I have been browsing this forum for a while just never made a name. I did this and a few other things and figured I would share. I really wanted to do this mod for a while because I recently had all my switches below my dash, but never got around to it. Before this I had my switches under my dash and I had to bend down to get them. I simply dismantled my ash tray and took the front face plate off of it. Drilled holes and ran wires. I am thrilled with the results. They light up too. Blue, green, red, green, blue. KC lights, inverter, A/C Efan, ?, Strobe lights.

I will have to get a pic of behind my dash one day. It looks like a wire monster threw up, lol.

 

Now thats thinking outside the box. Nice work, looks great. Does the panel still open like the ashtray did?

 

No I took out the ash tray and removed the front face plate of it. It just took a lot of grunting and prying but it popped right off. I was going to cut something to put in its place but couldnt find anything. So I just used the stock one. Lol. I just used velcro to secure it to the wall that way I can remove it.

 

Looks good man.

 

Neat man.... nice work. Wecome officially to the forum

 

Nicely done! Looks sharp.

 

Looks great, very clean install

 

Not a bad job at all. Although I would of probably would of used a small piece of plexi painted black instead. But that's just me not messing up something that would be a pain to replace.

 

My switches are above next to the lighter

Looks good there I would of got flush switches tho just my way

 

I looked at getting plexi panel but wanted to keep the clean look. I dont plan on starting to smoke or getting rid of the truck so it doesnt matter. And for the flush mount switches. I may still get those but the cheapest I could find for ones I liked were $21 a piece. That is over a $100 for just switches. Lol.

 

ebay is your friend or try like a radioshack for a DIY electronic store

 

I dont like purchasing stuff on ebay, lol. But I tried radioshack. And the only switches I liked other than these are marine grade switches. That is why they are so expensive.

 

True I'll look around for ya tomorrow see what i can find

 

These are the ones I was looking for/at except I want them to light up.



http://www.boatfix.com/shop3/store/l...rch=639-554012

 

Check out allelectronics.com
Here are their rocker switches they don't have that exact one but some pretty close for only like $2 ea.

Here's the one I'm talking about, it's on page 2 of the link above.


Mouse.com will have it but they have everything electronic. 300 pages of just rocker switches. That's a lot of fishing.