any camaros got a light in the ashtray i did in my firebird and i miss it so much, i wanna rig somthing up but i would need a specail ashtray like the bird, that has an opening for the light to get through. i wanna no if any camaros have this ashtrany??

 

Actually it seems we all have one.. a pinhole light with the dinkiest bulb I've ever seen is supposed to shine down under the dash pad. If that's the light you miss, take the dash pad off and there's a 1.3"x3/4" bulb holder (for a 1/8"x1/4" light) near the AC ducts in the center. I think it wouldn't be too bad with a high-output LED in there instead, though. As for a real light down at the ash tray level? Never seen one =\

 

Not all came with that light in the dash...my 84 Z and 83 SC didn't have them, nor any hole to mount one. It may have only been available on the later models.

Pete

 

Y'know---stupid thing...I have the optional map light in my rearview mirror, and noticed this stupid light shining straight down
whenever my lights were turned on---never realized till just now it's an ashtray/console light.

Why do I read the boards??? (see above)

DUH

 

i no not all came with it, i never seen one in a camaro what i wanna no if any camaros came with one so i can look for one at the yard. Dean92RS> is yours a camaro?

 

It appears option RPO code "DC4" is the inside rearview mirror with dual reading lamps. The RPO description doesn't mention the light I spoke of, though.

 

Both of my Camaros ('84 and '86 SC) came with "light" in the ashtray area; I believe only available on automatics. If you take off the trim plate holding the ashtray and displaying the automatic gears, there's a bulb holder underneath to light up the P-R-N-OD-D-2-1 display. Somewhere under there, there is a short fiber optic cable running from the white bulb holder to the ashtray area. It transmits light from that one bulb to the ashtray.

 

Is that what that hole is underneath the vents that face you?? i have a hole right underneath it with nothing there! i always wondered what the hell it was. My bro had one on his 87 z28 too...