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Damage to the aluminium centre console!!!!!!!!! - ceebee - 01-12-2011 09:34pm
Has anyone else managed to dent the brushed aluminium centre console with their seatbelt clip as many times as I have!!!!!!!!!!!
I must have about 6 or 7 small dents or scratches on the drivers side of the console where I keep catching it. Bit of a pig, but I have tried to be mega careful, but the habit of swinging my seatbelt around for the past 3 years in a Kuga seems hard to stop!
Not worth doing anything about at the minute as I am sure that the damage will get worse, but I was wondering if anyone else is as stupid as me!!!!!!
Also, does anyone know if this is a simple clip or screw on part (for future replacement)?
RE: Damage to the aluminium centre console!!!!!!!!! - defender_uk - 01-12-2011 10:04pm
err...no.....how do u manage it?
Damage to the aluminium centre console!!!!!!!!! - ceebee - 01-12-2011 10:39pm
The seat seems quite narrow and the console seems to be quite wide, so I feel as though the seatbelt clips in just under my left hip?
Bit gutted really as I know it is likely to get worse as time goes on?
RE: Damage to the aluminium centre console!!!!!!!!! - forest172 - 01-12-2011 11:33pm
I'm careful now, but noticed this could be a problem the first day I got it
RE: Damage to the aluminium centre console!!!!!!!!! - vcruiser - 02-12-2011 03:23am
Yup, I've got 3 or 4 dents. I noticed them the other day cause
i often get in the car while in a rush and a throw my seatbelt quickly around me.
I am not a fan of the aluminum trim in the dynamic. It's the only thing i really don't like about the car.
I may wrap it or have a carbon fibre trim made anyway!
Damage to the aluminium centre console!!!!!!!!! - ceebee - 02-12-2011 08:12am
Vc, glad it's not just me!
I think as time goes on there will very likely be more than just yourself and I that are having this problem. I know aluminium is quite a soft metal, but you only have to tap it slightly for it it leave a dent.
RE: Damage to the aluminium centre console!!!!!!!!! - mark_n - 02-12-2011 08:21am
It's interesting that there are now a handful of reports that the interior - for all its blingness - is not very durable. Aluminium is indeed very soft and seat belt buckles are hardened steel. The cost of replacements (looked at the Dynamic) is £65 a side, looks easy to fit. The basic ones are £60 and the wood £75.
Further, the cost of the centre console panel itself is also £65 and the cost of the black roller shutter part is £55. Not large (you should see Ferrari parts prices) but annoying if they are easily cosmetically damaged. Best to warn any MSO in case it leads to any domestics...
(02-12-2011 03:23am)vcruiser Wrote: I may wrap it or have a carbon fibre trim made anyway!
Not sure wrapping is going to help much, the seat belt buckle will still damage it.
RE: Damage to the aluminium centre console!!!!!!!!! - griff - 02-12-2011 10:50am
I cannot believe people are so careless. I just grasp the seatbelt, slide my had down to the buckle as I pull it across and guide the buckle into the slot. Simple - and no chucking it around!
RE: Damage to the aluminium centre console!!!!!!!!! - Ezandania - 02-12-2011 12:16pm
Mark, can you share where you got the prices for these components? Issit from a catalogue somewhere?
RE: Damage to the aluminium centre console!!!!!!!!! - J77 - 02-12-2011 12:19pm
It's not a fault with the car it's the careless person using the seatbelt. No need to throw the seatbelt around you unless you are doing a bank job, then it may be a problem.
