2006 Chevrolet Silverado - Chevy Confine Clean Up - Tech

With the knobs handled, we moved to the billet shifter handle from Empire Motorsports. As you can see, this truck's handle was painted black so it looked good already, but we were going to really dress it up.

With an O-ring around the knob, it was very easy to turn and there was a hole drilled for the light for easy visibility at night. Couldn't be any easier.

Next, the steering column surround was removed by simply unsnapping the pieces apart.

Chevy interiors are known for having plastic, plastic and some more plastic. We were going to quickly upgrade this with some aluminum. This is the factory plastic headlight knob. We simply pulled the knob out to remove it.

Moving over to the HVAC controls, the factory plastic knobs were pulled free just like the headlight knob.

First off, Kurt Grimes pulled the plastic trim panel from the front of the dash.

The plastic panel was reinstalled in the switch box and the wires were fed through the new hole for the switch. The box was then installed and the wires reconnected underneath the dash.

A location for the new momentary switch was found under the cargo light switch next to the headlight switch. To gain access to this, the entire panel was pulled free.

Kurt then loaded his ratchet driver with a Torx T-30 bit and removed the factory shifter handle from the column.

To gain access to the shifter Tow/Haul wires, it was necessary to pull the lower plastic panel free and remove the steel column guard. Kurt could then disconnect the wires.

After drilling a hole in the side to slide the switch and wires through, a hole was drilled for the switch mounting location.

We were in business now as the new billet shifter looked great inside the cab.