cyclehead

I took my front armrest apart while installing MP3 player stuff. I thought these pics might help the next guy...

Front Armrest disassy -

Remove a/c vent


Remove four bolts and one screw


Remove two bolts from the bottom of the armrest storage box


Removed armrest assy

austinite

Thank you. Much appreciated.

Viper6

Any chance locktite should be used when reassembling to prevent this from happening again? what do you think?

I plan to do mine this weekend... mine suffers from same thing!

This forum rocks!

sigers98

makes sense to use it, since they have worked loose in the 1st place, seems likely they will again.

Rehime

Thanks for the tread. Was very easy. finished in 30 min. I went to the dealership and they were charging me 990 to replace it.

Rehime

Thanks big dog, Great fix. Props to Sigers98

sigers98

I dont know how they keep a straight face, stupid thing is, they could make more profit fixing the lid, than replacing, its not difficult, if they charged $300.00 to fix, i am sure they would get a lot of repair work. Well if this thread is anything to go by, they lost 10k worth of business, sorry Lexus.
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peteyx

Mine had just 2 silver screws total holding the hinges. I couldn't see how to attach the other two even if I had them, there just isn't room. It worked, hopefully for quite a while.

Chemtj

I am trying to get the box out to repair my lid and have some problems. Mainly, I cannot get the wires disconnected for the lighter and light. There is barely enough room to get my hand under the box from the back and cannot feel any way to get the pieces apart. Is there any trick I am missing? And of course, I lost one to the captive nuts and can't locate it.

sigers98

it is pain, flash light in your mouth, press both sides of each connector, pull, the box should be loose, you should not have too much difficulty. sure you have all the bolts out from the bottom.

Chemtj

Finally got mine done. I learned one thing, DO NOT USE LOCKTIGHT on the screws. It will destroy the plastic the screws thread into. I learned this the hard way. Had everything back together and within a few seconds the lid was very loose. I pulled it apart again and the plastic posts the screws thread into came out in about 50 small pieces. The plastic just crumbled. I was able to jury rig it back together but I am not sure how long it will last. Anybody have a good Ecru lid they want to donate to me for passing on this info?
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sigers98

[QUOTE=Chemtj;7474113]Finally got mine done. I learned one thing, DO NOT USE LOCKTIGHT on the screws. It will destroy the plastic the screws thread into. I learned this the hard way. Had everything back together and within a few seconds the lid was very loose. I pulled it apart again and the plastic posts the screws thread into came out in about 50 small pieces. The plastic just crumbled. I was able to jury rig it back together but I am not sure how long it will last. Anybody have a good Ecru lid they want to donate to me for passing on this info?

i know someone mentioned lock tight, i did not use it when i did mine, but are you refereing to the 4 main bolts that were loose ?

Chemtj

Yes. The 4 screws that attach the hinge to the underside of the plastic lid. Mine were all loose as typical with others here. I thought I would be smart and use a drop of blue locktight so they would not come loose again. It nearly instantly destroyed the plastic. Then I read the directions on the locktight container (typical male, install first then read directions). It states "for use on metal parts only. Do not use on plastic". Expensive lesson. I will use lock washers on the new lid. Still looking for an Ecru lid. $225 new from Sewell. Hoping for a good one from scrap yard or maybe a member here. I don't have enough posts here to post in the classifieds yet. I just wanted to warn everyone here not to make my mistake and save everyone some money by doing so.

sigers98

sorry to hear that, expensive mistake,hope you find a lid, if i hear of one, what color do you need

sigers98

there is one on ebay, the leather is shot, but could you use it for parts to make your good again.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/01-02-03-LEX...8a9eb3&vxp=mtr