Knee bolster under glove box - 99 S70

Post by **stephansvolvo** » 02 Mar 2014, 06:57

LOL.
Thanks

beigg · Post by **beigg** » 02 Mar 2014, 07:23

Pics of this storage compartment?

Post by **stephansvolvo** » 02 Mar 2014, 07:26

Here you go

beigg · Post by **beigg** » 02 Mar 2014, 07:31

I want that!

Thanks for the pic Stephan

Post by **stephansvolvo** » 02 Mar 2014, 07:35

beigg wrote:I want that!

Thanks for the pic Stephan

I pulled this out of 2000 V70. Based on what I've read the bolsters were removed after 99. Small little upgrade but great for the little stuff. It's pretty deep too.

beigg · Post by **beigg** » 02 Mar 2014, 07:39

now I have something to look for to "enhance" the ole rolling brick.

mika · Post by **mika** » 06 Apr 2015, 08:21

stephansvolvo wrote:
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Here you go

This is an old topic, but I recently did this repair/upgrade:

Swapping a '99-00' cubby hole panel into a 98.

It is almost a direct swap; first, the knee bolster needs to be removed (perm delete) . Next, if you try to attach your donor panel into your 98, the top mounting stud for the bolster, (top right stud, when sitting in passengers seat, used ) gets in the way of your new cubby shelf. How I solved this problem is to take a dremel tool and cut out enough plastic from the new cubby hole panel to make it fit. (i thought about cutting stud off but it might still be to short) It is possible but takes some patience. Worth the upgrade. pictures to follow

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » 18 Nov 2017, 16:04

Just bought this 99 S70 and replaced the heater core. Sitting in the car now trying to see if it works and doesn't leak. No knee bolster here either. Thanks for the words of wisdom.

Post by **scot850** » 18 Nov 2017, 16:53

You don't have the metal knee bolster in the 99-00 cars, but you should have a hard foam insert below the steering wheel above your knees.

Neil.

Post by **abscate** » 18 Nov 2017, 17:16

There's quite a difference in safety stuff between EU and US markets.

On SWMBOs BMW, the EU model get a hard dash with lots of cool cubbies because the Germans think if you don't wear your belt you deserve to get banged up on a hard dash. Here we have to coddle to the world beaters who think seat belts give them gas so we get big pillow dashes and lose all the cool storage stashed.

Knee bolster under glove box - 99 S70

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