Quote Originally Posted by Malgreen View Post
Hey Three Dogs,
thinking about building my own roof console as well due to me wanting to put the head unit of a media center ( not cd ) up top, i am going to modify my dash to fit a ipad,, so the question is...
is MDF ok to use on the roof console? mainly for the ease of shaping etc.... or will it fall apart?
i was going to buy a black widow console but any thing that is mounted is only held by tape,, not real good for rough roads...
MDF will be fine mate. Glue and screw. 6mm will be fine for an overhead console and will keep,the weight down.

MDF is ok for rear drawers as long as you paint it and don't make a habit of sitting in bog holes and swamping your car.

If your making the drawers from scratch though and if your paying for the materials then 12mm ply for the drawer sides and 15mm for the bottom of the drawers and the top of the unit are a winner. Again, glue and screw and your on a winner