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Legend_master
01-30-2012, 04:13 PM
Thought all the interior guys out there might like this. I added a USB port for power only. I put it in place of the cigarette charger, and even used the power source from cigarette charger itself. The mounting could be a little more OEM, but I was just going for quickness on this one. I'm going to make it flush in the long run, but this is it for now.

This is the plug I used. (http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=hardwire+usb+port&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&biw=1536&bih=838&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=14869213706788279559&sa=X&ei=uTAnT-P3NKiOsQLDyonBAg&ved=0CEkQ8wIwAA#scoring=tp|start=0)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/Legend_Master/27882dbb.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/Legend_Master/5f512bd7.jpg

87roach
01-30-2012, 06:36 PM
I like it, nice work!

Thanks too for posting the product.

Dr_Snooz
01-30-2012, 07:18 PM
Looks great! Very clean install.

Legend_master
01-30-2012, 08:04 PM
Looks great! Very clean install.

Thanks, I want it to look a little more OEM. Going to move it behind the hole eventually lol.


I like it, nice work!

Thanks too for posting the product.

Thanks, out of all plugs I found this seemed to be the best.

Honda Man
01-30-2012, 09:57 PM
Oh wow I almost didn't even see it. It looks so fitting like it was ment to be there. Good work man I like it

A18A
01-30-2012, 10:45 PM
there's also those usb chargers that you plug in and are completely flush, i don't know how you get them out once you plug them in though lol

Rendon LX-i
01-31-2012, 09:31 AM
umm im going to have to do that. Thanks legend for posting it up. great idea

Legend_master
01-31-2012, 01:43 PM
Oh wow I almost didn't even see it. It looks so fitting like it was ment to be there. Good work man I like it

It looks better in the pics then in real life lol, and thanks.


there's also those usb chargers that you plug in and are completely flush, i don't know how you get them out once you plug them in though lol

Had not seen those, that would work as well. I think I may convert this to accept data/audio eventually


umm im going to have to do that. Thanks legend for posting it up. great idea

No problem, the wiring is very simple.

DBMaster
01-31-2012, 02:15 PM
It looks better than "fine" right now. I have always been pretty anal, but my advice is that it is currently perfect and needs no further attention. Move on to something else.

Legend_master
01-31-2012, 03:24 PM
It looks better than "fine" right now. I have always been pretty anal, but my advice is that it is currently perfect and needs no further attention. Move on to something else.

Something about it not being flush is what annoys me. I actually took the plate that was behind it, and move it to the front. I think the plate will need to be trimmed to fallow along the lines of the dash there. Here are the pics

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/Legend_Master/f7899678.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/Legend_Master/5ba7e324.jpg

EDIT:Picture look terrible for some reason.

obdriver6
02-02-2012, 06:35 PM
It looked fine at first but I can see what you mean, thanks for sharing!

Hazwan
02-02-2012, 11:55 PM
This is what they're referring to: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/1000ma-car-cigarette-powered-usb-adapter-charger-dc-12v-24v-34040

But I like yours better just because its not some off the shelf part. Well technically it is, but its not exactly a plug and play kind of stuff :p

Nice work though!

Legend_master
02-03-2012, 11:28 PM
This is what they're referring to: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/1000ma-car-cigarette-powered-usb-adapter-charger-dc-12v-24v-34040

But I like yours better just because its not some off the shelf part. Well technically it is, but its not exactly a plug and play kind of stuff :p

Nice work though!

Something about custom that makes it so much better!

Hazwan
02-04-2012, 03:35 AM
Something about custom that makes it so much better!

Yep, its part of the fun (Y)

AccordB20A
02-04-2012, 02:27 PM
yeah i agree its good to make custom shit. anyone could buy a ciggarete lighter USB thing