gr8jab

Between the glove box and the radio is a round plug. Can anyone tell me what this is? It must be either a unpopulated option (button or light), or a cover for a mounting screw or bolt.

What's under it? Is it hard to get off without causing damage. Could I use this for a spot to mount an I-POD?

Thanks!

Jeff

Silver RX-8, 124 miles.

keyek

It's just an empty hole for some switch--you can pop it out pretty easily. It has tabs on either side to latch it into the dash. I actually have a CB Mic/Spkr hanging from it--had to use contact cement to get it to stay in when I hit hard bumps.

Tamas

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There's only a hole under that plug - and as keyek said, it's easy to pop the plug out.
I used that space to relocate my cig lighter socket, because the ashtray was taken by my MP3 player's wired remote.

army_rx8

^ you got pics of that? i would love to see it:D

Tamas

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Not a good pic, but here you go... I got a much better looking plug since then

Yuhki

That is an hole for indicator which shows if the passenger seat airbag is cancelled.
I am not sure which country has this option, but at least we do not have that option in Japan.

RX8-CARL

It's passenger air bag off warning light on UK model.
For when you have a child seat in the front.

RX4life

i dont have this in my car.. is it a european/japanese thing..looks ugly :o

thai

Just recently installed an alarm system on my 8 and the guys at Mazda placed the red alarm indicator there.

BearTrap

That is where I ran my wires for my Sirius reciever and remote radar detector.

Yuhki

The right side of this picture will fit in the hole. This has a light in it.
The left side is airbag bypass switch.

We do not have this option in Japan, I took this picture at a Mazda "export" parts shop

truemagellen

Yuhki do you have more interesting pics to show us :D

mikeb

not a bad idea

BearTrap

Be very careful when drilling the hole because the prongs on the back snap off easily. I clamped the piece as well as I could and drilled holes starting small and progressively getting larger. This is because drilling a big hole all at once will cause the drill bit to bite into the piece and ripping it off the clamps, tearing the prongs.