Ashtray modification?
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Ashtray modification?
Getting ready to add a new head unit and I keep looking at the ashtray as a waste of space. I'm not a smoker so I will never use it. I saw the one thread where someone made it into a gun case for his handgun which I liked and might go that direction but was also considering it as a possible location to run the new docking wires for the HU. Anybody do anything cool with theirs besides hold change or gum wrappers?
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iPod wire hookup is run to my ashtray, which makes a perfect holder for my iPod when hooked up.
Unhook and tuck the wire and close the ashtray for a really clean, out of sight look.
Stewart
Unhook and tuck the wire and close the ashtray for a really clean, out of sight look.
Stewart
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did you take the ashtray apart to make more usable space or just pretty much leave as is and rough the wire in through the back?
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I can take pictures ifns you'd like.
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Stewart, would you mind posting some pics? I put my I phone in the ashtray while I'm plowing and the stupid cord drives me batty. That's a great idea!
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Getting ready to add a new head unit and I keep looking at the ashtray as a waste of space. I'm not a smoker so I will never use it. I saw the one thread where someone made it into a gun case for his handgun which I liked and might go that direction but was also considering it as a possible location to run the new docking wires for the HU. Anybody do anything cool with theirs besides hold change or gum wrappers?
The ash tray seems like a pretty small place to keep a handgun.
Do you have captains chairs with a center console?
I had a kydex holster shop custom make me a holster that mounts to the bottom side of my center console between the drivers seat. Holds my G17 like a glove and hidden from view. Don't want to see the top of it? Throw a hand towel over it...
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The ash tray seems like a pretty small place to keep a handgun. Do you have captains chairs with a center console? I had a kydex holster shop custom make me a holster that mounts to the bottom side of my center console between the drivers seat. Holds my G17 like a glove and hidden from view. Don't want to see the top of it? Throw a hand towel over it...
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When I get home I'll snap a few for ya.
Stewart
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It's just a wire fed to the ashtray from the back of the dash.
I gotta grab the pics off of the memory card and upload to Photobucket. Gimme a few.......
Stewart
I gotta grab the pics off of the memory card and upload to Photobucket. Gimme a few.......
Stewart
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Cord tucked, ready for the ashtray to be closed:
View from drivers seat:
Cord hanging out, just because....
At night, I tuck the cord and close the tray. Out of sight, out of mind.
Stewart
Cord tucked, ready for the ashtray to be closed:
View from drivers seat:
Cord hanging out, just because....
At night, I tuck the cord and close the tray. Out of sight, out of mind.
Stewart
