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...
Wow nice pics! Is the background for the first pic real? What's the diameter of your exhaust tip, 3 inches?
ReplyDeleteThanks. Yes, the background is real. It's a spot I've seen before and always wondered what it would be like to take pictures there. It's definitely a strange parking space and I'm too paranoid to park in it normally because it's completely hidden from the entrance way (which opens in an alley anyway).
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I think the tip is 3 inches.
It is really a strang parking spot. Where is it? Dowtown?
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