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compartment left of steering wheel?
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CSVT1214
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Only Mystiques from 95-98.5
For 99-00, they were switched to the crappy warping Contour dashboard and the drivers side glovebox was gone.
For 99-00, they were switched to the crappy warping Contour dashboard and the drivers side glovebox was gone.
JesusFreak
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pic please?
99RedCSVT
Veteran CEG'er
My friend just used his for change and bills he didn't put in his wallet. Just a crap compartment.
PurpleMystique
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Is that a kill switch in there?
99RedCSVT
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Not really diggin' the wood grain...ewww
CSVT1214
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Not really diggin' the wood grain...ewww
98-00 Mystiques all had wood grain HVAC, headlight, and shifter bezels.
mrrockwood
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My LS does. Although I didn't know mine was a 98.5 cause I do have the same compartment. No wood on the shifter bezel though... I am still trying to find a company that can make carbon fiber replacements for the wood, NOT the crappy stickers that go over the wood. Box is handy though... change, gum, bills, you name it
CSVT1214
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Yeah, I think you're right. I'm just used to seeing mostly LS models around. My mistake.
Not really diggin' the wood grain...ewww
Like the others said, it's stock. When I first got the car I really liked it, but it kind of gets old after a while. ...Kinda sometimes feels grandpa-ish now. :shrug:
I have a kill switch, but that's not it.
I always wanted to see what nightshades would look like sprayed on the fake-wood pieces...like black, but still with the wood grain 3-D texture...might look kind of cool. I never did get around to it, probably never will now.
Still looks alright IMO:
The switch controls some extra LEDs that I mounted in the center console and above the cupholders so I can see at night. The lamps are switched with the rest of the interior illumination, but this allows seperate control if desired.
JesusFreak
Hard-core CEG'er
is this a part that is exchangable between mystiques and tours?
I'm growing fond of the 1998 Mystique interior, with woodgrain and leather. There's something about the dash and door panels I hated when I was younger but look timeless (not dated) now.
A few years ago I grabbed a gray pre98 Mystique left glovebox. The part was completely incompatible with my Contour - the screw locations were all wrong, and the console didn't line up with dashboard panels along the left side. Not sure if they changed it in 98 but I doubt it.
A few years ago I grabbed a gray pre98 Mystique left glovebox. The part was completely incompatible with my Contour - the screw locations were all wrong, and the console didn't line up with dashboard panels along the left side. Not sure if they changed it in 98 but I doubt it.
Good thing you chimed in, because I would have figured that you could just swap that whole panel back and forth beween the contour/mystique twins.
From what I understand, some parts of the pre 98 and 98+ mystique dashes are different though...the HVAC control area is different as well as the instrument panel bezels...don't know if the steel frame beneath was changed though. It might be worth looking in to if someone really wants one.
CSVT1214
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Yeah, as Rouar said, it's not compatible at all with the Contour dash. The fitment of that panel is totally different betwen the two dashes.
Wrong. ALL 98-00 Mystiques had wood on the dash. The differences between GS and LS was the LS had wood on the the shifter selector (auto) where as the GS had a plain black selector.
96Mystique
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I use my compartment for one of my Component crossover mounting locations. The other crossover is in the actual glove compartment.