Road Angel install on center of dash

[Kennydies]

Hi,

 

Yet another question from me.

 

Has anyone installed their road angel in the center of the dash? I was thinking between the trip computer and the oil pressure gage.

 

If so, where did you bring the wire up from and through where?

 

Thanks

[lomoto]

does your attach to the windscreen??

[Kennydies]

No, I actually use velcro coins to stick to the dash

[lomoto]

No, I actually use velcro coins to stick to the dash

 

I took my power point fom inside the cubby hole , put a 4 way power point in, as mines a JDM and dont have a power point in the front ,only the one behind armrest at rear..not neat but handy for my Sat Nav as well when fitted

 

[Guest prescience]

Not your preferred location but a nice neat option IMO

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=392

[Kennydies]

Cheers prescience, yeah saw that earlier. Quite like lomoto's idea as then can hide the cable when not using the road angel.

 

Am taking the center console off tomorrow will have a look at the cable route.

[lomoto]

Not your preferred location but a nice neat option IMO

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=392

 

nice option, alot neater than mine my only excuse is I need more than one outlet, Sat Nav, Road Angel, Phone charger,

[Guest prescience]

Not your preferred location but a nice neat option IMO

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=392

 

nice option, alot neater than mine my only excuse is I need more than one outlet, Sat Nav, Road Angel, Phone charger,

You can run a 1 socket into 4 expander I assume you know (from Belkin) I have one

[jim]

No, I actually use velcro coins to stick to the dash

 

I took my power point fom inside the cubby hole , put a 4 way power point in, as mines a JDM and dont have a power point in the front ,only the one behind armrest at rear..not neat but handy for my Sat Nav as well when fitted

 

 

Where is the power source in the cubby? Or am I missing something?

[lomoto]

No, I actually use velcro coins to stick to the dash

 

I took my power point fom inside the cubby hole , put a 4 way power point in, as mines a JDM and dont have a power point in the front ,only the one behind armrest at rear..not neat but handy for my Sat Nav as well when fitted

 

 

Where is the power source in the cubby? Or am I missing something?

 

yep in the cubby

 

 

[jim]

Sorry - didn't make myself clear. Where is the power supply that you tapped into for this unit? Did you run a cable all the way from the 12v supply behind the seats?

[lomoto]

No Jim, I ripped centre consol out and found a power wire that was live with ingnition on, sorry cant remember now which wire, and took a feed from that

drilled a small hole in bottom corner of cubby hole and threaded wire through to the 4 way power supply 30 min job

[jim]

Thanks lomoto, that confirms what I had been thinking myself.

It shouldn't be too difficult to find a suitable cable once I get the console off. I seem to remember there was a thread with instructions on how to do that recently. Cheers.

[Kennydies]

I installed the Road Angel today. It sits between the trip computer and the volt meter with the power coming up the air vert next to the window....

 

One question... after messing around for 30 mins I gave up and just patched into the wires but.... how do you get the plug out the back of the cigarette lighter?

[lomoto]

I installed the Road Angel today. It sits between the trip computer and the volt meter with the power coming up the air vert next to the window....

 

One question... after messing around for 30 mins I gave up and just patched into the wires but.... how do you get the plug out the back of the cigarette lighter?

 

lost me there

[Kennydies]

Well, you cant just pull it off (the plug I mean) so there must be some sort of catch, but hell as like can i see it

[lomoto]

Well, you cant just pull it off (the plug I mean) so there must be some sort of catch, but hell as like can i see it

 

you mean the power point between the seats?

[Kennydies]

Well, i was looking at the power point at the passenger foot well. Looking at the back of it it looks like it just pushes on but I think there must be some sort of catch. In the position i was in cant really get a good look at it.

[lomoto]

Well, i was looking at the power point at the passenger foot well. Looking at the back of it it looks like it just pushes on but I think there must be some sort of catch. In the position i was in cant really get a good look at it.

 

Ahhhh in that case I'm not the man to ask, JDM Zed's dont have a power point there..thats why I took the power from my cubby hole modification