So it begins. A couple of weeks ago I saw on VWVortex that the European-spec Jetta has a couple of nifty little drawers under the seats. I called my dealership’s part department with little hope that they could find anything since this is an European part and they rarely are able to get any of these. Lo and behold, they looked up the part number in ETKA after I emailed them a picture and they said that the system showed only one available that happened to match my trim color (anthracite). I placed the order right away even though the part sounded a little more expensive than what I thought it should be ($105.00 plus tax) and it finally arrived today. The drawer is rather small and it does not come with any hardware for attachment under the seat- and it’s certainly not a snap-on part.
I went back to the dealership to have them look up the attachment hardware and they came up with three screws which they did not have in stock (neither did Home Depot or Lowe’s since these are metric screws). So it begins the saga of the drawer installation. So far I have not seen any car in the US with this accessory though which makes for a somewhat unique acquisition. I’ll post further once I’ve figured it out.
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