Integrating A Game Console Into A Vehicle - Attack Of The Consoles

A few months ago, we challenged our readers to show us some creative approaches to integrating a game console into a vehicle. We weren't disappointed with the pictures you've sent in. From stealthy systems to the outrageous (come on, building a motorized Transformer in the trunk of your car is definitely out there), there are as many ways to get gaming into your ride as there are games to play.

To truly integrate a console into the limited confines of a car, oftentimes installers and do-it-yourselfers alike decide to cut down on bulk and take a console's components out of its casing. Here we see the internals of Bill Sommers' Xbox before he tucked it into his center console.

Andy Jeiger went less than stealthy in his 1994 Chevy S-10. Despite the shallow space the stingy pickup allows, Jeiger fit in a trio of subs, a couple of amps and a PS2 lodged neatly within the center console.

Behind a green-hued sub enclosure in the cargo area, Gately Audio stashed an intact Xbox. To access it, you merely have to pull the "Godzilla's" rear seat forward.

Bill Sommers has a few tricks in his Pontiac GT, not the least of which is his Xbox installation. Taking the console apart, he reinstalled it (ventilation included) into his modified center console. Keeping out dust (and letting others admire his cunning), he covered the circuit board and wires with a sheet of acrylic.

Taking the same tactic, David Leibowitz also gutted his Xbox (after getting a new 360 to use at home). The guts of it are spread about, from the main drives in a stealthy glove compartment location to the power and eject buttons located in the center console. Leibowitz wanted a "stock look" for his daily driver 2006 Scion tC, and if not for the small details of the subtly installed electronics (and the swathe of Red Imola leather on the seats), he came pretty close.

LeXX of NYC took a cue from the animated '80s by building Optimus Prime in his trunk. Like the real thing, it transforms from a monitors-and-Xbox combo to a tC-bound Autobot. "The whole thing is automatic," LeXX states. "It rises and lowers in my trunk and the head flips over."