Center Console gets really hot...
10-25-2009, 06:47 PM
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Center Console gets really hot...
So I have a tendency to put my phone in the center console/ cup holder thingy and then close the lid cause I like to keep my arm resting on the lid.
I notice that when I park or take my phone out it is really hot, as well as all the other contents that are in the cup holders
(I don't like to have drinks or food in my car so I rarely use the cup holders to hold cups... haha)
Anyway, just wondering if this is normal.
I notice that when I park or take my phone out it is really hot, as well as all the other contents that are in the cup holders
(I don't like to have drinks or food in my car so I rarely use the cup holders to hold cups... haha)Anyway, just wondering if this is normal.
10-25-2009, 06:53 PM
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NOTE: what u can do is take of the center console which u speak of using the workshop manual and put some heat insulating wrap or what not.....only way to do it...
why do u think i put VIP wheels on it 
10-25-2009, 09:56 PM
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Don't know what the orignal poster's year was, but I can confirm that my SII '09 R3 has the same 'heated console feature'. I read in the "SI-SII differences" thread that they switched to a one-piece heat shield under the console but apparently that had no affect on the issue. Not just the cup holder but the whole console gets warm, even the shift ****.
Mainly when engine is warm then shut down, and the heat has time to radiate up.
Mainly when engine is warm then shut down, and the heat has time to radiate up.
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