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Rob Rojo
Goo Roo
NSW
TT
Posts: 3295
Reg: 12-2007
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Not sure if anyone has done this yet or not but I am planning on modifying the glovebox to become a chiller for drinks etc, these days its cheaper to buy 3 bottles of water than 1 but then you just end up with 2 hot bottles of water floating around your car.
If anyone is interested I can take a few photos as I do it, It should be very simple and take less than an hour. |
Sebastian Grant
DieHard
nsw
soarer TT
Posts: 849
Reg: 01-2008
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Are you doing the glove box or the front seat arm rest? |
Rob Rojo
Goo Roo
NSW
TT
Posts: 3296
Reg: 12-2007
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I am doing the glovebox as it has a bit more space and fits a couple of drinks in there. |
Marc Hoffmann
TryHard
Vic
Soarer TT
Posts: 136
Reg: 07-2009
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a small guide would be awesome!!!
if it could fit a couple of cans in there i would consider doing it for those long trips |
Austen Menze
DieHard
WA
GT-TL
Posts: 507
Reg: 07-2009
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What an awesome idea! There's peltier devices you can get which can bring temperatures way below ambient. Most portable coolers run on these.
When powered one side of the peltier element gets very cold and the other side gets very hot.
The problem there is where are you going to vent the hot air? |
Rob Rojo
Goo Roo
NSW
TT
Posts: 3298
Reg: 12-2007
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The idea is very simple and should bring glove box temps down under 10deg (depending on outside heat).
I will hopefully start on it tomorrow. |
Dan McColl
Goo Roo
Victoria (The Nazi State)
Active V8 and the Beast.
Posts: 2343
Reg: 07-2005
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Go to supercheap and buy a little car fridge for $59 and stick it the boot or in one of the back seat footwells and you're done. |
Rob Rojo
Goo Roo
NSW
TT
Posts: 3308
Reg: 12-2007
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I have used the car fridges before and they don't do much but heat the car up.
This will cost less than 10 Dollars and should do a better job. |
Warren Moore
Tinkerer
Victoria
JZZ31 2JZ-GE
Posts: 72
Reg: 01-2010
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I think a guide is not out of place on this one |
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
325i Coupe
Posts: 4202
Reg: 11-2005
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Mmm I would be intrigued to see what you come up with Rob.
The other day I had a warm bottle of water in the car and I thought wow, it would be great to have a cooler! |
Gary Redman
TryHard
NSW
Accord Euro Luxury
Posts: 378
Reg: 09-2005
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I know some of the older model Statesmans had a cooler section in the glovebox. Might be something from a Holden wrecker that you can use on the Soarer |
Ben Kelly
DieHard
Lakemba
v8
Posts: 712
Reg: 08-2005
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just a thought, you can get car fridges that have run on 12 volts. how bout one in the boot? thats what im thinking of. I dont want a cold glove box...where would i put my gloves? |
Warren Moore
Tinkerer
Victoria
JZZ31 2JZ-GE
Posts: 87
Reg: 01-2010
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Wouldn't want to pull over and look through the boot every time you wanted a drink would you? Very convenient in the glove box.
As for your gloves, couldn't they go in the mid compartment between the driver and passenger seats? How about in the door? |
Rob Rojo
Goo Roo
NSW
TT
Posts: 3324
Reg: 12-2007
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Didn't get the chance to start on it yet, will do over the weekend. |
Shane Haverkamp
TryHard
nsw
soarer TT
Posts: 284
Reg: 10-2007
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the only flaw i can see is you'll need to insulate the glove box some how to make sure the it keeps in the cold
other wise when it sits over night for 12 hours or so its just going to get warm again, then you drive for 15 mins in the morning and go "hey i feel like my cold water" it'll still be warm |
Peter Nitschke
Junk Filterer
South Australia
UZZ30 UZZ31
Posts: 11323
Reg: 11-2004
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Where will any condensation drain to? |
Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo
NSW
TT 2.5L 6 cylinder
Posts: 5826
Reg: 03-2006
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Ben Kelly wrote on Friday, February 12, 2010 - 09:56 pm:I dont want a cold glove box...where would i put my gloves?
In your handbag biatch ! |
Ben Kelly
DieHard
Lakemba
v8
Posts: 714
Reg: 08-2005
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ha...thats *manbag* mate. |
Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NT
Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
Posts: 1934
Reg: 04-2006
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The Xtrail has chilled drink holders which I must say are great.
They achieved this by a small vent from the AC vent below it: It wont freeze water but it keeps cold drinks cold, and will cool warm ones. The reverse is true in winter as the air that is bled off is warm.
Maybe something like that would work Rob? The AC system is pretty close to the glove box, so any piping would be short. |
Rob Rojo
Goo Roo
NSW
TT
Posts: 3332
Reg: 12-2007
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Yeah, thats exactly what I will be doing.
The AC ducting that goes to the passenger vent runs directly under the glovebox, so it is very simple to run a small flexi hose from the ducting to the glovebox.
As long as your Aircon is working you should be able to get the drinks under 10 degrees.
I still haven't had the chance to do it yet but I will measure temps before and after so I can measure how successful it is.
The only real downside is if your heater is on the glovebox will be heated also but it will be pretty easy to just block the vent. |
Austen Menze
DieHard
WA
GT-TL
Posts: 521
Reg: 07-2009
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Or you can stick a can of soup in there when you have the heater on  |
Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
SLK 230 Kompressor
Posts: 7469
Reg: 05-2005
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Austen Menze wrote on Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 10:47 pm:Or you can stick a can of soup in there when you have the heater on
Chicken portions perhaps?  |
David Grab
Goo Roo
SA
T78
Posts: 2203
Reg: 01-2008
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Any progress on the vodka chiller??? i mean water chiller. |
Warren Moore
TryHard
Victoria
JZZ31 2JZ-GE
Posts: 203
Reg: 01-2010
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Vodka aint supposed to be chilled David |
Dan McColl
Goo Roo
Victoria (The Nazi State)
Active V8 and the Beast.
Posts: 2452
Reg: 07-2005
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Tis when it's mixed with tequila and lemonade. |
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31
Posts: 5410
Reg: 10-2005
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Really? I used to flat with a Russian chick who kept hers in the freezer! |
Warren Moore
TryHard
Victoria
JZZ31 2JZ-GE
Posts: 205
Reg: 01-2010
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That's pretty silly as Vodka doesn't freeze in a standard freezer |
Rob Rojo
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer TT
Posts: 3744
Reg: 02-2010
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Vodka is best served chilled and is tradition across most of europe. |
Rob Rojo
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer TT
Posts: 3745
Reg: 02-2010
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Didn't they teach you that at Maccas Warren? |
Evan Kaio
DieHard
Beautiful sunny good @ rugby 'Canes' country
'91 UZZ31. 92 TT
Posts: 650
Reg: 01-2007
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Rob Rojo wrote on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 03:02 pm:Vodka is best served chilled and is tradition across most of europe.
And in NZ.
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Joe Russell
DieHard
Manawatu
4.0 V8 GT-L (UZZ31)
Posts: 620
Reg: 10-2008
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^^ ^^ |
Slav Todorovic
TryHard
nsw
tt pov pack
Posts: 170
Reg: 05-2009
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no spirits will freeze Wazza you can try this trick at home |
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31
Posts: 5415
Reg: 10-2005
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Warren Moore wrote on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 02:46 pm:That's pretty silly as Vodka doesn't freeze in a standard freezer
That was the point, you could have it at -6C and it was still liquid - fantastic! |
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