That's a cool idea.

687072mustang wrote:

I would be interested if you end up making more that one

 
I've already been thinking ahead on a way to kind of mass produce them.  But I need to figure out how I'm going to do it first.  Lol

Greg B wrote:

I have a bit of a different idea:    I listen to music in my Jeep by way of a flash drive I had my daughter download a few of my go to albums.

Instead of making the lighter itself usb port (which is a cool idea,  not knocking it). 

Making the lighter hole a port, and the FLASH DRIVE is the lighter. 

So when your tunes are plugged in, it looks like well, the lighter!

 
I don't have any radio or speaker of any kind in the mustang.  I will never need the lighter but will need to charge my phone.  The last car show I was at, I just about drained my phone battery sitting all day at the show.  At least that's my thinking and needs.   

I may add a blue tooth speaker to the cross bar on the roll bar which would be placed between the front seats.  That's very low on my list because I really enjoy driving my mustang and listening to it!  I'm not driving it to listen to music. Not yet anyways.   Lol

lowercasesteve wrote:

I have a device that fits my lighter receptacle with a usb port in it.  Plug and play.  But it would be cool to have it hard wired.

 
I refuse to put that in mine, well maybe my last resort if I can't make this idea work.  I did look into replacing the entire lighter assembly with a dedicated usb port. They were all just to bulky looking and just didn't give me a good vibe about them.

RTM wrote:

I've looked into options for adding a usb plug/port in the cigarette lighter location on and off for well over a year. A few days ago I got a break got idea to try and mount the tab plug into the lighter knob itself. Of course I'll figure a way to modify the assembly to accept the plug and keep a stock looking lighter setup.

I like the idea but I suspect that you have some high walls to break through to execute it.  Nothing's impossible, but a simple hidden cord or one of those portable battery packs might be better solutions.  At least the portable battery pack approach would not physically tie you to your vehicle at a show (or elsewhere) as your lighter idea will.  

But, I admire your creative idea and if you can make it work, more power to you.