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Got it, thank you. I see there are two related threads. Saw your response on the other thread.
Why not the included visor clip for a similar location? It's too high up against the roof?
And or, why don't more people hardwire but still use the supplied suction cup mount? Because it can bounce a little?
anyhoo, waiting for my gen 2 upgrade to arrive. Will mirror tap and attach her in some fashion.
I went with blendmount for my cars after having too many suction cup mounts reliably not suck after some age. The price for this solution is fairly crazy, but am very happy with the end result.
Now if only they would make a sturdy phone holder that would clip into their mounts that I could use on track days, I’d be in heaven. Ridiculously niche “need” but I think I wouldn’t be the only person who’d want one.
Seeing the aluminum strip, I might need to fashion something like that as an alternative.
Once the cover is out of the way (I looped it behind the rearview mirror) you can can see inside. On the right is the plug (yellow female and blue male) that will provide switched power. The arrows show the 2 clips that are holding the yellow in place. I used my finger to lift the top clip up enough so I could begin to pull the yellow plug out. Once it was started I was able to pop it out with no problem.
Appreciate the write up. Purchased all the parts a couple weeks ago and jumped in to this project tonight only to find that my Carrera T doesn't have that yellow plug...
Am I SOL for this project or can I tap into the wires on the blue plug to the left?
I think purple and brown will do it but Im far from my car. Put the taps in and plug in your detecter to see if it works, if so secure the set up and enjoy.
Appreciate the write up. Purchased all the parts a couple weeks ago and jumped in to this project tonight only to find that my Carrera T doesn't have that yellow plug...
Am I SOL for this project or can I tap into the wires on the blue plug to the left?
I don't have the auto dim mirror in my T. I went right into the actual map light plug on the panel that hangs down when you pop it out. Skipping the purple and wiring to black and red/black, if I recall. You get constant power from that clip, but it doesn't bother me to simply power the unit down after driving. You could also plug into the driver side clip attached to the upper housing as in the above pic, but that seems harder to reach and also stays power constant I believe. If you want it to turn off when the engine is shut down and you don't have auto dim you likely need to wire to fuse box and run the wire along the pillar and windshield.
Here is a video for a non dimming mirror tap. I did what is shown here.
.... You could also plug into the driver side clip attached to the upper housing as in the above pic, but that seems harder to reach and also stays power constant I believe. If you want it to turn off when the engine is shut down and you don't have auto dim you likely need to wire to fuse box and run the wire along the pillar and windshield...
I disagree. I already posted a picture in this thread showing where to tap for switched power in the blue molex connector.
The connector you reference is not there in cars without auto dimming mirror, thus the issue. They look like the picture tournewagen posted. Only the one on left side which is also constant power.
The connector you reference is not there in cars without auto dimming mirror, thus the issue. They look like the picture tournewagen posted. Only the one on left side which is also constant power.
Got mine to fit. Note that the MT-1015 works fine but I needed needle-nose pliers and I inserted them "perpendicular" to the molex - there is a little more space you can use. Not sure I saw this on the thread but you can see in my pic that my window mounted Blackvue fits behind the detector (via blendmount) with no issues. Not sure if it will cause any detection issues but space was just fine.
07-27-2020, 01:54 PM
