Ok, surely I am not the only person in the world who rests their right arm on the center console while driving. This has never been a problem for me in the past, but with my Z I am having some issues. I constantly put my elbow on the OEM rocker switch for the heated seats and turn them on. I think the placement of the switches is quite possibly the biggest mistake Nissan made when building the car.

What I am wondering is if anyone has built a cover for the switches? I have noticed the ashtray cover is about the same size. I am considering buying a new ashtray and trying to modify it to cover the switches and make it look as OEM as possible.

Has anyone else tried anything like this?

 

You could also swap in the '06 parts.

 

Havent seen the 06 interior - may have to look into that

 

Does anyone happen to have a picture of this on their 06 model? I tried the nissan site and it does not show it.

 

Here 'ya go.

More pix of differences here~

https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....&page=10&pp=20

 

you rock!

 

So far someone mentioned that using the 06 a/c controls on a pre-06 Z doesn't work. You get no control over the air flow/temperature. Unless someone's figured a way around that, or found out what's wrong... because you need to use the 06 a/c controls along w/ that center armrest area.

 

The layout is still the same, so all you really have to do is get the control module (white plastic box) for the '06. It sits behind the HVAC controls on this panel.

 

If your arm is constantly resting on the heater switches and accidently turning them on, ...........why not buy this to rest your arm on.

http://www.zcarparts.com

 

Go here: http://www.zarmrest.com/product/

They offer a leather vinyl trim. http://www.zcarparts.com only offers a carbon fiber material(which I think is very cheesy looking)

zarmrest is also offering a $20 off special right now so it's the same price. $59.99

I saw this product a long time ago when it was going for $80 and didn't think it was worth it for that price. I'm still on the fence

 

No i mean that the person who had tried it (almost 100% sure it was jason from performance nissan), tried the 06's console piece incl. the control unit behind it (it comes as unit with the console piece) and when he plugged that 06 control unit into his pre-06 Z, it couldn't control the a/c.

Also said that the pre-06 control unit wasn't able to be placed into the 06 console piece for some reason. I've been waiting to see if anyone else had tried or has figured out a solution but haven't seen anything on it yet.