Ok here is the writeup.
DO AT YOUR OWN RISK, THIS WRITEUP IS FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY! YOU HAVE TO DRILL INTO YOUR CAR, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
1. I removed the first console which is 1 screw on each side of the front of the center console where it meets the shifter side covers, and two 10mm bolts inside of the console. (when removing the console be sure to remove the black knob on the rear heat adjuster)
2. Start to remove the console by removing the rear window switch and putting it to the side for now, and you also pop the rear heat fan switch and put it to the side too.
3. Take the console completly out.
4. On the 99+ console flip it over and cut any of what looks like useless black plastic that is sticking out past the cupholders/console trim. You
do not need to trim the outside of the console to do this install, it fits perfect without it.
5. Remove the two 12mm bolts on the ebrake assembly (if the ebrake is from a 99+ than you can skip all off the steps that have to do with the ebrake) then on the bottom of the assembly there is a little bendable piece of metal that hold the ebrake cable in, you will cut 1/8 of an inch off that and bend the rest bake to holding the cable.
6. Then you will reinstall the ebrake assembly using only the rear bolt, then pull the e-brake assembly as far to the right as possible (about 15 degrees) and mark with a sharpie in the front bolt slot and then re-remove the e-brake assembly and (1/8in bit i think) drill out the newly marked front hole.
7. If you have self-threading bolts you will be fine but if you dont you will have to use a tap to thread the newly drilled hole.
8. Once the hole is threaded, re-attach the E-brake assembly in its new spot and trim the rubber on the e-brake (as shown in the pic).
9. At this point you should look at the rear window switch and you will notice it is taped together with the e-brake sensor, you will have to unravel that tape and remove the under steering dash which is four 10mm bolts in the 4 corners of it, I choose to put the rear window switch in the spot right next to the steering wheel (behind the steering wheel adjustment), and if you cant do that the wire will pretty stretched if you try to put it in the further slots.
10. Here is were it got hairy for me, look at the next step to see a better way to do it, Bob's writeup on 4runners.org was very helpful to me up to this point but i had to figure this part out myself. It would seem his model 4runner didnt have rear heat but mine does. Might i suggest on this next part is you find your own measurements and do it yourself because neither his nor my measurements came out right and i had to drill new hole in the silver bracket. So what i did was i moved that silver bracket back 3/4" and drill 2 holes with the same bit (as used earlier), and used 2 self threading bolts to hold it down. Now reattach the bracket.
STEP 10, The proper way (Written by Asmara) "What I did instead of drilling tapping etc was measure the height of the bracket and where the holes needed to be. Then I got out the vice grips and bent the bracket down. Then I used a hammer to turn the S shape of the bracket into more a Z shape. You only have to move it about 1/2 in back. A couple of bends and a couple of taps and it was done. Holes lined up perfectly. "
11. If done correctly you will be able to reinstall the console (reverse the directions on removing the console), and you will have a nice center console with way more storage and a nice set of cupholders that arent in the way.
After your install is done make sure your E-brake doesnt rub and pop up, if it does like mine did, just trim a little more until it no longer rubs.
I would suggest you use this writeup in conjunction with Bob's at
4Runners.org - The "Cupholder" Mod as his was very helpful during mine, and his is way more in depth.
I would also suggest that you use the 12mm bolt that is now an extra from the e-brake move, and put it back in the original hole so there isnt any chance of anything getting into the car from this install.
If there are any questions just ask.
My stock 97 mirror did not work nor could be modded to work, therefore I had to hunt one down. :redbrick: