tbblizzard

someone give me a second opinion on this item. i want to remove my ashtry/cigg lighter and replace it with this, assuming that the ashtray/cigg lighter is a standard din...

questions:
1. is the ashtray/cigg lighter a single din?
2. do you think this would fit there with minor modification?
3. it would need a bezel wouldn't it?

thanks guys.

bBted

thats nice! but i dont think thats single din

mmintegra

It definately would need some cutom work done to the console to make it look right in the dash. Go to a stereo shop and talk to someone that does fiberglass and see what they suggest.

tbblizzard

cool... thanks guys, i'll check down at al & eds... expensive as hell but at least it'll give me a ball park figure

tbblizzard

here's the actual din one... the one up top is just a plate.


for curiosity's sake, what is the measurements of a single din?

got_xA

where can I score some of those white switches or covers if they are me want one..well three actually currently giving my dash a 'lil facelift..

BTW do they come in different colors..like something close to phantom grey


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scioninla

I have mine mounted on the left side. We slit the corners and sandwiched the panel.
I'll try to take some pics.

If you are in Orange..I work there on Main and Ball.
You can come and check it out.

I recommend and have Gary Nish do it. He did a clean job and a lot of people are liking it. This will free up you center compartment too.

got_xA

disregard my last post...should have googled first before I posted ( http://www.overboost.com/obs/product.asp?pid=22821 ) anyway at $20+ a switch..price is too much for mah budget oh well...



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BoomBox757

some site(its listed under the links) has a starter button that replaces the lighter

its_ikon

i got sponsored by this company for my corolla, but since that has is going to be a dead project i am going to see about installing them in my xB. they make a great product and everything is really nice and put together well

http://www.ignitedperformance.com/

tbblizzard

it's nice... yea, ignited makes the one that replaces the cigg lighter, but if i could, i'd like to have switches there for other things instead of an ashtray i dont use. i'ma pop the cigg lighter ito another spot, probably on the side of the center dash.

yea, i'd like to see some pics of that... i was thinking of just doing something like that and just grind down the panels to make a slot for the panel. dunno until i get it and see exactly what i'm working with. got a black panel, red ignited engine start button, and red rocker switches from pepboys.com, 90 bucks for everything... lotta money, but it'll be bad ___ when it's done. :D

Guest

dam , that looks cool. When are the pics gonna be shown? :D

tbblizzard

had to order from pepboys.com cause the stores don't carry it. whenever i get i'll take some pics of it. i swear that ashtray is a single din... lol, i'ma try to fit that little thing in there... if not, i guess i'll be losing my hideaway below the air conditioning controls

tbblizzard

anyone know what size the cigg lighter is? i can't get it out to measure it.

tbblizzard

hey adrian, you gonna get those pics up of yours? i wanna see what you did with it :D

parts are supposed to be coming in tomorrow, ups is usually day early, hoping it'll be in today, i'll take pics of the process when i do it :D

tbblizzard

ups and fedex suck... i'm only going with usps from now on. i check the status cause it was supposed to be delivered today. it says "Excepted" "Package Missed"... i call UPS, the guy tells me the stupid driver left it at the UPS center when he was loading up this morning and then tells me it'll be here Monday for sure. anyways, i got all my supplies and what not, just waiting on that panel to come in so i can get to work on it. planned a weekend for it cause i knew it'd be alot of sanding, but now ups screws it up.

got_xA

there's always the next weekend to look forward too

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tbblizzard

alright, got it pretty much done, got a lot more primer and sanding to do, but the shape is perfectly flat and flush. i'll post some pics when i get it done.
got some questions...
anyone know where i can buy some ignited rocker switches? i only bought one cause that's all the money i had at the time, but if i don't have the other 2 slots filled it will look weird. i need a place that is driving distance, don't wanna wait for shipping and what not considering the bad luck i've been having with shipping companies.
also, anyone know a clear adhesive film i can use instead of spraying it down with a bunch of clearcoat and polishing it. I remember seeing something like this before somewhere, it's got sticky backing and it's clear glossy, plus this would protect the paint as well.

besides that, thanks for all your guys help and opinions... right now i got the thing primered and sanded, need to put down about another can of primer to fill some little marks and then i can spray the main coat. came out pretty nice, i was surprised how easy the bondo was to use and with a sanding block it gets it nice and even. looks very "factory." :D

tbblizzard

here's what it looks like so far, this is just primered, i put it back in to show the shape and how it matches still. i had to cut the top panel of it to make sure the engine start button wires had room... it will be painted black probably tomorrow. just going to be primering and sanding it today to get it ready.

XBman

cant see pic!