This is a mod I did in my '99
SC1 to have a trash bin in the car without it taking up rear
seat legroom, and not having something that will roll right
off the rear floor hump.
Needed:
Rear seat with center console
Magnets
Trash bin
Imagination
Installation
Step 1:
Remove rear seat
center console.
Step 2: Install magnet in
rear center console. Original plans had magnets glued to
the inside of the plastic of the console, but the magnets I
was using at that point were too weak. My final design
uses a magnet that I pulled out of a really old computer
hard drive, which was very, very strong. So strong
that it would've taken some serious glue to make it hold.
Instead, since it had a couple of screw holes, I decided to
zip-tie it to the metal frame of the rear seat assembly.
Step 3: Reinstall console.
Step 4: Align to trash bin.
You have to figure out what the magnet is going to latch to
on the trash bin. In my case, I had a second metal
plate without a magnet that also came from the hard drive
and matched up well with the magnet in the console. I
test attached the plate, making sure it was plenty strong to
handle quick turns and such. Once I was confident with
it, I figured out where I needed my screw holes in my trash
bin.
Step 5: Attach plate to trash
bin. I used self-tapping screws, then chopped the ends
off after piloting them in the first time. I had them
go through the plastic and into a piece of rubber, just to
make sure things wouldn't catch on the ends of the screws.
Step 6: Test. I'm pretty
sure it's going to stay put. I'll have to do some
"road testing" tomorrow, though! To remove the trash
bin, I just grab it and take it out. With the trash
bin out, you can't tell it's not stock, because you can't
see any signs of the magnet inside the center console.
