Project - S10 DIC in Silverado Overhead Console

[$ilverado]

Got the idea to put a S10 DIC in my 2000 Silverado overhead console. At first I thought the S10 would just bold in. After picking on up at the junk yard I realized that it was a lot smaller. The long console might work but I didn't get one.Hers some pics of the project.

Some of the pics arnt the best, all I have is a camera phone. Feel free to post your input.


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Cut up original console inside mine from my truck, with the home link transmitter installed

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Front of the console

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Homelink buttons

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Testing the wiring

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Test fit

I took a break from my project but finally got around to fiberglassing today. This is the first time I have ever worked with fiberglass. Need more glass on it but not to bad for my first attempt.
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UPDATE
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Another layer of glass

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After some sanding and dremeling

[BlackBlazer92]

thats cool... what does that thing have just temp and direction or does it have more

[$ilverado]

Got MPG, fuel used, avg speed works so far. Haven't tried the compass yet, has a seperate sensor that I haven't mounted yet. Also, temp.

[atv_freak]

So what did you all have to do for wiring? What year truck was the DIC from?

[$ilverado]

S10 console is from a 2000? i think. if it has an on/off button i think it just has temp/comp. If it has a mode button it has more features. Haven't finalized the wiring but so far i have wired it into the speed sensor in the radio harness, The data wire on the terminal plug and power wires.

Good wiring info from this site
http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f200/overhead-blazer-console-install-214399/

Also from this tread here
http://www.fullsizechevy.com/forums/general-discussion/interior-tech/207406-dic-drivier-infroamtion-center-install-99-02-a.html

[BlackBlazer92]

wow i didnt know u could get mpg and fuel used thats cool. i wasnt aware chevy ever made that an option in any of there trucks. do u think it could be used in an obs?

[TheBigBlackHD]

you got any parts numbers for it, ive been wantin to do somethin like this for awhile. Looks great!!

[$ilverado]

The parts are from a s15 jimmy. Usually the ones with homelink are the mode ones from what I have seen. Haven t tested if the calculations are correct from from my test drive they appear to be.
Search for s1o overhead console on ebay, should find a couple. I got mine for 25 from the junk yard, had to pull it myself though. Be careful be cause the compass sensor is in the roof and a lot of ones doest look like there included.

[$ilverado]

Updated pics on the first post

[Hugger]

Let us know how this turns out. It is a very neat project and I hope it goes well. I wish you were doing this on an 03-06 so I could copy you!!! Do you think it would be hard to wire on a 04 like mine?

[kenman1717]

wow i didnt know u could get mpg and fuel used thats cool. i wasnt aware chevy ever made that an option in any of there trucks. do u think it could be used in an obs?

pretty much all 2005 up trucks that i have seen have mpg and fuel used, etc. maybe there were earlier years, but i think the steering wheel controls started in '05, and these options were there.

[99-2door]

wow i didnt know u could get mpg and fuel used thats cool. i wasnt aware chevy ever made that an option in any of there trucks. do u think it could be used in an obs?

It works for 96-up.

I have a long console I built for my 99 2-door.

[99-2door]

There, got the pictures up in my last post.
I built that and was ready to put it in my Tahoe after getting the color of the cloth switched, but i ended up selling the Tahoe before installing it. If anybody wants to buy it, PM me. I can give you wiring diagrams to go with it.

[Hugger]

99 2-door. Can you post the wiring diagrams?