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Old 04-10-2012, 05:37 PM
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My ash tray cover is broken. I don't use the cup holder at all. Was looking for ideas for a mod I could do on my M6 center console. Was thinking of some type of phone holder where I could hide the phone charger within the console. Any ideas?
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a gauge in there , ive seen that done . or fix your existing one , add nitrous and put switches there . thats all ive got.
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Originally Posted by ramairetransam
a gauge in there , ive seen that done . or fix your existing one , add nitrous and put switches there . thats all ive got.
I'll eventually be doing guages in the dash. I could fix it, but would like to modify it in some way just for the hell of it lol. And nitrous is a little out of reach due to budget right now. If anyone has pictures of there mods it would be great.
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Drill out the broken part to 1/8" and stick a roll pin in it to fix the hinge. Mine has been like that for almost 3 year and look perfect

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Maybe an Ipod dock in the ash tray?
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anyone every put an ipod dock in the ash tray? i was thinking of doing this but not sure how to fit it
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I tried putting my ipod dock that came with my phone into ash tray but its not a perfect fit.

Here's a good way to do it , posted by another member here on 'tech.

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Originally Posted by bad_408_vert
I tried putting my ipod dock that came with my phone into ash tray but its not a perfect fit.

Here's a good way to do it , posted by another member here on 'tech.

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thats much more custom work then i wanted to do. im trying to make it more stealth like. thinking of drilling the ashtray to turn it into the dock. im using my wifes 2g ipod nano so it fits in the ash tray perfectly
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Oh ok. Yea a nano will fit there nicely. I was thinking iphones.
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I re-shaped mine, but went with the route of keeping the cup holder but drastically changing the shape so that it can actually holds things (cups, cans, phones....whatever).

Work in progress:
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It was a really fun project so I definitely think you should modify yours to fit your needs. I had thought about a dedicated i-pod port but like how I can easily grab mine and hold it up to change songs while seeing the road out of my peripheral vision.
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well im going out of town for a week but when i return im going to order a cheapy ipod dock and play around with a spare ash tray and try to get something to work. i will post pics with ideas and such when i can.

in the mean time anyone else have anything special they did to give me some more inspiration?



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