Lexus Owners Club (USA & Canada)

okboater

Jul 13 2005, 08:26 PM

I am considering buying a new GX470, but the lack of a center arm rest is pretty uncomfortable- the little individual ones are really too small. Has anyone seen an accessory armrest?

darylhuff

Jul 15 2005, 08:53 AM

I doubt it will help in the US, but in most of the rest of the world, Toyota sells a Toyota version of the GX470 as either the Toyota Land Cruiser (http://www.toyota.co.uk/) or the Toyota Land Cruiser Parado (http://www.toyota.com.hk/). The interesting thing is that the Toyota model does have a center armrest. I would have preferred the center armrest over the captians chairs in the GX, but the other positives of the GX outweighed this for me.

honestjack

Jul 17 2005, 04:26 PM

QUOTE(darylhuff @ Jul 15 2005, 10:53 AM)

I doubt it will help in the US, but in most of the rest of the world, Toyota sells a Toyota version of the GX470 as either the Toyota Land Cruiser (http://www.toyota.co.uk/) or the Toyota Land Cruiser Parado (http://www.toyota.com.hk/). The interesting thing is that the Toyota model does have a center armrest. I would have preferred the center armrest over the captians chairs in the GX, but the other positives of the GX outweighed this for me.
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I like the present armrest. I sometimes raise one or the other to have easy access to the cupholder or storage compartment.

antonio98

Jan 10 2006, 03:49 PM

QUOTE(okboater @ Jul 13 2005, 09:26 PM) [snapback]140357[/snapback]

I am considering buying a new GX470, but the lack of a center arm rest is pretty uncomfortable- the little individual ones are really too small. Has anyone seen an accessory armrest?

The small arm rests have been a problem for me. I've gotten used to the full center arm rests in my previous cars. Maybe there's a way to retrofit the GX470 with the Toyota arm rest.

flukechance

Jan 13 2006, 11:48 AM

I think the center armrests are great. You can make them go to any height, and they are very comfortable on a 6 hour roadtrip.

The G Man

Jan 13 2006, 07:56 PM

One of the biggest advantage of that type of armrest is that no matter how much you put the seat forward or backward, the armrest is in the right place, I believe that is the intend behind that design. With that said, since I am just about average height, I perfer the center concole type of arm rest, but it is definitely not a deal breaker for me. I just wish they have the optional wide folding arm rest like the Honda CRX.