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Old Dec 9, 2010 | 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by bajaxj
After purchasing this at Wal-Mart I opened it up and cut the power wire inside and soldered a new power wire. I ran the new power wire to my fuse block with constant power and the original power wire to a switched source which then turns on the LED and sends power to the USB outlet. And as far as copying the idea, no problem. You cant beat it for the price($10).
Forgive my ignorance, but I'm not entirely electric savy. When you say your fuse block, what/where are you refering to? And why did you have to replace any wires in the outlet housing?
Old Dec 9, 2010 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 93XJRay
i like that switch panel idea. verryyy naaaiiiccee

heres one of my many:
did you wet sand the plastic to get the paint to stick?
Old Dec 9, 2010 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by XJeeper193
did you wet sand the plastic to get the paint to stick?
If you must paint your interior; the best thing to use is adhesion promoter.
Old Dec 9, 2010 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by XJeeper193
did you wet sand the plastic to get the paint to stick?
my friend did this in his 97 Neon. did it the same color too. its been on for over a year and a half and it hasnt faded. all he did was take the pieces out, paint, let dry and put back in
Old Dec 10, 2010 | 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 1991Jeep_Man
Forgive my ignorance, but I'm not entirely electric savy. When you say your fuse block, what/where are you refering to? And why did you have to replace any wires in the outlet housing?
I got power from a the fuse block under the dash. If you look at it you will see some are marked with BATT, which means its HOT at all times. The reason I added a wire to it is because when I bought it, it came ready to plug into the existing cigarette lighter. So I decided to hard wire it so I had constant power on the 3 outlets and switched power to the USB outlet.
Ill try to post some pics ASAP.
Old Dec 11, 2010 | 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by zwhiz
this is a terrible idea....its so freakin loud inside. its goin on the roof asap
I just spit corn chips all over my lap top
Old Dec 12, 2010 | 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by DIY4luv
I just spit corn chips all over my lap top

bahahah!! aaaannndd then i smashed the hose right after i put it on....
it was just a bad idea all together lol
Old Dec 18, 2010 | 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by zwhiz
bahahah!! aaaannndd then i smashed the hose right after i put it on....
it was just a bad idea all together lol
well i hope mine doesn't get smashed haha. only thing i did like that was back into a log pointing uphill and got stuck after i smashed my taillight. it was awesime stuff.
Old Dec 19, 2010 | 04:06 PM
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Just decided to paint a little during a slow day.
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Old Dec 19, 2010 | 04:09 PM
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thats looks real good
Old Dec 19, 2010 | 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 2001XJDAVEJ
Just decided to paint a little during a slow day.

That looks fantastic. Does it match the body color?
Old Dec 19, 2010 | 10:29 PM
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Another variant of the painted interior... Pics were taking with my phone cam...so poor quality.











Old Dec 19, 2010 | 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by bikerider
That looks fantastic. Does it match the body color?
It's very close to it.

and I thought of painting some other things but this was the trial test since I got an extra bezel from the salvage yard.
Old Dec 19, 2010 | 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by eggdashure
Another variant of the painted interior... Pics were taking with my phone cam...so poor quality.











Hey man that looks great. did you just take the pieces off or did you have to take the whole center console out to get to them?
Old Dec 19, 2010 | 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 2001XJDAVEJ
It's very close to it.

and I thought of painting some other things but this was the trial test since I got an extra bezel from the salvage yard.

At first glance, it looked like the wood trim panel.



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