Cubby Hole attempt
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Hope we don't mind a bit of cross pollination from other forums?
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richandpaula wrote: http://forums.mg-rover.org/showthread.php?t=309779
Hope we don't mind a bit of cross pollination from other forums?
Haha Rich!. That is Kara's post (MGchic) the originator of this forum!:lol:
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Fil6909 wrote: Rover 25 box or MGZR?
Basically the same car with different badging.
Home to black Alfa Romeo 159 3.2 V6 Q4 ,green MGF VVC and red MG Maestro T16.
MG - the friendly marque.
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I know this thread is some 6 years old, but I have just received a MGZR Dash Cubby and looking at fitting it as others have done in the past. Tried to find a good How-To but some are so bad because the pics are missing, and therefore it is difficult to understand what to do without them.
So, have airbag cover off and the first thing is the large securing brackets for the airbag. Looking at the set-up it is not a simple solution to just cut of the airbag brackets as there is a second piggy-backed bracket which holds the power-steering ecu!
Questions has anyone cut the brackets away? Did it help in fitting the Cubby. Did you move the power-steering ecu? how?
This would be a nice upgrade if I could get rid of the brackets.
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Some of the pictures are quite old( if they are still available )however my posting is only a month or two back
(fil 6909) and I have included a couple of pictures here, almost the end result. Message me back if you want some further information I'm pleased with the result although it was quite exacting not quite done yet , but I propose to fix from the side edge with two screws into the the small reveal on the airbag aperture
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Thanks for the update it certainly helps. Will be taking the upgrade(!) today so will report back, what I found.
To confirm I certainly have the power-steering ECU fitting piggy-backed under the steering brackets so will not be able to remove the brackets.
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Finished cubby!
As I said mine has the powersteering ECU so could not cut off steering brackets, which meant I had to shorten the cubby (I still think it would still be a little tight)
Removed approx 30mmm from the back of the cubby. The cubby now fits flush with the top of the dash but then widens to the bottom by about 10mm.
I suspect I would have to cut into the existing dash to be able to seat the botton lower opening of the cubby to fit flush with the dash.
At this stage I am not willing to do that so short-term will live with it. But does not look out of place.
To finish, I glued some carpet (has some from old liner when I bought a new boot linert) over the open inner section I cut out.
Finally, temporarily fixed with lage blobs of silicon to the steeing brackets.
Fitted rubber mat. Looks good.
Will consider triming for a better fit once I have got used to the new cubby.
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