cupholder

Who all has made a custom center console? Needing to do something for mine because I have to factory short console for my '97 but when I did my engine and trans swap my transmission moved up about 4". So looking for inspiration. I don't want it to look too "industrial" like a large metal box...

So i had a new interesting problem the other day. I was driving and realized that my whole cupholder and the plastics around the shifter was really loose. So the next day i went to tighten the bolt in the cupholder and some how the threads are stripped? Is this something that has happened to...