Thread: This is what happens when I get bored!

Originally Posted by mools

Nice one Ned. That's looks like a tidy job and a good use of some pretty dead space. I might try that because I hate my current charger cable rattling around the gear stick.

What are the two disc things? I know what they're for but where from / what are they made of? And what did you mount the sockets in, the plastic plate looks a little like a Tupperware lid, is it?

Ian.

Back on topic-

The lid is actually a bit of plastic, I cut the bottom off the original ashtray and glued the plastic inside then mounted the sockets, one is a normal cig socket the other a double USB, I didn't like cables flapping about as well and as the stereo is a fold out touchscreen every now and then the gps cable would get dragged into the stereo when it folded if i wasn't careful.

The discs are from Dick Smiths to enable a GPS (or anything else with a suction cup) to stick to the Dash, roundabout $10 for a 2 pack and hold things a lot better especially when the screen gets hot in the summer. These discs sometimes come with a new gps and use 3m adhesive pads to stick to the dash, also can be removed without any damage.

Originally Posted by mools

Cool, I'm now sold on this. The only reason to keep the ashtray was that it held the sat nav when it (inevitably) dropped off the window.

OMG - I said ashtray!!

BTW. The wireing for the sockets. Did you just run new cables down the back and into the fuse box below to a new fuse? or did you take it off of an existing line back there?

Cheers,

Ian.

Th original socket uses a 20amp fuse so I thought taking the feed from the original socket would be OK, I guessed it could handle anything I wanted to plug in, a GPS or charging the phone shouldn't draw too much, a lot easier as I had no need for a permanent live anyway. The main reason was the ashtray was useless and I didn't want cables trailing down around the gearstick (plus the wife says I've OCD about cables everywhere )