green96es

Are there any easy to get to secret compartments in a 97 es300. In my 96 you could pop up the woodgrain panel below the shifter. Im not sure if you can in the 97. anyways let me know. Thanks

hoolcat

why? Do you want to hide your drugs in there?

green96es

actually i do. JK

but on a serious note It's just a good thing to know.

Woogie

open the bottom portion of the arm rest. and look towards the side towards the front of the car... there's like a little disguised door there. You can open that and throw anything you want in there.

I DOGG

I have 1 in my 01.

Lexusfreak

Same here.....left side of the dash, kinda looks as if it's a fuse box panel.

ES Boy

I have a '94 ES. Could I pop off the woodgrain panel below the shifter also? How does it come off? Thanks.

There's that little drawer type thing through the ski door in the rear seat, but it's not really "secret."

Woogie

thats not really a secret there buddy. secret usually entales HIDDEN compartments.

R3z

Man, pretty much anything that'll come off the car makes a "secret compartment". Just don't half-*** the search. it's kinda a high-stakes thing to be relying on.


(oh come on, why else do you need a secret compartment? )

Woogie

lol okay...(?). im assuming you've done drugs before. either that or youre a dumb kid to sound cool by sounding secretive about drugs. stupid moron.

R3z

If that was directed at me, then yes, I have.

In the lex, your best bet is inside the center console, either around the shifter or underneath the compartment under the armrest - the plastic down there is held in by two bolts, and above that is a small sheet of carpet which looks like it's the bottom of that compartment. Remove the bolts and tape down the carpet, and the cheap plastic insert will pop out whenever you need it to. Unless you're crossing the border, nobody's going to start taking your car that far apart. Beyond that, if you really need to get ninja, you can dissemble part of the center console (take out shifter insert, then remove cupholder/cigarette lighter area) and there's a pretty large open space back there to use as well. There's also the panel that holds the internal temperature sensor for the climate control and another panel on the steering wheel on the opposite side from the cruise control stick that can both hold smaller "items".

So that's my hand, now give me a good reason to need a secret compartment for anything non-illegal.

Woogie

Grab the vents center air vents with your hand and pull.

kyle8744

take apart the carpet in your trunk by the antenna, there's a big nook just behind the power antenna motor.

Woogie

Cut your tires at the sidewall, put your misc. items in there and Epoxy the tire together.