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Old 03-29-2017, 04:45 AM   #1
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Planning on doing some minor tweaks to the bodywork on the front end. I'm sure nobody else would notice but I'm a bit... particular on getting it exact.
Nobody cars about our cars as much as us, when my FJ Cruiser was in a crash a couple years back, when the body shop called to tell me it was done, I showed up, and immediately I was dissatisfied, the panel gaps around the front bumper and related parts was not the same all around and it just looked "wrong". I went in, got the owner, told him the car still looked like it had been crashed and could he fix it. He waffled around, his guys wouldn't have left it that way, etc... then he came out and looked at it with me, sighed a big sigh.... and then he fixed it and it was ready the next day

I'm the same way. Right now my rear spoiler is installed a few mm to the left, I didn't get it back on right after I installed my Fister exhaust. It is bugging the heck out of me but I haven't had time to go in there and fix it... and it wouldn't even take that long, 10-15 minutes max...
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Old 03-29-2017, 08:11 AM   #2
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+1 on the ashtray delete. Expensive plastic bit, but I hate ashtrays.
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Old 03-29-2017, 08:55 AM   #3
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+1 on the ashtray delete. Expensive plastic bit, but I hate ashtrays.


Was my wife's first request after we got the car. That ashtray, and the area under the console was nasty.

Repurposed the ashtray light to provide light to my cubby by drilling a hole in it and just poking the bulb through.



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Old 03-29-2017, 09:04 AM   #4
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Ashtray delete is one of the best and easy upgrades. Even though the piece is expensive it's still worth it.
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Old 03-30-2017, 01:36 AM   #5
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Was my wife's first request after we got the car. That ashtray, and the area under the console was nasty.

Repurposed the ashtray light to provide light to my cubby by drilling a hole in it and just poking the bulb through.



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I wonder if I could get one of these LED's in blue or white, not a fan of installing mine when it's yellow. Anyone know the led "type/name"?

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Old 03-30-2017, 01:39 PM   #6
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I wonder if I could get one of these LED's in blue or white, not a fan of installing mine when it's yellow. Anyone know the led "type/name"?


Sorry, no help here. It's a tiny little bulb.


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I wonder if I could get one of these LED's in blue or white, not a fan of installing mine when it's yellow. Anyone know the led "type/name"?
I had the ashtray delete for a few days, then sold it. I didn't like the aesthetics of the large hole and preferred the look of the console with the ashtray and closed lid.

The light is a bulb, but you can use any 3-5mm led with a 180 or 220ohm 1/4 watt resistor on either leg.
I used blue to match the rest of my interior backlights.

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I had the ashtray delete for a few days, then sold it. I didn't like the aesthetics of the large hole and preferred the look of the console with the ashtray and closed lid.

I use the ashtray to store my garage door opener. It just fits inside. Nobody ever smoked in my car, so the ashtray is clean. With the lid closed, it's hidden until I need it.

The issue I'd have with the ashtray delete is it's an open tray, so anything in it would look like "clutter." And I'm way too OCD to allow for clutter in my Boxster. LOL!

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I use the ashtray to store my garage door opener. It just fits inside. Nobody ever smoked in my car, so the ashtray is clean. With the lid closed, it's hidden until I need it.

The issue I'd have with the ashtray delete is it's an open tray, so anything in it would look like "clutter." And I'm way too OCD to allow for clutter in my Boxster. LOL!

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I have done the same thing. My garage door opener fits perfectly
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