kevin in okinawa
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I have a 1988 rhd hj61 that needs this!
J60 Glove Box Replacement (3 Viewers)
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mr2m1
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Okay, I have returned from my trip and I'm ready to make some glove boxes for some of the people who replied. I will contact those with an 85 and older FJ60 first. Once those have been made and shipped I will reach out to the 85 and newer FJ60 owners.
As of now I have enough people interested in helping me with development. Check back later to see if there will be a need for others.
Thanks to everyone who has offered to help and those following the thread. Hopefully I will be able to offer a replacement glove box for sale soon.
Jason
As of now I have enough people interested in helping me with development. Check back later to see if there will be a need for others.
Thanks to everyone who has offered to help and those following the thread. Hopefully I will be able to offer a replacement glove box for sale soon.
Jason
I have an 87 FJ60, if you need someone else with a newer one I'd be willing to take pics and do a write up. If not, I look forward to eventually buying one of these. They look Awesome!
I would definitely be interested if you start producing for 62's.
mr2m1
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I have been working with a few MUD members to make some changes to the glove box design. @mdw83fj60, @84Landie, @Dekeman, @repentsinner
Thanks everyone for your input and interest.
V2 with angled top piece and smaller cover.
- Added 15 degree angle to top of box.
- Changed the size of the removable cover for the stock light.
Thanks everyone for your input and interest.
V2 with angled top piece and smaller cover.
Suggestion for the lighting: two lights on the “ceiling” of the box. The light being on the side was obviously done to make space for the dash speaker present in some models, but it doesn’t illuminate stuff very well. Happy to help or suggest parts electronics-wise for that if you end up entertaining that idea.
Also, the internal box thing does eat into the internal volume, but is a great spot for an extra USB charger. I like it.
Ya, I second that. Surely there is some flat style led light that can go on the top and then the internal box could house a usb or something.
I doubt the connector for that is available new from Toyota, so it would have to be on the customer to do it. With the glove box insert you could send two LED lights pre wired (and design a method for them to secure to the box). They could butt splice into the existing harness connector for the OE light. Or if you could find the appropriate pins, the end user could re-pin the connector, and that would be even cleaner.
just searching around amazon, these might give some ideas...
Amazon product ASIN B08NJKTSZ2
Amazon product ASIN B098BHMG3Y
or some cut-to-size 12v led strip. I wouldn't think it would take much.
Something like this might work well (maybe not the brightness or color)
I’m not sure if you could incorporate a surface that will angle the light into the glove box.
Having something not very bright and pointed in I think would have the most value.
Amazon product ASIN B089M9PTR2
John McVicker
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Have an 8-‘85 60 & would be interested in helping out and/or buying the end product. Love the idea!
Nice find.
I see a lot of Amazon links, but I’d highly recommend doing a deep dive search on Mouser Electronics. I bet they have 100000 options and you can get quantity pricing. They’ll have a more elegant solution that will look better on the finished product than the consumer grade stick-on lights. I’ll take a look tomorrow.
Design a tab that folds out of the box and mount this. Recess it enough so the bulb is almost flush.
If you want stick-ons these look good. And are very slim.
Go for a couple of standard festoon bases. The appear to have small mounting tabs. You’d have to get creative with the lens. Maybe dado around the perimeter of the sheet metal so a small piece of acrylic can drop in and be glued.
Expensive but slick looking. “Panel mount” is the attachment style, maybe there’s a more affordable panel mount solution.
Or - and I kind of like this idea best of all - twist-lock panel mount bases for type 74 bulbs (aka “mini wedge”). That’s the same bulb Toyota used for the glove box. The new LEDs are waaay brighter, and if you had two it would be plenty. Design a cutout into the roof of the box for the bases and you’re set.
If you want stick-ons these look good. And are very slim.
Go for a couple of standard festoon bases. The appear to have small mounting tabs. You’d have to get creative with the lens. Maybe dado around the perimeter of the sheet metal so a small piece of acrylic can drop in and be glued.
Expensive but slick looking. “Panel mount” is the attachment style, maybe there’s a more affordable panel mount solution.
Or - and I kind of like this idea best of all - twist-lock panel mount bases for type 74 bulbs (aka “mini wedge”). That’s the same bulb Toyota used for the glove box. The new LEDs are waaay brighter, and if you had two it would be plenty. Design a cutout into the roof of the box for the bases and you’re set.
Slong12
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Please count me in on a glove box for my 60, thanks
The factory light uses a Type 74 bulb and LEDs are readily available. I put one in mine and it is brighter but the problem is in the location - since it's off to the side and almost centered height-wise, it's easy to have something in the glove box block the light. If you put a light or two up top you circumvent that issue.
This lighting thing may be asking a lot during the prototype phase. I'm just thinking out loud. Feel free to worry about that down the road or tell people they can make their own solution.
