I had removed most of the interior of the car to work on things like the dashboard, A/C unit, radio, etc. and when I went to reinstall the center console, I was surprised to see how loose the brackets were that attach the console to the underbody. Here's a quick video showing how loose the rivets had become over time:
I also found a previous repair someone had done to one of the bracket mounts that was missing a rivet, but was held on by an adhesive. I knew it wouldn't hold it very well and decided to fix that while I was in there.
To replace it, I needed to get access to the other side of the panel, so I peeled back the center console cover and got enough room to fit the rivet gun down in there to put in a new rivet:
Once I had that done, I glued back the console cover material. I then drilled out and replaced all of the loose bracket rivets and put in some new ones that held it much more securely. Here's the after:
I then put the console back in the car after letting the glue dry for a day and it went back in without any trouble.
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