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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 08:27 PM
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Within the next few weeks, I'm going to be installing my amp, so today I was just looking at how I'm going to route my wires and I took the glove compartment out and this was behind it. What is this thing??
Sorry about cell phone pics and the end of it is a light pink. (Can't tell in the pic that its pink on the end)







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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 08:31 PM
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keeps ur glove box from smacking u in the leg i believe
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 09:16 PM
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^ Yep, that's the hydraulic strut for the glovebox door...not absolutely necessary, but nice to have.
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 11:00 PM
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^^And they pop off a lot!
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 11:13 PM
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Ya, if you try to pull out the glove box at all, it basically falls right off.
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 11:14 PM
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Mine feel off when I did my first system, never bothered to put it back on, found it to be useless.
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 11:59 PM
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Ohh so thats what it was...I need to find mine. It falls to fast lol
Old Jun 12, 2009 | 12:21 AM
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mini flux capacitor. take it up to 88 mph. I dare you.
Old Jun 12, 2009 | 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by nodsetse
^ Yep, that's the hydraulic strut for the glovebox door...not absolutely necessary, but nice to have.
its not hydraulic, its air.
Old Jun 12, 2009 | 01:15 AM
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Thanks guys. Mine must have been off forever (well for a long time) cause its always fell fast. Thanks again guys, i wasn't sure what it was.
Old Jun 12, 2009 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by O5_TRD_tC
Originally Posted by nodsetse
^ Yep, that's the hydraulic strut for the glovebox door...not absolutely necessary, but nice to have.
its not hydraulic, its air.
Really, only air, no liquid of any type at all?
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I wish ours was like the one on my gf's Matrix; they use a screw so they don't fall off! Thanks Scion for
'cheaping out' on an inexpensive piece!




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