Easy Mod: Hidden Armrest Cubby...

powerpro69 · Jun 12, 2008

Foe the handle, you could simply drill two small holes an inch or two apart and loop a piece of cord through them and tie a knot on both ends underneath.

wwworth · Jun 14, 2008

Great idea - - I have some 1/8" diamond plate that should work fine. WWW

bigbadbobby · Jun 14, 2008

To make a handle that doesn't look like a handle you could glue a magnet on the bottom (underneath the slat) and then just keep another magnet in your glovebox that could be your "handle" to extract the tile when needed. That way it's pretty much invisible if you're looking into the cubby.

CanadianSkin · Jun 30, 2008

I did this mod, and it works pretty well. I used 1/4" MDF, with some black shelf liner on top. I still need to play with it a bit, but it works quite well. The upper compartment is the right depth for CD case, if you angle them just a bit.

rugge78 · Jun 30, 2008

I was wondering how to pull air conditioning inside the case in order to keep water and other drinks a little cold.

nosirrahg · Jul 1, 2008

What if you just drilled a finger-sized hole somewhere in the tile, that when covered with the mesh liner material would effectively conceal the hole? That way when you wanted to open it, you could lift up the liner, stick a finger in the hole, and lift out the tile.

rdunlap · Aug 5, 2008

here's an idea for some of us in more "liberal/conservative" states haha. cool idea though! View attachment 2454

Sigpnut · Nov 13, 2008

Great idea! I think I'll try this but I'm gonna try and use some form of thin black webbing for the handle, so it is inconspicous. Thanks for the idea.

Copper · Nov 13, 2008

DrugRunR said:
Remember, it is just a name.
Can't put drugs in there, the dogs will get ya (LEO background BTW)

So does that make you a narc or batf agent?

fuzzynutz · Nov 13, 2008

i like it im gonna do it seeing how i live in the Ghetto in VA in the past three weeks there has been 2 shootings and a liberty broken into.. its time to move

stldrum · Nov 13, 2008

Can you post a pic of the cubby without the mod - I know I can look at mine but I'm not seeing it that well - it's done very well - Nice Mod!!

I want to make my Black Hole more useful.

stldrum · Nov 13, 2008

All I had to do was read - got my answer :doh:

dryland305 · Nov 29, 2008

Thanks for the tips, sleeman. I did this mod yesterday using luan and it came out great. Could only find green, white, or brown grip-type shelf liner at the dollar store I visited (didn't want to go to Wal-Mart), so the final look of my shelf was completed using some left over black spray paint. See attached picture. I also borrowed nosirrahg's idea of cutting a finger-sized hole for access. I have the iPod integration kit and my iPod is housed in the console rather than the glove compartment, so I chose a 1" diameter hole to accommodate the iPod connection wire and a mitten-covered finger. I haven't decided if I'll use the green shelf liner (because the green is noticeable) or typical car trash to cover the hole if it becomes necessary to do so. Now that I think about it, it probably would have been better to cut the hole on one of the extreme corners of the shelf to allow the dark shadows of the console to hide it rather than rely on shelf liner or other material. At any rate, the shelf makes the iPod much more accessible and potentially hideable. Works great!

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread.

sleeman24 · Nov 29, 2008

Excellent!!! Glad to hear it was useful to someone! Mine still works great after 6 months or so. I mostly use it to keep things out of sight.

CNO53 · Jan 11, 2009

Great Idea. Opens up all kinds of possibilities.

Thanks sleeman24

redbeeteggs · Feb 20, 2009

Loved this idea. I was at work when I read this, so I went looking for similar materials to make this, and found an old hard plastic sign with holes in the corners, and cut it to those dimensions, then painted it black, looped tape through the one hole that was left in the sign when I cut it, and since it wasn't quite sturdy enough, I braced it on the bottom with a piece of hard plastic. Saved me a trip to a store and it was free!

To look in there, you'd never know there was something underneath. I put my Fastlane toll pass in there and my registration.

Thanks for the ingenuity!

northvanloc · Mar 18, 2009

i built one of these off the specs and it works perfect but built mine with some thin mdf about 1/8" thick covered it in fabric. a great idea

cstreetpatriot · Mar 18, 2009

One of the best ideas i have seen i will for sure be doing this soon!!!

blakelock · Mar 30, 2009

bigbadbobby said:
To make a handle that doesn't look like a handle you could glue a magnet on the bottom (underneath the slat) and then just keep another magnet in your glovebox that could be your "handle" to extract the tile when needed. That way it's pretty much invisible if you're looking into the cubby.

elegant. i love the idea.

spi8a · Mar 30, 2009

good idea to make the cubby armrest more useful than now that it's deep

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