USCRugby

The door pockets don't have a bottom to them! I love to keep my cell phone or stuff in that little nook!

Has anyone added a bottom to it?

rominl

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yup i noticed that when i had the ls too. funny, other lexus models have a closed bottom. i read that they did it coz' the closed bottom can collect dust over time

i think i also read a member here screwing a wood piece or so down there to cover it up?

Johnny

Get a piece of 1" thick black packing foam (not Styrofoam, but the soft spongy kind that is used to pack TVs and computers), and trim it in the shape of the lower door armrest opening. If you do it right, it shouldn't show at all. If you can't find the black or gray foam, a piece of the more common white foam, painted to a dark color should do the trick.

encore888

Here fellow LS forums member Daryl40 posted his solution to turning the door handles into storage:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...o-storage.html

Gojirra99

The only thing I hate is I can't combine my configuration with the Sports model option, otherwise, it will be hands down the best car in it's class ...

Mike_TX

Boy, you threw me with the title of this post! The door pockets do indeed have bottoms ... it's the door PULLS or HANDLES that don't.

And personally, I prefer them to be open at the bottom. They are designed for your hand to go through and grasp the handle, so a bottom would just be in the way IMO, especially if you have it filled with stuff.

I'd also say that's not a safe place to put things like cell phones ... they could drop out really easily without your even noticing it. But to each his own ...

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Slvr surfr

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+1 Mike! A lil common sense goes a long way.

elsmooth

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WHAT ABOUT THIS: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KUDA-...#ht_2192wt_958

flipside909

Why would you want a sports model but long wheelbase? Kind of defeats the purpose of having a "sport" model.

rominl

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not really. so it's like saying s63 is pointless coz' they are all lwb. it's about compromise and what you can get. touring model was ONLY available in lwb, and it had much better handing than normal swb. some people (me included) want the look of lwb and want better handling possible

Johnny

I'm with you Mike. Despite my suggestion above, I refuse to do anything about this issue. My SO would like it if I did, so in the interim she's jammed a couple of soft foam juggling ***** so she can park her cellphone in there. She'll have to wait a long time before I do anything about her dilemma, even semi-permanent.

encore888

When I've driven the LS 460, my cellphone is placed in the center console cupholder.

flipside909

But better handling by feel doesn't necessarily mean it handled better. A long wheelbase car in size and weight is not going to outperform something smaller.

Touring model in LWB "feels" better because it had the air suspension. It doesn't necessarily means it performs better.

Gojirra99

Thanks Henry, that's exactly the point I would have made, I want EVERYTHING, but Lexus won't let me even though all the options are there.
You can order EVERYTHING with a S-class, and build your most "perfect" car possible, but not with the LS, & that's why I almost bought a S550, and it took me months to decide between the two.

Oh, and the feel is very important too, BMW's competitors can build cars that handles as well if not better, but it's really the driving feel (like the car is an extension of the driver's hands, etc.) that sold many people for BMW.

IStoSC

^creepy avatar...I miss the girl...