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07-23-2018, 11:55 AM | #24 |
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And here was I thinking that the ginormous hatch on the coupes was a dandy place to store yer shades. ya could probably fit a couple o' pairs in there.
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still have and use my original sunglass holder, cup holder, glove holder...err..box.
I never understood how people break them so easily. They aren't THAT fragile.
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I guess I am old school. My sunglasses fit the holder fine, they are prescription and live there. What breaks is the latching mechanism. Somebody in England was making a latch repair kit for a while, but NLA. I replaced mine with factory part, I think I paid in the low to mid $300s, which is absolutely ridiculous, but I am just too used to it to abandon it. I think the Real OEM price was in the 20s or 30s; assuming these parts were al manufactured when the cars were built, up through 2008, wouldn't you like to get that kind of return on $30.00 over ten years?
There are some solutions on the forums involving replacing the latch with rare earth magnets, I just did not have the patience. |
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08-17-2018, 10:04 PM | #29 |
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Roadster doesn't have a sunglass holder, but I opened my center storage compartment yesterday and the button broke off.
So, that'll happen.
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Good to know it's possible.
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I don't touch it much but it does have sunglasses in it. The car is only driven in spring, summer, and fall so I don't have to deal w/ uber bright sun reflecting off snow covered land. I also find the car to naturally blocks most of the sun so I don't often need sunglasses. I'm guessing the seating position and low roof line help in that regard.
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My Dirty Harry Balorama's don't fit, so I never use the thing. But it's been known since the early days that the thing is a POS and WILL break if you use it regularly.
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Someone did a DIY repair that I keep meaning to look up.
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I had mine replaced under warranty, they put the wrong one in... then put the right one in... that was probably 8-9 years ago. Im not sure if Ive opened it a dozen times since then.... the cup holders on the other hand are total crap!
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Harden up guys. Its called planned obsolescence, in fact I think its an engineering term
first used in the USA. Euro car manufacturers were forced in the early 2000's to take a share of the recycled plastics coming out of the EEC and apply to auto manufacturing purposes again. |
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Would have to improve just to suck!
You ask, "Coupe folks - does your sunglass holder suck?"
My answer? No, it would have to be vastly improved to just suck! I'm thinking they hired some retired wino from BMC or Leyland to design that POS! |
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