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DIY: Center Console Mounted Radar Detector Mute Button
By popular demand, here is my best attempt at a DYI for my first mod
Before: http://www.the370z.com/members/divis...4-img-0326.jpg After: http://www.the370z.com/members/divis...3-img-0325.jpg http://www.the370z.com/members/divis...4542-after.jpg There are some gaps, but this should be more than enough to get you started. Note: For some of the pictures, I used a lighter plug assembly instead of the direct wire kit. The internals are identical - you should be able to connect the dots.
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DIVISION,
Thank you for this DIY. I have asked Matt to do this on his spare time with the power cord of my Escort Passport. This is a cool DIY. thanks again AK |
I love this DIY. I really need to get un-lazy and reroute my current setup.
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It's a great DIY and not hard at all. The best part is when I turn on the ignition I don't have to reach to silence the detector, it's all at my finger tips now.
Thanks again for the great write-up.:tiphat: |
Nice. ..I may do the same with my Passport
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GREAT DIY, nice pics. Thanks!
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You're a damn genius!!
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i just did my setup like yours but didnt have all the tools to complete the mute button but everything worked out great thanks for a great write up. so for now the mute button is just sitting under the cupholder.
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Saw a few Escort posts lately, maybe time for a bump
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I'd like to bump this up, simply because I put this DIY to use today. Came out great and I love it.
I used the actual escort hardwire kit and it was about 12-18 inches short for me, but I just extended some wires and soldered them in. I routed the wires from the cup holder straight through the bottom of the center console. Crossed under the passenger carpet, and up the passenger A pillar. I opted for the cigarette lighter power. I unhooked the harness and left the console cig lighter unplugged. Then I just used the normal size female electrical connectors and they plug right into the other end of the harness. Very easy and 100% reversible wiring. Thanks again for the DIY |
Wow!
This looks like a great DIY mod and you executed it it perfectly:tup:
-Scott@TheNismoShop |
I just did this mod, and I love it, great job on the DIY!
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Thanks for the DIY. I ended up chopping up an old cell phone charger and used the wire to run power from the passenger side cigarette lighter(spliced in the back), to the mute button. Couldn't seem to get my hands to grab the one at the console. I used a Dremel tool and Loctite Ultra Gel for my install.
One thing I really didn't like about this outcome was the headliner. Trying to run that coiled up wire behind the headliner resulted in a non factory finish there but nobody will notice except myself. I'm also not too fond of going around the A pillar near the air bags:ugh2: Made me nervous. Everything else came out great. The wire was long enough to reach from the button, around the shifter, behind the glove comparment, and up the passenger side A pillar, right up to the mirror where it plugged into the Escort 9500ix.:tup: http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...1/IMG_3144.jpghttp://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...1/IMG_3143.jpg |
I did this with my X50...worked out great.:ughdance: Thanks for the diy.
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Nice write up, have you ever considered Mikes mount or blendmounts for your radar?
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do you have images of the mounts?
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I really want to do this but im afraid to do it. I know ill mess up some where. What would the difficulty rating be on this diy. Im a noob with wiring cutting and drilling. Im more of a direct bolton guy.
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Nice I will be doing this mod.
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Completed this today, I absolutely love it, looks standard. My buddies thought it came with the car!!!!
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another tip for this is a company called k40. installed in front and rear bumpers. Guaranteed no tickets. if you get one they'll pay it.
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Just wondering where everyone connected the power wire. Has anyone spliced it into the power wire for the mirror?
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I tapped into the power wire for the console lighter plug. Te harness is right in front of the shifter once you pull the shift boot up. It's a two prong harness. One yellow wire(12v switched) one ground (probably black, but I don't remember specifically). Tap or splice into it there. Piece o cake.
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Anyone have a clean place to mount the new escort live direct wire control box? It's a little larger than the one in the OP so it will not fit in a switch blank.
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I know this post will bring up an old tread, but the only part that I am lost on is how you run the wire from the detector up through the headliner and down to the center console button. Or is that even how you do it?
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Not sure which kit I can use for my Cobra detector.. the one I looked at had a telephone jack looking piece. I have a normal ring/laptop looking input for my detector.
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Search amazon for 'cobra hard wire kit' |
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A barrel jack only has power and ground (2 wires) so there's no way to do mute with that. Unless there's some other port on the detector.
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sorry bring the post back up, but i just did this install and the only thing i am concerned with is the hot glue on the mother board. will it ruin it in anyway, is their a certain place i just place the glue then others?
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Started this mod tonight!
I added a connector so that I could unplug when pulling the console out. I'll crimp an RJ45 on the wiring and connect them with a coupler. http://www.the370z.com/members/jayho...-rj45-plug.jpg http://www.the370z.com/members/jayho...itch-blank.jpg |
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Hello gents, I realize how old this thread is but it helped me immensely. The only thing I had trouble with was running the signal wire from the mute button up the A-pillar to the radar detector.
It took me way too long to figure out that you can remove the door seal/weather strip. Made a vid just showing it in detail if anyone needs it Thank you again for making the thread, my install came out great because of this and I couldn't have done it without it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjYlPmnzir4 |
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