matt_a

I have an xA that I am very happy with. We've decided that my wife's next car will probably be an xB, so naturally I'm looking at them more than I used to. One thing that I find odd about the xB is the gigantic open "bin" or "tray" in the dash above the glove box. I don't understand why Scion didn't just enclose that and make the glovebox bigger. I think it would look smoother and cleaner. Oh well. Have any of you come up with a unique use for that area, or is it just wasted space?

TheDanger

a tray at Sonic...Nilo has a panel on his with a TV in it. A lot of TVs have been put there

DJ_X_Trodinaire

that for a tissue box for the ladies

PaganGuy

I was thinking of making a removable netting to hold stuff in that cubby hole, I've had to pick stuff up from the floor many times from that open area. Maybe somekind of flex netting ?

WagenMaster

Go check out a Toyota Echo. They have a similar tray, only they have a door that flips up, so it's like an extra glove box. In Japan, you can get similar doors for the bB, but they don't fit our xBs unfortunately.

I kinda like all the lil storage "pockets". I don't use that tray for anything though...

Scionic_Librarian

It's great when someone's holding a piping hot pizza until you get back home.. among other things.

dgHotLava

i am not even gonna ask why you have a picture of that....

TheScionicMan

I've got something cooking in that department, hopefully will be done by Import Motion...

matt_a

It just seems like such a waste. You can't really use it for small-item-storage, because like Paganguy said, it ends up all over the car. The space is just screaming for either a door or a high-tech, expensive mod.

Dansthunder

Here is what I did
https://www.scionlife.com/gallery/sh...cat=500&page=1

matt_a

I like it. That was the first thing I thought of too. The only problem is, here in PA where I live, I'm pretty sure it's illegal to have a video monitor mounted where it's visible to the driver.

Joehnn

I keep my gloves there in the winter.

Sorta an open air glove box.

THE_DON

HEY, that's a good idea! Like a baby cargo net... That would be good... If you could make it look OEM... 'm gonna look into that.

And they do have flip up storage boxes for the bB, and I think they fit our cars too. I remember seeing a picture of one... It 'clicks' up and down like the tC's radio door.

-THE DON

squirrel

I put a 7 inch screen there.

Dansthunder

it is only illegal if you can turn it on while the car is in motion. All you have to do is hook it to the ebrake so that it has to be up for it to turn on.

matt_a

But what good is it then? It's not like I'm going to be sitting in my car watching a movie while the car is parked. When I get to my destination, I get out.

THE_DON

It's only illegal if you get caught!

-THE DON

matt_a

LOL...I'd get caught.

Max2k

Uhh, has the idea that it's a bad idea to watch movies while you're driving dawned on you?

I'm looking into finding a white fuzzy tissue box cover like in this picture:

pharynx

LOL, hilarious, even if it wasn't sarcastic