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  1. Railroad_Jim
    Here is a picture of the front of my "new" jump seat that features the lower locking compartment. I have the aftermarket center console from amazon installed, and there's enough room to get to the latch, but not to the key hole. But, the lock doesn't work with my key yet, so it doesn't really matter.... Searching online, it looks like it may be possible to re-key it myself, but I've only seen videos for them doing that for the pre-2019 trucks. Either way, I probably wouldn't lock it often, and with my console installed, I can't access the keyhole.
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    I had test drove the vehicle by myself, an then went back and bought it with my wife. After purchase, we get in to drive home and I told her to put something in the center console. We couldn't figure out how to open it, because it didn't open. She was like "How could you not have checked this out on the test drive!". And I was like "I've had trucks since 2000 and every one of them, no matter how cheap, had a console that opened, so I didn't think I needed to check!" I agree that it would be good to let our voices be heard somewhere. I solved the problem by spending almost $400 (including shipping) for a replacement center seat from a salvage yard via car-ports.com but storage should have been there from the factory.
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    That's a pretty cool idea! One word of advice, since I recently replaced my jump seat with a salvage piece, is that the bottom seat on my new seat has a bottom storage compartment on it, and you need to be able to access the front edge of the seat to open it up. There's also a key hold down there for locking, which you might want to access. It looks like your console design would block access to opening the bottom seat compartment. I personally love the little console that I got from Amazon. My phone fits nicely in the left slot when plugged in for Android Auto. I did end up shaving off some of the nubs underneath, up front on it, so it would slide under the dash a little bit more. I'll have to do some major surgery of it if I ever go ahead with my plans to install a CB radio under the dash there.
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    Thanks for the update AlohaDan. My key does not turn the lower console lock, but luckily it is unlocked. There are some videos online about rekeying older consoles by taking it apart, but I didn't have time to try, and I don't plan to lock anything in there anyhow. I did get the center seat / console installed last week. I was going to try using an offset wrench on the rear bolts to avoid removing the seats, but I ended up just unbolting both seats (T50 socket) to have proper access to the center seat bolts. It was easy with the driver and passenger seats slid to the side. I made sure to put new blue thread locker on the seat bolts, and torqued them to the values that my factory service manual said for my old 2000 Silverado. I used the https://www.gmupfitter.com/ website to find wiring diagrams to what I was dealing with. As I expected, the wiring assembly to the floor under the passenger's seat was not present. But, I did ohm out the two big pins on the jump seat's connector to the accessory outlet and figured out which is +12v and which is ground. I didn't have enough time to make up a cable, but it should be simple enough to run wires from the passenger side fuse box, through the trough, and under the passenger's seat to connect to the cable. It'll be a little ghetto with just two connectors attaching to the giant connector, but it should work. It appears that there is a converter box in there to power the USB ports from the same +12V and ground, so I may be good to go. I just need to find some time to work on it again....
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    Well the prayers worked, as the RPO Code AZ3 console, that I ordered from a vendor on car-parts.com , does indeed have both top and bottom storage. Phew! It has the top storage lid, the bottom storage compartment, and also the rear USB connectors and power port. I haven't unbolted it from the shipping pallet yet, but I did unwrap it to verify that it's in great condition. (picture attached) It made me smile to unlatch the top storage container. Anyone have tips on installing the entire jump seat? Do I need to remove one of the adjoining seats to fit it in? I noticed that my key doesn't lock the lower compartment, but luckily it is unlocked. I wonder how hard it would be to re-key? I hope to have time tonight to look underneath at the wiring for the USB and power port, to see what is there.
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    I haven't done it yet, but since I have a replacement (Code AZ3) console hopefully arriving soon, I will be looking into this. It looks like there is a center seat harness here: https://www.gmpartsdirect.com/oem-parts/gm-harness-84642229 But we probably don't have anything to hook it to. I haven't seen the wiring / connectors yet, so I have no idea what to expect, but my initial intentions are to run my own power wire from the passenger side fuse box, and then disassemble a normal two port, quick-charge USB car charger, and somehow solder the wires to the USB connectors. I'll know more once my console arrives.
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    I too would love to add the buttons on the steering wheel for the audio system control. I use Android Auto a lot with Waze for navigation. But, if I'm listening to the radio, there's seemingly no way to change the station to a different station, other than to hit the home button, then audio on the screen. Quite annoying. I don't mind reaching for the volume on the dash, but being able to scroll to the next preset would be awesome. I wish I had a schematic for the truck, but from earlier GM vehicles that I've worked with, the volume controls are all on the CAN bus. It appears that the cruise control is also on the same bus. From an initial search that I did, it looks like the steering wheel clock spring only changes if the steering wheel is heated, so the CAN bus should be there in our wheel. If I try, I'd probably just get these two parts: The steering wheel switch (13531288) : https://www.gmpartsgarage.com/oem-parts/gm-audio-switch-13531288 The different wire harness (84449305) : https://www.gmpartsgarage.com/oem-parts/gm-harness-84449305 (I personally don't care about the switches on the back of the wheel.) With any luck, the CAN IDs sent from those buttons would be understood from the audio system. Otherwise, I doubt that there would be a way to make it work. I believe that all of the trucks that have the steering wheel controls have a different sound system. I have no idea if BCM programming could enable the switches to work without the other audio system, but I doubt it. Hopefully our audio system will just understand the IDs being sent. Who wants to be the guinea pig?
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    That was my thought too, and I hope that we're both right, as I just ordered a used one that has pictures that shows the bottom lockable storage compartment and rear USB/power ports! I'm saying some prayers that they send me the one in the pictures....
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    These things are cool looking. I didn't realize that such a product existed. I may get the Husky version for my new Custom Trail Boss: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VMNQ5NX I wonder if they will help with keeping road salt off of some important places? Stupid road salt (especially the liquid brine) caused the death of my last truck..... I'm also going to try some of that spray-on oily stuff for the underbody. I have to try something to help the truck survive. I guess that will include doing winter underbody washdowns periodically.
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    I misunderstood your tip. You must be talking about the bottom storage compartment, not the top section. I had noticed what you were saying on the bottom of the seat, and saw that it is plastic to the bottom if it has storage. I was hoping that there was an easy visual way to identify if the top section of the console has the storage compartment. It looks like there might be a slightly different corner of the leather armrest part between the two, with the storage version having a sharper angle.
  11. Railroad_Jim
    Thanks for the tip! I was wondering if there was a way to visually identify if the console has storage or not. I will look for it being plastic from the lid down. Awesome!
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    I know, I know.... I'm still holding out hope to get one for cheaper from car-parts dot com. There's one listed, with the AZ3 option code, and the picture shows the locking bottom storage compartment and the rear usb/power ports, but when I emailed the seller he claims that it has no storage, and then he didn't respond to me any more. I thought that if the center jump seat had the bottom storage compartment, it would automatically have the top storage compartment too. Am I wrong?
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    I found that the other day, but wow, it's pricey, especially while missing the rear power ports.. Still tempting though....
  14. Railroad_Jim
    I'm still trying to get a used, entire console from a junkyard, with the bottom storage and the console lid storage, plus the rear USB/power ports, but in the meantime, I bought the "Texas Saddlebags Clutter Catcher(R) Universal Floor Consoles Black (50811)" floor console that "Chad's Trail Boss" posted earlier in this thread. Here is the link to the console: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KQ10BSY There is nothing to attach the console, just some grippy feet on the bottom. Chad recommended to shave down the front of the console if you have the GM floor mats across the center. I do have the mats, and didn't yet shave the console, but I really had to jam it in there to make it fit, and the side are kind of smushed because of that. I will probably shave the front bottom a bit to make it fit better, but it's definitely not going anywhere the way it's jammed in there. I'm really happy with this thing, as I can use a short USB cable to attach my phone to the dash, and then the phone, in the case, fits in the slot on the left. Here are some pictures of the console installed:
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    Since I've seen all of the fancy Northsky Blue trucks you've posted on here, I thought I'd share a picture of the cheaper model that I just picked up Yesterday. Here's my 2020 Silverado Crew Cab, Regular Bed, Custom Trail Boss, with the roll bar and black running board steps. I'm digging the looks of this truck, especially how the roll bar blends in the lines of the bed to the cab.
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    Like everyone else here, I just bought a 2020 Custom Trail Boss, went to open the console lid, and was like "What in the world????" I got a great deal on the truck but was startled by the lack of storage. My 2000 Silverado had the lid, so I just expected it to be there.... Luckily it looks like this can be resolved using updated part number of 84756948 . I like AlohaDan's approach here: But I can't seem to find the 202.GM 8M19 part number that he says is for the whole jump seat assembly. I started doing a search on car-part dot com for something, as I like that approach. I just picked the truck up today, so I have some time.... Lets hope somebody makes similar progress adding the radio steering wheel control using these parts: The switch assembly 13531288 The wiring harness 84449305 Two buttons on backside of wheel 13528615
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