| More about windshield install of radar detector The wires in the bundle from the mirror are: gray, light blue, black (I think), and white with a black stripe. They are taped and glued inside the headliner, so you have to be careful when slicing the black electrical tape to expose the wires. I used the same light blue and white/black stripe wires Toxarch used for his install to attach the 3M connectors. (These come with a .25" connector input to accept a male connector as supplied by the Valentine1 adapter unit.)
The photos show how I made up the connections and then used some foam packing sheeting and a couple tie wraps to form a "burrito" to stuff into the space between the headliner and the roof for the excess wiring. I did this because the Valentine1 connector has a fuse holder that you might need to get at sometime.
I stuffed the RJ11 (phone jack) type connector through the slot in the headliner trim for the connection to the V1, and - viola! - it looks great! |