new seats make all the difference

[Longhorn Man]

Got my bucket seats installed last night...installed a piece of parts store carpet over the fuel tank with the top portion folded in and secured to the bottom of the inner wall over the tank. It isn't as nice as what goes there with stock buckets, but it was only 10 bucks and 30 min labor....good enough for now.
The seats were pointed out to me on evil bay and I was outbid...so I contacted the seller since he had more than one auction for the same style seat. He offered me a set of (brand new) Bostrom medium height black cloth buckets shipped to my door for a total of 125 bucks.
You just can't beat that.
Drilled a few holes in the floor and bolted them down no problem. Noticed that since the seat backs are so much thinner than stock, that leg room is increased. Seat height is about one inch lower than stock bench seats are...cool, more head room AND leg room! I do need to go in and unbolt the front bolts and install about 1/2 inch or so of washers to get a little of the rearward tilt I have always liked. They are pretty much sitting flat and I personally don't care for it like that.
While they are not the most comefortable seats made today, they are light years ahead of the stock (good condition) bench I pulled out. Full foam with a little bit of side support on both top and bottom cusions. They could be a tad firmer...but they are not too soft.
I sprayed the later style k/5 console I got from Fine 69. I need to redo the lid. I ended up tossing it into the sand blaster and roughed it all up like that, but I discovered that the bare spots came out real glossy and the parts that still had factory coloring was kinda semi-gloss. I'll have to strip it all down and prome it so i can get the semi gloss look I like.
Has anyone ever raised the console up? I would like to have it high enough that I can lean on it a bit. (This town car has spoiled me) I was thinking that I could place some 2x4s underneath and probably cover them with carpet so they don't look stupid. I just wonder if the console would then look retarded...anyone have input on this?
Here is a pic...I'll try to get the others re-sized and posted here in a min.