Hey Billy, thanks! The power inverter is one of my first mods. Its made by Vector, I picked it up at Pep Boys, iirc. And no, not straight forward at all!

I started by taking apart the inverter so I could spray the shell of it black (it was bright red). After that, I took the DIN pocket out, and then basically hacked and hacked until I got the inverter to fit. The inverter was about 1/8 of an inch too tall, and about 1/8 of an inch too wide. So I had to cut the top of the DIN pocket and cut grooves along the bottom on the sides so it would fit. Plus, I had to cut apart the back of the pocket to make room for the cord(s). At the time, I did not have a Dremel. Looking back, this would have been a piece of cake if I had a Dremel, but for this mod I used a jig saw and if you could see behind the trim, you would see what a mess I made of the DIN pocket.

Anyway, I originally had the cig lighter adapter sticking out along the side of the inverter, but later I had the idea to run the cord behind and up into the ash tray via a hole cut in the back of the ashtray. So now, whenever I need to use it, I just pull the cord out from the ashtray and plug it in. It comes in handy for powering up my cell phone, video and regular camera, etc.

Bart

Quote Originally Posted by Triathlete
Looks good! I like the in dash power inverter. Was it a pretty straight forward install or did you have to do some modding of it? What model is it and where did you pick it up from?