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Old 06-03-2003, 02:55 PM
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Sorry it's a little darK: Green LED; Laptop Power, Red LED; Laptop HardDrive Activity, 1/8" Stereo Jack 1; Auxillay in to Deck, 1/8" Stereo Jack 2; Auxiallary in to Laptop

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I have taken out the cigarette lighter and in that small part, I keep quarters. In the large 'ash tray' part, I usually toss my cel phone so it doesn't fly off the passenger's seat.
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i've found the best place for the cell phone is between the console and the emergency brake
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Originally posted by MdFormula350
empty, i dont use it for anything. :lala:
Same here
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The front ashtray is used for coins, ther rear ashtray(back of console) I turned into a light, since I have a convertible this addition has done wonders for backseat illumination when the top is up.
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nifty. where's the switch? or does it come on with your parking/headlights?
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Car: 1990 Iroc Z Convertible
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Its wired into the rearview mirror/underdash lights so it comes on when the door is opened or when the dash switch is turned to the dome light position.Its a rear cargo area lamp assembly I picked up at a boneyard, I cut some plastic out of an old underdash cover to fill the opening the ashtray left, then cut a piece out of that to fit the light into. The result looks factory.

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I sand blasted mine and made it a really nice remote holder, heh

I also ripped the round thing out for the cig...



Old 12-09-2003, 11:26 PM
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Originally posted by -N-
i've found the best place for the cell phone is between the console and the emergency brake
Thats where I put my wallet for when I go through the drivethru and dont wanna hastle gettin it outta my back pocket... lol
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Camaro - Nice Phone holder

TA - Window Switches... where the tray SHOULD be
Old 12-10-2003, 08:56 AM
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Originally posted by 83Firebird420
hell ya:rockon:
hell yeah :rockon:
and i use it for change too, but eventually its gonna have a cut-out switch
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Hey you have my radio! Not many people do lol

I use my ashtray for... let's see:

Coins
Timeslips
Interior screws that came off my car but I can't find where
Dome light bulb (I have red neons in my car wired to the interior lights so I pulled it)
Ashes (Even though no-one smokes in my car... )

I pulled my rear ashtray to put a cigarrette lighter recepticle for my Playstation.
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Old 12-10-2003, 03:36 PM
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LOL that is cool! How much did yours cost *just wonderin what it retails for*? I got it very lightly used for 100 bucks from a guy at my work.... Does yours kinda have problems with the buttons? mine works fine, but works a lot easier with the remote, so i primarily use it...

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I paid $199 new for it at Best Buy. Yes my buttons would stop working or dothe wrong thing... I cleaned the faceplate and the receiver and it fixed it.
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Change and cell phone sits on top of the change.
Old 12-10-2003, 11:34 PM
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Just those stupid screws that appear from some where but not sure where?
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coins and screws..
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cut off the ashtray part......cut peice of plexi....painted it with spray in liner....put in toggles......matches almost perfect
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here's my soon to be installed 4thgen console, I used the ashtray for the window/mirror switch, I also have a blank plate to install extra switches (exhaust cutout/line lock, etc.)
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Originally posted by FyreLance
My car's never running long enough for me to get around to using the ash tray for anything.
Haha, you too?
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i have a 4th gen console, if i put oins in there they fall into the console so..... coins anyway or nothing. also, for those of you that keep condoms in your car.... BAD the heat/cold will distroy them.
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i have change, fussies, screws, a lightbulb, and recipts. in the back ash trey i have razorblades... vierd huh.. never know when u need to cut something..
Old 12-13-2003, 11:46 PM
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I use it to hold all my b... err, pop tabs...

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I either use nothing or stick my phone in it putting some cash in there aint a half bad idea just in case you need to bribe a cop or something,
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well no one is allowed to smoke anything in my car which really tends to **** people off. I removed the asstray and lighter so as not to temp people. I fill it now with quarters though. And who ever said it adds up is right. I got like 30 bucks outta there. Lol also I keep my cell phone lodged between the console and e-brake. I thought I was the only one that was that ghetto. I could always buy one of those type-r cell phone holders but I would then have to cut off my nuts with a rusty nail clipper..........
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good luck on the rusty nail clipper.....

I dont think Ive even opened mine? Ive heard 1 too many storys of the spring breaking and then you cant shut it. If it was for anything, it would be a recesed gauge pod or for switches.
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I have my cutout switch stuffed in there, I havn't bothered to mount it nice and neatly, because it never gets closed
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i use mine to hold my radar detector cord..

i dunno where the actual ash tray part went.....
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I just picked my Camaro up, and the ashtray was full of *** knows what-

Ill be using mine for switches. Cutout, Speed Limter Disable Switch, and Nitrous:lala:
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switches. and a cigarette lighter/power output for my phone.
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Old 12-23-2003, 12:20 AM
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maw made me swap my tray into a 12 gauge shot -gun rack. she says we need to git rid uh dem dang rabbits in the gar-den, told me if i didnt carry a shotgun in my car, i wasnt a true dang *******...


Or so some people would say camaro drivers are...
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only one person so far uses it for its intended purpose .
Old 12-23-2003, 11:34 PM
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my gf smokes so its got cig buts in it
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A storage tray for the cigarette lighter when I use the 12VDC plug-in for my phone charger... then it's empty when I'm done.
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I have the fan and lock up switches in there. I also have room for the line lock if I ever get around to putting it in. Very clean and you'd never know anything was there with it closed.

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I use mine to hold a bunch of quarters.
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Coins for the Car Wash/ Car Hop and those screws.
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i use mine as a candy dish, nah, actually for ash
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i just got a 4th gen auto console in it, and there's no room for the ash tray... i can just see my transmission cords.
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Here I thought I was being clever putting a switch in my ashtray :-( Anyway my lockup switch for my 700r4 was in there, going to have to find a new use for it now that the 700's gone :-P
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NOTHING! I had to empty out my entire console b/c everything made rattle noises when my subwoofers hit
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i put my remote in there, I put my keys in there once for some reason than closed it, couldnt find my keys for like a day lol
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SuperchargedRS's story reminds me of one time i put my drivers liscence in the ashtray and it fell through to underneath the radio, that was interesting.
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Originally posted by 83Firebird420
hell ya:rockon:

i third that motion, gotta have a few roaches for the long drives
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Originally posted by tony1784
i third that motion, gotta have a few roaches for the long drives
I know, where else are you gonna put them roaches.
[Not that I would endorse drug use but throw em out the window. less evidence when you cross 4 lanes backwards.]



But no really, I put my shrimp tails in the ash tray.
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Re: what are you using your ashtray for

I put my cell phone in there so theres a radio sound distraction during to waves near the reciver.. otherwise my exhaust would be to loud to hear someone calling
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Thread necromancer.
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Re: what are you using your ashtray for

Times changes, got to post some of those new age way to use it ;-)


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