hardwiring Passport 8500

[villan]

Has anyone done this? I found wiring is the easy part from this DIY article:

http://www.audiworld.com/tech/elec102.shtml

But i'm unsure of where to mount the optional display unit:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DT1FV2NCL._SS500_.jpg

I would have installed it next to my headlight switch, but the knob control for the delayed headlight option is there like so:

http://www.carboncopydesigns.com/Img/Installation/droppedImage_8.jpg

I was thinking of flushing it into the credit card din, or ashtray. Not to many options.

Any ideas?

[B6JoeS4]

just scrap the coming home thing. i would mold it into the a pillar. or the ashtray

[05.5SilverS4]

I just buried it in the dash bc i can reach up and press mute... but thats just me

[pyongwonse]

i put mine in between the driver seat and the middle console. i used velcro

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa211/pyongwonse/101_0628.jpg


dont mind the fake cf , the PO put it on and it has been removed

or the dirty car

[MattboyR32]

I'll take pics later, but there is a DIY in audiworld I think that shows how to hook it up to a oem switch.

I have it mounted up near my rearview mirror with the cable then running around the windscreen down to the fuse box and another wire to a switc next to he hazard light. works really great aside from the white telephone cable sticking out near the rear view mirror. :)