I should add that I did not ruin a working ashtray, I purchased a broken one and cut it up. I had an excellent working ashtray I had purchased and resold it when I got the broken one.
I am now modifying the bezel around the gear shifter by adding the cigarette lighter and the passenger seat belt warning light. The ash tray pops out about 3/8th” when push in as the OEM setup, it is then opened by hand. This was described earlier.
This bezel is made from two parts which are ultrasonically welded together, my hope was that I could use two different size hole cutters to make the shape required to hold the lighter. I used a 1 5/16" and a 1" diameter cutter to form the pocket. I hoped that in that area the parts would not be welded together and I found that they were not, in fact, there was a slight gap between them. This made it much easier and it worked out great. I had to open up the 1" hole to about 1 1/16" diameter by hand. The lighter snaps into place snugly.
Now to do the passenger seat belt light. I would have preferred them to be on the opposite side to what they are but the lighter socket would not fit on the driver side of the bezel.
The lighter was not centered correctly in its pocket by about .010" so it appeared to be .020" out that has been corrected.
I am waiting for the printed bezels to be perfected at the moment the way I have done it appears to be the best method, we shall see.
The passenger seat belt warning light is a necessity I think and is not on the printed ones I have seen.








The Mk1 version prior tp paintng.



The Mk2 version prior to painting.





This photo shows the holders for the cigarette lighter socket and the passenger seat belt warning light, the lighter socket snaps in as does the warning light but I will attach a small clamp to the warning light holder so that the light cannot be pushed in accidentally.