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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: davla on January 27, 2013, 11:11:05 pm

Title: Swapping out ash trays with something useful?
Post by: davla on January 27, 2013, 11:11:05 pm
So my car comes with an ash tray and cigarette holder in the front and one in the back for the kids? Completely useless items. So is there something I can swap them out with? Cheers.
Title: Re: Swapping out ash trays with something useful?
Post by: chrisr763 on January 28, 2013, 10:30:48 am
So my car comes with an ash tray and cigarette holder in the front and one in the back for the kids? Completely useless items. So is there something I can swap them out with? Cheers.

The front can be swapped out for a tray or a tray with lid. Unfortunatly I have not seen a tray without a cig lighter before. So the front one will always be there, besides you can plug Sat Navs / phone chargers into them. The back one again... Buy a cover if it doesnt have one? Use it to charge things?

Not very helpful but there isnt much you can do IMO  :sad1:
Title: Re: Swapping out ash trays with something useful?
Post by: Kalpsn2000 on January 28, 2013, 01:31:45 pm
So my car comes with an ash tray and cigarette holder in the front and one in the back for the kids? Completely useless items. So is there something I can swap them out with? Cheers.

The front can be swapped out for a tray or a tray with lid. Unfortunatly I have not seen a tray without a cig lighter before. So the front one will always be there, besides you can plug Sat Navs / phone chargers into them. The back one again... Buy a cover if it doesnt have one? Use it to charge things?

Not very helpful but there isnt much you can do IMO  :sad1:

Yes this the main reason why they are there now-a-days.
Title: Re: Swapping out ash trays with something useful?
Post by: davla on January 28, 2013, 02:32:25 pm
Cheers for the replies. I managed to pull the chrome cigarette holders out of the ashtrays, so now they're more like handy cubby holes. I agree the 12v supply always come in handy, so I'll just ditch the ciggy lighter and put it a socket cover.  :happy2:
Title: Re: Swapping out ash trays with something useful?
Post by: trs888 on January 28, 2013, 06:45:43 pm
Cheers for the replies. I managed to pull the chrome cigarette holders out of the ashtrays, so now they're more like handy cubby holes. I agree the 12v supply always come in handy, so I'll just ditch the ciggy lighter and put it a socket cover.  :happy2:

can you just get the socket cover? if so thats what ill do too! good thinking batman!

let me know if you can!
Title: Re: Swapping out ash trays with something useful?
Post by: brookesb32 on January 28, 2013, 09:02:02 pm
Cheers for the replies. I managed to pull the chrome cigarette holders out of the ashtrays, so now they're more like handy cubby holes. I agree the 12v supply always come in handy, so I'll just ditch the ciggy lighter and put it a socket cover.  :happy2:

can you just get the socket cover? if so thats what ill do too! good thinking batman!

let me know if you can!

Any socket cover will do - had ones on my Focus
Title: Re: Swapping out ash trays with something useful?
Post by: Meallbhan on January 29, 2013, 04:56:12 pm
I have a Parrot CK3100 Bluetooth phone kit, with a little jiggery pokery I managed to hide the control panel neatly in the front ashtray.  I can close the ashtray lid, and no one knows there's a kit fitted to the car.  Nice and stealthy.  :happy2:
Title: Re: Swapping out ash trays with something useful?
Post by: davla on January 29, 2013, 05:02:49 pm
I did that on my TT. Was the Parrot kit easy to fit? I had one in a Ford Puma and it was plug and play but a right pain to fi in th TT.
Title: Re: Swapping out ash trays with something useful?
Post by: Meallbhan on January 29, 2013, 05:11:19 pm
It was a bit of a fiddle as the stereo and heater control panel etc had to all come out.  Once I got that all removed it was just a case of plugging in the wiring harness I had to buy for the car, hide all the components and refit the stereo etc.  It was too bad really in the end.