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sroberts · 08-26-2006, 05:55 PM

Take anyone else a month before they noticed the compartment just below the dimmer switch? LOLOL. I am such a bonehead. I was installing my first mod today (two addtional 12v outlets inside the compartments on left and right of AC controls) and I always thought that compartment was the cover for the fuses. To my surprise I went to check a fuse and now I have another compartment to hold stuff. YAY!

60 Somethings · 08-26-2006, 06:12 PM

Took me a week to notice it. Also felt kind of dumb.

Now it's loaded with those large, individually wrapped peppermint Lifesavers!

Lowfront · 08-26-2006, 06:22 PM

Haha just went out and found it...

Nice I'll have to find somthing to fill it with

ketel0ne · 08-26-2006, 09:00 PM

It was news to me as well, I went out to check. :)

johnnyfive · 08-26-2006, 09:33 PM

you guys are funny, but i want to know...did you find the fusebox? :)

sroberts · 08-26-2006, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnyfive

you guys are funny, but i want to know...did you find the fusebox? :)

Yes, I found TWO fuse boxes!! :)

El Jefe · 08-26-2006, 09:43 PM

took me a few weeks to find it also, now it's my nintendo DS box!

johnnyfive · 08-26-2006, 09:50 PM

it holds my various plastic popers, and other bolts screw that i have taken out, and are waiting to be replaced into the car :)

ChinoCharles · 08-27-2006, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by johnnyfive

it holds my various plastic popers, and other bolts screw that i have taken out, and are waiting to be replaced into the car :)

HAHA, ditto.

pennystocks · 08-27-2006, 02:09 AM

Same here, lol, like a month before i noticed it. I just wish i had 3 glove boxes :(

Also for some reason the part right under the steering wheel comes down if you pull it.

60 Somethings · 08-27-2006, 01:30 PM

Is that maybe the locking lever for raising and lowering the steering wheel.

It is on our LB.

jsurles · 09-02-2006, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by pennystocks

Same here, lol, like a month before i noticed it. I just wish i had 3 glove boxes :(

Hey, don't make fun, I just found my thrid glove box 2 days ago (had the car for 3 weeks now) I was wondering what that little 'dibbit' just to the left of the steering wheel was, and before I knew it, the dash lifted up and wammo.. another compartment. It works nice on sunny days.. I can fit my Garmin c330 in there and it blocks most the sun and keeps a signal.. kinda dorky keeping it open when I'm driving, but it works well.

I've thought about shaving out a little bit of the back of the box so I can mount it in there and shut the door when I'm not using it.

thewifesyaris · 09-02-2006, 10:22 PM

i had a friend once who owned a hyudai accent for three years, we road in it all the time, well there was a compartment like the yaris's under the a/c heater switches, and there was this slide out cup holder thingy right under the stereo that made that compartment into cupholders. we went three years holding our drinks in his car until he started going out with this one girl, who owned a newer version of the accent, she got in pulled that slider right out and put her drink in it. automatically all of our mouths dropped and we all started laughing. she had no idea what we were laughing at. she thought we were a bunch of retards after we told her our story.

and thanks the wife now knows about yet another place to but her crap in that car.

ChinoCharles · 08-27-2006, 02:02 PM

He might be talking about the panel underneath the steering wheel. A gentle tug and it swings down... it gives you access to things like the DRL box.

sroberts · 08-27-2006, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ChinoCharles

He might be talking about the panel underneath the steering wheel. A gentle tug and it swings down... it gives you access to things like the DRL box.

hmmm....I bet some creative person could mount a plastic compartment in that space. Looks like there is a bit of room behind that panel. Would be great for hiding the Ipod and PDA. Could even be a locking panel.

ChinoCharles · 08-28-2006, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by sroberts

hmmm....I bet some creative person could mount a plastic compartment in that space. Looks like there is a bit of room behind that panel. Would be great for hiding the Ipod and PDA. Could even be a locking panel.

Anything is possible with enough THIS COLOR

ceres · 08-28-2006, 12:25 AM

I noticed it the 2nd day I had my car while on my way over to Hartford, CT. Used it to hold my toll tickets :).

seriousfun · 08-28-2006, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by sroberts

Take anyone else a month before they noticed the compartment just below the dimmer switch? LOLOL. I am such a bonehead. I was installing my first mod today (two addtional 12v outlets inside the compartments on left and right of AC controls) and I always thought that compartment was the cover for the fuses. To my surprise I went to check a fuse and now I have another compartment to hold stuff. YAY!

It't a perfect size and space for my sunglasses.

08-26-2006, 05:55 PM	#1
sroberts View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 300	Im a bonehead Take anyone else a month before they noticed the compartment just below the dimmer switch? LOLOL. I am such a bonehead. I was installing my first mod today (two addtional 12v outlets inside the compartments on left and right of AC controls) and I always thought that compartment was the cover for the fuses. To my surprise I went to check a fuse and now I have another compartment to hold stuff. YAY! __________________ I am not allowed to put anything here because I do not have any ricey mods on my Yaris....

08-26-2006, 09:00 PM	#4
ketel0ne Drives: 2007 Liftback Blazing Blue Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Charles Town, WV Posts: 104	It was news to me as well, I went out to check. :) __________________

09-02-2006, 10:22 PM	#13
thewifesyaris Drives: 2007 and 2008 MM Yari LBs Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 418	i had a friend once who owned a hyudai accent for three years, we road in it all the time, well there was a compartment like the yaris's under the a/c heater switches, and there was this slide out cup holder thingy right under the stereo that made that compartment into cupholders. we went three years holding our drinks in his car until he started going out with this one girl, who owned a newer version of the accent, she got in pulled that slider right out and put her drink in it. automatically all of our mouths dropped and we all started laughing. she had no idea what we were laughing at. she thought we were a bunch of retards after we told her our story. and thanks the wife now knows about yet another place to but her crap in that car. __________________ Two Yari on home!

08-26-2006, 06:12 PM	#2
60 Somethings Old Folks View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris LB, 2006 4Runner V8 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Vancouver, USA Posts: 222	Took me a week to notice it. Also felt kind of dumb. Now it's loaded with those large, individually wrapped peppermint Lifesavers!

08-26-2006, 06:22 PM	#3
Lowfront Drives: Yaris Sedan Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Worcester MA Posts: 119	Haha just went out and found it... Nice I'll have to find somthing to fill it with

08-26-2006, 09:33 PM	#5
johnnyfive Drives: 2007 Yaris S Join Date: May 2006 Location: Milwaukee WI Posts: 582	you guys are funny, but i want to know...did you find the fusebox? :)

08-26-2006, 09:43 PM	#7
El Jefe Drives: 07 yaris s sedan Join Date: May 2006 Location: california uber alles! (sacramento) Posts: 204	took me a few weeks to find it also, now it's my nintendo DS box!

08-26-2006, 09:50 PM	#8
johnnyfive Drives: 2007 Yaris S Join Date: May 2006 Location: Milwaukee WI Posts: 582	it holds my various plastic popers, and other bolts screw that i have taken out, and are waiting to be replaced into the car :)

08-27-2006, 02:09 AM	#10
pennystocks View User's Garage Drives: 07 Civic Si Coupe(Black Pearl) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 159	Same here, lol, like a month before i noticed it. I just wish i had 3 glove boxes :( Also for some reason the part right under the steering wheel comes down if you pull it.

08-27-2006, 01:30 PM	#11
60 Somethings Old Folks View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris LB, 2006 4Runner V8 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Vancouver, USA Posts: 222	Is that maybe the locking lever for raising and lowering the steering wheel. It is on our LB.

08-27-2006, 02:02 PM	#14
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	He might be talking about the panel underneath the steering wheel. A gentle tug and it swings down... it gives you access to things like the DRL box.

08-28-2006, 12:25 AM	#17
ceres Club Baby Seals Drives: Yaris Sedan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NY Posts: 206	I noticed it the 2nd day I had my car while on my way over to Hartford, CT. Used it to hold my toll tickets :).