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Old 18-08-2008, 07:55 PM
 

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just had a random thought then, wouldnt it be cool if the storage box thing in the console(between the 2 front seats) in my vy berlina was cooled, like a fridge?
I may be dreaming, i dont know what would be involved, and if u can buy them for use in cars. Any thoughts?
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Old 18-08-2008, 08:00 PM
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im sure you could, im sure ive seen it done before, maybe not in commy's but on another car
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Old 18-08-2008, 08:14 PM
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Yeah a friend of mine cut up his console & fitted one of the 6can coolers in there, plug the power into the 12v and all ready!!!
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Old 18-08-2008, 08:19 PM
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plug your rear vents up get a hole saw and cut out the inside of the console. lol. good for summer time when your running the aircon, probably not so good come winter unless your into your soup
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Old 18-08-2008, 08:29 PM
 

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lol not a bad idea to cut up the rear vents and have them funnel into the console box. Create some seriously chilled cans
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Old 18-08-2008, 09:17 PM
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yeh you can get them for cars, i'm not sure where from, but i know landrover discovery 3's have this has an option, u either have it has a normal center console cubby box or as a mini fridge, its perfect for upto 4 cans or stubbies from memory, but if they can have them as a factory option then you can defenatly get them from some where, maybe arb might have one that can fit or the ones they sell might manufacture a smaller one. can't remember the name but saw alot of mini type car fridges in 4wds. so there's defenatly a market out there just got to find a brand and contact them.
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Old 18-08-2008, 09:18 PM
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and from memory it just hooked up to a power and earth wire with an on off switch in it at the top, just like a normal fridge, no cool, coolest, coldest settings, but worked well.
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Old 18-08-2008, 09:20 PM
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Toyota cressida from the early to mid 90's had fridges in the boot from factory think they were only in the royal saloon model though
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Old 18-08-2008, 10:56 PM
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Some days the console in mine acts like a fridge. I leave cans of V in there and sometimes they come out almost icy cold.
Maybe there's a hole in the vent piping somewhere....not that I'm complaining
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Old 18-08-2008, 10:58 PM
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The ute had cooled cup holders as holden were too lazy to plug up the under console vents that go to what was the back seat vents.
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Old 19-08-2008, 01:41 PM
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Toyota cressida from the early to mid 90's had fridges in the boot from factory think they were only in the royal saloon model though
they were in the crown as well and were hooked up to the air con . the car from memory had to pump the aircon gas all the way to the bootto cool it
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Old 22-08-2008, 07:53 PM
 

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You can buy the little fridge units from Dick smiths??? You just have to mount it in the console box and wire it in and it will cool it down to a percentage below ambient temperature! My mate mounts them in esky's.

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Old 25-08-2008, 12:54 PM
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The current mark 5 Golf has a facility to air condition the glove-box and the console, by opening up a small valve in each compartment. Worked pretty well.
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Old 25-08-2008, 06:21 PM
 

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Yeah i have one of those little vents in my stato glovebox as well, might try it out on the turkeys! heheheheh.....
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