Tired of the cigarette lighter outlet

Before I start I just have to say that I basically copied and pasted this from my review, so bear with me...
I finally got tired of my cigarette lighter USB adapter popping out and not charging my phone. I was thinking about just replacing the cigarette lighter outlet and I found a few of these USB ports. I had 2 criteria. The first, I needed to have 2.1A per port and the second was 2 or more ports. Ok, three and up was not happening in this configuration, so I figured dual 2.1A ports. There are a few on Amazon. I picked the BlueFire because it had the voltmeter on it. Installation was easy. I have a 2010 and it has a removable panel where the cigarette lighter outlet is located (under the shifter). I removed the panel and I did some measurements. The BlueFire was 1.125" O.D. and after removing the cigarette lighter outlet I found that the hole was 1.000" I.D. No big deal I pulled out the Xacto knife and I trimmed off 0.125" from the panel. Oh there are two flat spots on the BlueFire to hold it in position. I just used a permanent marker and I trimmed around it. After I got the BlueFire to fit right, I was ready for the electrical part of the install.
I had no intention of re-installing the original outlet, so after I measured which wire was the polarity, I cut off the connector and I crimped on female insulated blade terminals (22-16 red). The BlueFire came supplied with 2, but they were the 16-14 blue terminals, but the wire on the Prius was barely 22 gauge, so I used red ones that I had from before. I will post some pictures. Sorry for the blurry final install pictures.

 

The link is kind of hiding inside my report, so I'll post it separately.

 

I call it cigarette lighter outlet, but now I think they call it 12V Power Outlet.
Meaning it will not carry that much load.
It says that max is 120W (OHM's law is P/E=I or 120W/12V=10 Amps)
Thanks for the compliment.

 

I cut the connector off the cigarette lighter outlet and connected it directly to the USB outlet.
I could have used the cigarette lighter outlet behind the panel, but I wanted a more solid connection.

By the way, I just found out that someone else did the same mod...

 

OK. I was going to tell you that I pushed it from the back or just pry it off from the front, but then I went to the Prius and I tried to pry it up with my finger nails, but I could not get it off. I also tried to squeeze my hand in the back to push it, Nope. I think what I did was use the cover for the 12v port and just pulled until it came off.
SCRATCH ALL THAT.
Just get a Trim Removal Tool kit from Napa or O'Reilly and do it the proper way.

 

Have you thought about the 3M Scotchlok T-Tap? Use the red, it is the smallest. For another project, I only needed 2. I went to the local stereo shop and they gave me a handful for free. I didn't use t-tap for my install because I had no intention to put it back. You have to trim the hole and there is no way to put the original outlet back in.