Ashtray mod?............Write up added!

[aaron_arthur]

So the other day i was thinking, I am a non-smoker so the ashtray was useless to me. I see people taking them out and putting turbo timers and stuff there, but i am looking for a stock look to my car. I use an ipod in my car as i dont like carrying many many cds around in my car so i thought of an idea . . . .

so I created this, i have not seen it done before and i thought it was interesting!!!

I made a docking station for my ipod in my ashtray, when the ipod is not in the dock i can push the ashtray back into the dash and not even know its there !

This keeps the stock look that i wanted! and adds a little touch to make things easyer in the supra.

It is not fully complete yet as there are a few touch up things to do and add ons but it is my start.

What do all of you think about this idea?

Walk threw for people who are interested!

A few things i used- Some nuts and bolts, a pen that i cut for spacers, washers, pleksiglass for the plate, and a ipod holder that came with my ipod.

i started out with taking the ashtray apart. then figured i had to make some sort of plate to hold the ipod up.

for the plate i used a dremel tool and cut everything out then lined up the four holes and cut holes in the bottom of the ashtray to match up with the pleksiglass

Each slot i cut out is for the top metal tray part. two side ones are for the arms the rest further in the tray and the top one is to clear the spring components at the back of the tray.

I had to cut down the four tabs in the tray which also gave me something to lay the pleksiglass on in the front.

putthing the stuff together and using the pen pieces to use as a spacer for the back two holes to hold the pleksiglass level.

I had to drill holes in the top metal plate of the ashtray to clear the bolt heads.

Slot a hole in the back for the ipod cable to come threw to hook into the ipod.

Sorry for the bad pictures as the only camera i own is on my cell phone. Any questions let me know. The pictures i think pretty much explain everything.

This isnt fully done as i plan on sanding the pleksiglass and putting a few leds under it to make the whole thing glow!! my car is in storage as well so i cant fully install it to show everyone as its a ways away and wont see her till spring but maybe i will update the post when it comes out.

 

[karlmk3]

thats pretty sick bro only if i had the a stero in my car lol

 

[Ryan]

thats awesome how hard was it to do?
possible write up?

 

[thesupragod]

Yeah man, good mod! I like to see what happens when people get creative!

 

[ERA]

wow

kudos. definitely get some pics up when its all done up and installed.

 

[gurley0916]

i definately would love a write up!! please post one

 

[sushi]

Awesome idea. I would love to see a writeup also. My only concern would be support to ensure stopping and starting wouldn't cause the iPod to snap the dock connector off inside it.

 

[gaboonviper85]

Instructions or it didn't happen!

Badass....I need one for my iPhone!

 

[gurley0916]

Great write up, looks pretty awesome ill be doing this tomorrow. Thanks!!

 

[supraman7mgte]

very creative

 

[modmonster2008]

ugh if only my pioneer deck had an ipod ready hookup, then id do it

 

[tcsupra]

I like it. It's better than what i did. i just ran the cord into the ashtray and leave the ipod in there.

 

[SupraRon]

Great mod. Simple yet, very effective and a great use of space.

 

[KevinM]

A few of us have taken the face off and used it to cover the tt/boost, etc behind. You just need rare earth magnets to hold it in place to cover.

When my garage was broken in to a few years ago the theives weren't able to pull my SAFC out of the dash and didn't know that the TT/Boost controller/VF meter were hidden behind there so those parts were left alone.

 

[Supra469]

A few of us have taken the face off and used it to cover the tt/boost, etc behind. You just need rare earth magnets to hold it in place to cover.

When my garage was broken in to a few years ago the theives weren't able to pull my SAFC out of the dash and didn't know that the TT/Boost controller/VF meter were hidden behind there so those parts were left alone.

That's interesting too. Got pics of such a setup also?

 

[Mk3Tmoney]

Thanks for this. I was thinking something of the same idea. I would love to see more pictures when it is done. Very smart idea though!

 

[Mk3Tmoney]

I like it. It's better than what i did. i just ran the cord into the ashtray and leave the ipod in there.

haha I did this as well! :icon_bigg

 

[gurley0916]

I built mine tonight. It is a little more crude than yours and used epoxy instead of screws. My deck isnt ipod compatible so i just use a headphone jack plug instead. I used a 90 degree head phone jack then plugged it into the regular cord. The only problem i see with yours is that the ipod might be to far back. Mine was about a 1/2 inch forward to clear the dash. Ill post pics later when I have sunlight. Thanks for the idea though!!

 

[89supraowner]

im thinking of taking your idea but modding it. like have a button to motorize the ash tray out and then have the ipod laying down inside the ash tray when the ash tray is closed and then when the ash tray comes open from the motorized units the ipod will also flip up. and then have your plexiglass except stained and led lights under it. would be tight but so worth the end result. nice job btw.

 

[gurley0916]

I was thinking the same thing... depends on the ipod, for instance I have a ipod touch so mine was too long either way, and with the top flap holding it in place it sure makes it difficult to fit stuff in.