jrotsaert

Got a ticket (first in 25 years of driving) so decided that I needed to get a V1 in the 991 (have one in every other car and for some reason just got complacent with the 991 and there you go...).

Decided to piggy back from the passenger side fusebox.

Step 1 was to remove the A pillar trim. Very easy with a plastic tool to remove it (pops easily).

Step 2 was to remove the trim going from the bottom of the passenger footwell to the top of the dash. Be careful that the main prong connecting the plastic is at the bottom left - be careful when you remove it. I went too fast and broke it... easy to fix but would have been better to not break in the first place

Then it was time to pass the telephone wire from where I wanted the V1 to be (right of mirror) to the fuse box. Super easy to do with the trim removed but there was a bit too much wire from Valentine so I had to do a few loops at the bottom and at the top - easy to hide under the alcantara roof line and behind the fusebox

I had to think about what fuse to use... Since I don't have a TV tuner in the car I assumed that the fuse controlling that would be a source of switched power but no cigar... Then I tried a few others that I assumed would be switched but again no cigar! Finally, I used the fuse for the passenger weight detection. 5 Amp unit located at position D5 and it worked.

I used the big bolt in the fusebox to ground the V1 - see picture, had to make the opening of the V1 supplied ground a tad bigger but very easy to do without tools - metal is pliable

Last closed everything up and it worked just fine.

40 minutes including 15 to select the fuse and hopefully no more tickets...

I can now say that I installed V1s in my 964, 993, 993 and 991 - never had a 997...

eidde

just fyi to everyone its a lot easier to just get a tap, and insert it into the mirror area, red to blue, black to black
remove the overhead light and you will see the blue connector

mhconley

Blendmount makes for a clean installation. It's what I use in all my cars.

Martin

(Not affiliated with Blendmount; they just make a great product.)

burnurass

Did the same with an Inviscord. They have one that is one tap with two power cords on it. I have the one for my Valentine 1 and a dash cam.
https://invisicord.com/store.html#!/...364/category=0

1CEBITN

I ended up having a solid audio shop do mine for $150 including the fused wiring, soldered vs T-tap in the fuse box and properly grounded. Took him an hour. $45 for the mirror tap is ridiculous imho so paying $100 for what would take me hours fighting with my alcantara a-pillar trim and headliner to run the tap into the fuse box, plus finding the right place to tap into so the V1 doesn't turn off with the auto-start/stop at traffic lights like it does when plugged into the socket in the footwell was well worth it to me. I wasn't sure that the mirror tap as described here and in other how-to threads would leave the V1 on when the auto-stop shuts the car off so didn't want to go that route only to have to run it to the fuse box anyway. I did the mirror tap on my C7 Z06 for $20 and it worked perfect though. They make good quality cables just crazy how expensive those have gotten!

eidde

https://amzn.to/3SxTsb0


3 for $15 the taps for the mirrors, can install anything by the mirror in about 5 min