I finished installing the Valentine1 radar detector into the van today. The hardest part was finding a spot to ground the negative wire in the cramped area under the dash. These are the steps I followed.... First, for power I like using a piggyback fuse connector like the one pictured below. It's made by the Littelfuse Company and it's called Add-a-Circuit. Because I simply took out the hard-wire kit that I was using in the Subaru, everything was all set to go. This allows me to connect into power without having to splice into any wires. I like being able to remove it easily. The driver's side fuse panel is fairly compact and it was easy to fish the wire behind the panel so that it would look nice and clean: DO NOT DO WHAT I DID IN THE PICTURE ABOVE and put the radar detector with the RADIO (#5), or the INTR LIGHT (#6), or the BACK UP (#7), or the DAY LIGHT (#3). I tried each one of those locations, looking for a spot that would give me switched power. Surprisingly, each o
Does it have enough seats? In the video I only saw six.
ReplyDeleteYup. It seats 8. Ours has a 2nd row bench.
ReplyDeleteWait a sec... a new chapter? Did you buy it already?!
ReplyDeleteYup! We're picking it up later this week (hopefully).
ReplyDeleteNeat! Did you trade in the STI and Ody? What colour?
ReplyDeleteI'll be writing the end of their chapters some time soon with details of The Beast when it docks in our garage :0).
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to it!
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