getting behind cigarette lighter?

[Joe_Mk5]

alright guys, ive yet to buy a hanyes manual but that'll change on monday.
Does anyone know how to take out the cigarette lighter unit so i can get to the wires behind? (the wires connecting to the cigarette lighter that is)
any help would be great as ive only found a post reguarding mkivs

cheers joe

p.s merry christmas

[alexperkins]

The only way i know of is to remove the center console and unscrew the ash tray from underneath. Although, if you unscrew the heater controls, you may be able to get to the wiring without removing anything.

What are you needing to access the wiring for?

[Joe_Mk5]

thanks alex,
ill give it ago in the morning with more light,
i was gonig to be adding some subtle lights underneath the footwells and needed a 12v power supply
would there be an easier route to wire this to rather than cigarette lighter?

[alexperkins]

Permanent live on the radio can be used, or just tap into a live under the steering column. Ensure you put an inline fuse though!

[Bepe]

under the handbrake there is that bit of plastic that unclips, take that out to be presented by to plastic nuts, undo them and the hole centre consol from the rear of the car past the handbrake and up to the heater control units will lift up, it will lift up quite far, but dont do it to much

[Joe_Mk5]

thanks alot for the replies guys, ill let you know how it turns out