remote face plate cable

[x-ray11]

has anyone mounted a face plate in a remote spot in their car? I need a cable to go from the head unit to the remote mounted face plate. If you have done this, where did you get a cable for it, or how did you make one? Thanks for any help given.

[Maxvla]

i would think thats a custom fab cable. especially the connector.
i havent seen that done but im sure if your stubborn enough and have time you can make one. where are you trying to put the plate?

[Maxvla]

Brandon may have some insight into the cable issue. he's the resident wiring guru.

[x-ray11]

I have an A/C pop up vent from an early civic wagon that I am mounting in the top of the dash on a 99 civic. You press a small button and the front of the vent tilts up from the dash to reveal the face plate. I bought both conectors from Panasonic but they are very small and don't realy have any way of soldering wires onto them. They are really made to be mounted in a circuit board. I guess I'll just have to try and solder it though.

[Maxvla]

yeah certainly is a custom job.
brandon may be able to help you with this more.
he's on midday. and he'll be checkin this forum.
brandonclaps is his user name.

[x-ray11]

thanks for the help and I'll be looking out for Brandon. I'll leave posts on my progress incase anyone else whants to be brave and try it too.

[Maxvla]

by the way... welcome to hondastyle.com

(shoulda been the first words outta my mouth!)

>>Later>> good luck i'll be checkin in to see if i can lend a hand here or there.

[Addict]

Well if you already have the connectors for each end, try looking up a custom cable company. Usually they do computer cables. network cables, etc. They should be able to wire it up for you.

[Accord Man]

A couple of my buddies have done this..

They fabricated the wires themselves.. Find all the connection points. Soldered the whole thing up, using some sort of a micro-soldering kit. Works great and is very original (good for shows).


Which model cd player are we talking about?