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Cigarette Lighter Socket Removal

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by Boomer3731, Jan 22, 2019.

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  1. Jan 22, 2019 at 6:10 PM
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    Totally off topic but has anyone who does not have BSM tried to move the cig lighter all the way to the blank where a BMS button would be? I'd like to have the cig lighter all the way on the left so it's more in line with my air vent phone mount. Right now when my phone is in the mount and I'm charging it the charging cable interferes with my cup holders.

    I can throw up a pic with arrows if this doesn't make sense.
     
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  2. Jan 22, 2019 at 6:15 PM
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    It would be way easier to just put in one of these

    https://www.ebay.com/p/Mictuning-2-...0%26rvr_ts%3D787d37641680ab14b5322edafff7a8fa

     
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  3. Jan 22, 2019 at 6:19 PM
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    How annoyingly bright is it when it's on? I have the same brand/design hidden behind my dash to power my wireless ram mount I built and that sucker is bright. It's a red ring lit one though.

    Also, what wires did you use? I'm not sure what to expect when opening it. Did you get to use the same red and black wires from the cigarette lighter or did you have to tap something else?
     
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  4. Jan 22, 2019 at 6:34 PM
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    It's as bright as my CH4x4 switches, which is to say, pretty bright.

    I would try to open it up and tweek the birghtness of the display but the whole unit appears to be glued into the aluminum housing which could make it difficult.
     
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  5. Jan 22, 2019 at 6:50 PM
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    No I have blind spot monitoring parking assist and wireless charging button
     
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  6. Jan 23, 2019 at 8:14 AM
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    Haven't plugged one of these in and that ebay link doesn't show any wiring. Probably just a plug? You could splice in a resistor to tone it down if it's brighter than it should be given the brightness of the rest of the dash lights (assuming you have access to resistors anyway I suppose :cheers:)

     
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  7. Feb 2, 2019 at 1:06 PM
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    Some of us (myself included) are just OCD about how we want things... I didn't want something sticking out of the socket. When I took the socket out, I just removed the metal wire plugs from the plastic bracket and attached it to the new USB charger, seemed to fit just fine.

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    zeefarmer, Feb 2, 2019
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    That works, looks good

     
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  9. Feb 2, 2019 at 1:16 PM
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    Speaking of OCD, you might want to think about putting some heatshrink or tape on those terminals if you haven't already.
     
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  10. Feb 2, 2019 at 2:29 PM
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    Yep, already done, that was just a test fit and I didn't take another picture after the heatshrink.
     
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    Neat! I like it
     
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    Trying to push out the Cigarette lighter was one of the most frustrating experiences I have had working on this truck.
     
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  17. Jun 23, 2019 at 9:53 AM
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    Thanks for the tip on how to pry the sides to remove.
     
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    Is there any benefit to doing this over just a regular cigarette lighter plug in usb charger? Seems like a lot of work for something that’s a less flexible and versatile use of the socket
     
    chandler1215, Jun 23, 2019
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  19. Jun 23, 2019 at 10:09 AM
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    Yeah I don’t understand the purpose of not having the 12v socket lol. You have way more options of what you can do with it
     
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