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EDIT Feb 2022: This recent thread shows what looks like it may be a MUCH better (and easier) solution with a Ford pickup console:
www.elementownersclub.com
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I love my Element (2005, bought from a friend this spring- only had 33K miles!), but it drove me crazy that it had all this interior space but nowhere to put anything. Tiny glovebox. Tiny, shallow tray behind handbrake. Door pockets with slots in them so stuff falls out. And why are the cupholders on the floor? Who thought that was a good idea?
So after adding a GM cupholder to the dash (detailed in a previous post), I decided to put a real console in.
I found a new take-out minivan console for $40 on ebay that was about exactly the right width, and modified it to mount onto the existing tray between the seats. It was a huge PITA to make it fit around the handbrake, but it came out pretty good.
I can provide more details if anyone cares.
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EDIT Feb 2022: This recent thread shows what looks like it may be a MUCH better (and easier) solution with a Ford pickup console:

2004 EX CENTER CONSOLE
Looking for more storage and want to add a center console with drink holders and storage inside, more like a jeep center console. Does anyone know a brand of console and or link, maybe another model car that wit between existing armrests? So the console will need to be narrow and have the...
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I love my Element (2005, bought from a friend this spring- only had 33K miles!), but it drove me crazy that it had all this interior space but nowhere to put anything. Tiny glovebox. Tiny, shallow tray behind handbrake. Door pockets with slots in them so stuff falls out. And why are the cupholders on the floor? Who thought that was a good idea?
So after adding a GM cupholder to the dash (detailed in a previous post), I decided to put a real console in.
I found a new take-out minivan console for $40 on ebay that was about exactly the right width, and modified it to mount onto the existing tray between the seats. It was a huge PITA to make it fit around the handbrake, but it came out pretty good.
I can provide more details if anyone cares.
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