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Old 12-17-2016, 09:26 PM   #1
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Replacing wireless charge area with cubby hole?!

Has anyone ever done this?! It looks like it can be done if I buy these parts..



Kinda pricey, but would reclaim some space! I'll never use the charging malarkey.
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Old 12-17-2016, 09:44 PM   #2
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I'm hoping someone comes out with a mod that will expand the wireless charging pad to accept larger phones
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Old 12-17-2016, 10:21 PM   #3
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Has anyone ever done this?! It looks like it can be done if I buy these parts..



Kinda pricey, but would reclaim some space! I'll never use the charging malarkey.
I'll swap u mine for yours
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Old 12-18-2016, 09:26 AM   #4
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great idea but do you just lay the mat over the opening w/o a real lid?
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Old 12-18-2016, 09:32 AM   #5
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great idea but do you just lay the mat over the opening w/o a real lid?
he would have to swap out the entire rear section of the center console. Their is no lid back there.
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Old 12-18-2016, 07:12 PM   #6
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yah swapping wouldnt work for you. there is actually a supporting wiring harness that runs along the tunnel. I dont want to take it all apart.
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Old 12-18-2016, 10:09 PM   #7
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Id like to do this as well....
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Old 12-19-2016, 08:15 AM   #8
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yah swapping wouldnt work for you. there is actually a supporting wiring harness that runs along the tunnel. I dont want to take it all apart.
Don't need the wiring harness, I can work around that. Just thought I'd offer the swap. Good luck.
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Old 12-19-2016, 09:58 AM   #9
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I'm hoping someone comes out with a mod that will expand the wireless charging pad to accept larger phones
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Old 12-19-2016, 10:42 AM   #10
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A cupholder conversion would be better, come on aftermarket.
Yes... a cup holder back there would be legendary...
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Old 12-19-2016, 07:59 PM   #11
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I do not care about the wireless charging as my s7 does fine on a nightly home charge, I would also like to use that area for a small area to store things.
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Old 12-19-2016, 08:42 PM   #12
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I saw this earlier today online, it looks like a good amount of space there.
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Old 12-20-2016, 05:07 PM   #13
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Ooh, that would be nice—to reclaim some storage space back there. Even a recessed shelf would be better than the inductive charger.
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Old 12-20-2016, 05:16 PM   #14
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The wireless charging pad was a nice thought, but making the pad only big enough to support a single Samsung phone from 2013/2014 was dumb. Everything since then with wireless charging (and even newer ickPhones with a sleeve) are larger than the pad supports. They should've done it like the 2015 Malibu cell pockets with a wireless triple coil pad going vertical for the phone to rest on.

For the aftermarket, either a dual 16oz water bottle holder mod or a biometric EDC enclosure to replace that assembly would be amazing.

Still my number 1 gripe on the 6th gen, even less cabin storage than the 5th gen (and that was the number two gripe of the 5th gen behind bunker-vision).
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