stupid question.... xantia glovebox

weety · Post by **weety** » 29 Apr 2007, 15:56

sorry this is really dim but i cant work out how to take the glovebox out

the book of lies tells me to get the tang at the back of the box past the stop and then fully open the glovebox so that i can get at the mounting screws

well i carefully er levered the glovebox with a large blunt screwdriver (invaluable tool) and got the tang thingy past the stop but the glovebox still wont open

i havent broken anything (yet) but if anyone taken one of these off and knows what obvious point i have overlooked i would be grateful

Cheers

Kowalski · Post by **Kowalski** » 29 Apr 2007, 16:02

Lift the "carpet" in the bottom of the glovebox, and undo the screws you find under there, holding the glovebox to the hinges.

weety · Post by **weety** » 29 Apr 2007, 16:04

cheers never thought of checking under the rug!!

DickieG · Post by **DickieG** » 29 Apr 2007, 19:35

Yes the torx screws are at the extreme ends, push down on the felt and you'll feel a soft area underneath where the screws are.

Mandrake · Post by **Mandrake** » 29 Apr 2007, 20:55

The Xantia has a glovebox ? Could have fooled me

(Unless you have very small gloves....)

Regards,
Simon

reblack68 · Post by **reblack68** » 29 Apr 2007, 21:08

I think there might be one on the rear face too, right at the corner.

deian · Post by **deian** » 29 Apr 2007, 22:05

Mandrake wrote:The Xantia has a glovebox ? Could have fooled me (Unless you have very small gloves....)

Small gloves!

Mandrake · Post by **Mandrake** » 29 Apr 2007, 23:03

Looks like they increased the size of the glovebox in the series 2 then! Thats a lot bigger and more rectangular than a series 1 "glovebox"

Regards,
Simon

deian · Post by **deian** » 29 Apr 2007, 23:14

For real??? I thought the ones without airbags would have been bigger? Or do you have that other glovebox above the lower one to hold an extra set of gloves like the peugeot 306 has, or is it just a large orifice for sweets to roll around in?

And there was me trying to be clever!!

The "cup holders" are no good, many a times has hot chocolate turned over from that really deep and supportive 'cup holder'. I reckon they are really sweet holders, u know the travel sweets you get in metal tins, that come in tropical flavours.

Mandrake · Post by **Mandrake** » 29 Apr 2007, 23:36

Upper glovebox ? What is this luxury you speak of ?

This is what series 1 Xantia's all have:

Enough room for my sunglasses and ipod and thats about it...

Regards,
Simon

davethewheel · Post by **davethewheel** » 30 Apr 2007, 00:26

the screw under the carpet at the bottom fooled me when i was changing the heater matrix, the glovebox in my 2.1td is tiny, my old 1.9td had a slightly bigger one.

reblack68 · Post by **reblack68** » 30 Apr 2007, 06:43

How hard would it have been for the BOL people to actually tell us there were screws buried under the carpet?

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 30 Apr 2007, 07:36

reblack68 wrote:How hard would it have been for the BOL people to actually tell us there were screws buried under the carpet?

Where's your sense of adventure?

Post by **RichardW** » 30 Apr 2007, 10:42

He he Simon - the 'glove' box on Mk1 cars with passenger air bag is even smaller. It really is a glove (note use of singular!) box - I can't even get my wallet in there! Phone charger and alloy wheel bolt and that's about it

Post by **Darko** » 30 Apr 2007, 19:03

I managed to unscrew it WITHOUT lifting the carpet...

It was probably one of the worst hours of my life...

I didn't know the plastic can be bent so much without breaking... 8)