Switches in Ashtray

[SMIT]

Hey all,

I saw a picture of some guy on sc forums that had modified his ashtray to fit switches, i thought this was a sick idea and thought i would give it ago. But i came into a problem, i put the switch in and all that but when i tried to put the ashtray back into it's spot the prongs coming out of the switch hit the bit of plastic which house's the Power/Econemy button.

Has anyone tried this on this on their VN-VS? and if so how did u get around the problem?

If all else fails ill try and cut a bit of the plastic out.

 

[kopper69]

It would depend where you put the switch. If its directly next to the power switch then there is no way of getting around it unless you have a smaller switch that will fit the gap. You would need to check both sides of the ash tray and see which one will give you the room you need.

 

[sixshooter]

I havent done this before but this is how i would go about it...

you may want to source a 2nd hand ashtray incase you stuff it up...

here's a rough diagram aswell

ok... cut the bottom off the ashtray

glue a wider flat piece of plastic on the inside of the tray ( araldite it from below )

cut the holes into the plastic you just glued in for the switches...

* green square represents switch & red line repesents plastic sheet glued in side ashtray

 

[SMIT]

Ok i finished it and it all looks mint, i modified the peice of plastic that surounds the gear selecter in a way that it would not make it weaker, and now the switch fits and it looks sick.

 

[SMIT]

Ooo and can anyone see the thumbnails of the of switch in the ashtray?

 

[sixshooter]

yeah !!!...I'm glad it all worked out for ya

 

[vh-holden]

why not just turn the ash tray around? goes in both ways...

 

[SMIT]

i tried that, cant remember why it didnt work, will post pics of finished product...

 

[SMIT]

I forgot to thank you sixshooter, your help was much appreciated! nice design.

 

[cunners3]

I like the idea of the switch in the ash tray, what did u use to cut the hole for the switch?