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Old Jan 6, 2017 | 09:36 PM
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I don't know why Lexus refuse to put a sunglass holder in our cars and instead give us a button for SOS that we never use. But anyways I have a solution that works very well for me. I am 5'10" and these do not interfer with my head room and i do not notice it while driving. You can find them at Autozone. I also found a solution to mount a paper napkin box, very useful for those of us who have kids. I used old radar detector clips to mount the napkin box.

What do you guys think? And where do you guys put your sunglasses and paper tissues?

Dual sunglass holders:






Here is the Paper Napkin box mounted with two radar detector visor clips. I simply cut two slits big enough to insert clips. It holds on very well even when I am driving spiritedly:


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Old Jan 6, 2017 | 10:24 PM
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Not a fan...too many clips that will leave marks on the visor, but I like where your heads at. Maybe buy a slimmer box of tissues. Volvo (and I believe Smart, as I saw in a vid) have sunglasses holders that replace the front grab handles. I found this https://www.ebay.com/itm/311772506442 and wonder if it fits.

I just put my sunglasses in their cases on the door, and each door has a packet of tissues.
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Old Jan 7, 2017 | 05:34 AM
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I put my tissues in my driver's door pocket and sun glasses in my center console.

We we have a sunglasses holder in our Highlander but our sunglasses don't fit in it.
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Old Jan 7, 2017 | 05:51 AM
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Left drivers door convenience bin - small umbrella, small dust mop, sunglasses. I wish there was something more formal and I don't like having to attach an add-on like a spring loaded clippy case thing for the sun deflectors. They just look terrible. Can always stuff in the center console.
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Old Jan 7, 2017 | 08:15 AM
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Really ugly IMHO...maybe if they were the same color as the headliner? And the kleenex box? Yikes.

For sunglasses, when I had the GS I just used a simple clip on the passenger side visor. Like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Cy3Lf-Glasses...WPGQWK80BW8K99

Small, unobtrustive, didn't leave dents in the visor.
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Old Jan 7, 2017 | 08:23 AM
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ewww, just classless.

how about one of these....




and put it in this....



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Old Jan 7, 2017 | 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by dchar
Not a fan...too many clips that will leave marks on the visor, but I like where your heads at. Maybe buy a slimmer box of tissues. Volvo (and I believe Smart, as I saw in a vid) have sunglasses holders that replace the front grab handles. I found this https://www.ebay.com/itm/311772506442 and wonder if it fits.

I just put my sunglasses in their cases on the door, and each door has a packet of tissues.
I HAVE to try this! I'll let you know how it works out.
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Old Jan 7, 2017 | 09:48 AM
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Sunglasses Holder thread from years ago

Replacing the grab handle with a sunglasses holder would be nice!

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Old Jan 7, 2017 | 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by AL13NV8D3R

What do you guys think? And where do you guys put your sunglasses and paper tissues?
because it is sunny when I get out of the car, the sunglasses stay on my head.
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Old Jan 7, 2017 | 11:34 AM
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I understand the practical intent of this but man...from an aesthetic level that would kill the interior vibe of this car for me. It's got mini-van written all over it....
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Old Jan 7, 2017 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by atrac7
I understand the practical intent of this but man...from an aesthetic level that would kill the interior vibe of this car for me. It's got mini-van written all over it....
+1, besides where are you supposed to put your CD holders?
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Old Jan 7, 2017 | 01:10 PM
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I did add a tray to my center console. Makes keeping things organized a lot easy. Plus my sunglasses stay on the "top level" so they are easy to get to. Insurance card, gloves, etc stay in the bottom area since they don't get used much.



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Old Jan 7, 2017 | 01:22 PM
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That's cool, where did you find that?
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Old Jan 7, 2017 | 01:25 PM
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eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Car-Center-C...RYCtXp&vxp=mtr

It took forever to arrive, but seems to be worth it.
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Old Jan 7, 2017 | 01:27 PM
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Nice, that's a great idea.
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