Satnav build in my <06

[Oakley350z]

Got round to fitting a Satnav system in my 05 cubby didn't fancy splashing out too much on a tablet or a new dash, so found a Garmin nuvi50 on offer that fits perfectly in the cubby and has all the functions I need

 

I wanted to wire it to a switch and to the back of the cigarette lighter so that I didn't have to keep plugging it in and so all the wiring was hidden. So firstly I made the loom with a switch, done a test run and all worked as it should baring in mind I still had the plugin bit on the end.

 

So I chopped that off and wired it into the lighter, got it all back together, plugged it in and fried my brand new sat nav luckily they took it back and replaced it for me....

 

I fried this one too

 

Third time lucky and using the existing wiring it all works fine and looks good

 

Note to self. Don't attempt any wiring of any kind ever again!