories but cant be too careful). Good luck!

 

Yeah the good thing about the truck im pulling it out of is that its a wrecked truck and has no motor or battery stuff to deal with which works out well so gives me time to practice on it. Plus i just pulled the air bags out of my truck so that helped a bit.

 

Got the dash pulled out of the wrecked truck today was actually a pretty good score. I thought the truck had grey interior panels cause it was so dirty but it actually was a black interior truck with silver trim so for what I paid I got a full dash,FX4 cluster and center console with the shifter.

 

Here are a few updates for you guys things between me and the old lady haven't been going good lately so I just started working on her truck again so here are a bunch of photos.





Here is the new dash installed and the a few shots of the painted parts.

 

I just did this full conversion on my 05 supercrew and posted pics in my profile, took me 6 hrs