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Any sunglasses tray alternatives?

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Any sunglasses tray alternatives?

Post by Gebbly » Sun Feb 02, 2025 4:31 pm

The small stowage in the ceiling
https://www.sytnerstevenagebmwparts.co. ... 27240.html
seems to be a bit of a flawed design often failing in various ways. Has anyone come up with an alternative tray or an alternative latching mechanism? Mine is permanently open now and when I checked carefully today I found a small piece of plastic that must have snapped off from somewhere.
I would like to either repair my current tray, replace it with a new one or replace it with something else entirely.

I wondered if I could fashion some sort of catch mechanism using velcro, magnets, a slide mechanism or some such. Whilst I'm mulling it over I just wondered if anyone else had solved this problem before me or has any suggestions?

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Any sunglasses tray alternatives?

Post by Any1else » Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:36 pm

I keep my sunglasses in a Z4 first aid box that I bought on ebay and lined with felt. Secured it under the drivers seat similar to the one below the passenger seat.
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Any sunglasses tray alternatives?

Post by Mr Tidy » Wed Feb 05, 2025 12:10 am

I have one of those boxes under my driver's seat, but use it for my Garmin!

Keep my Raybans in the sunglasses ejector in my Coupe, while it still works. :lol:
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