Ash tray cover, broken or not?

Ash tray cover, broken or not?

  • broken

    Votes: 26 20.2%
  • not

    Votes: 103 79.8%

  • Total voters
    129
I just got a 92 and the ash tray lid looked broken. After I removed the top of the consol, I found it was not broken but simply fell out of its mount. I took a close look at my 90 parts car (never an ash tray issue) and discovered the problem. The 92 is plastic and the two arms don't have enough tension to hold in the mounts. The 90 is cast and won't bend. Swapped in the 90 lid and have never had a problem since.

The 90 is not really cast. It's some kind of plastic that seems to have some metal in it. It's not magnetic, and it's not aluminum but it is stiffer. If your plastic got super hot, perhaps it could fatigue. I've never seen one that was broken in the 3 sc's I've had.
 
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