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blind34_1 · 05-31-2002, 02:01 PM

Thats one way to do it (probably the better way). An easy way is to take apart your middle dash (btw: I have 1990civic, so this might be a little different) there should be a wire harness that powers your cig lighter and any other little things. Whats convenient is that you can just buy a bunch of solderless connectors and splice off the wires coming from the harness. This saves the trouble of finding bare metal for your ground (and/or sanding away your paint to get to some bare mtl) and it keeps all of your wiring in one place. But of course still use an inline fuse.

As for a toggle switch in your dash, I can say from experience it looks real nice. Menards has some nice switches as well as all your wiring needs for a fair price. I used a drill to make a hole for the switch in a plastic panel (remove the panel first), but be careful - if you make it too big it'll look like crap.

As for actual wiring, I kinda lost all my diagrams I drew up (I'll try to find em and scan em)

Don't use duct tape/elec tape for your splices. You'll regret it. Solderless connectors are cheap and a crimper/stripper will be one of your favorite tools.

Pics of all this hopefully soon, as soon as I get my digital camera workin. Anyway good luck to you and hope it turns out okay - its actually fun when you figure it out!

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05-31-2002, 02:01 PM	#3
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 41 Posts: 1,813	Thats one way to do it (probably the better way). An easy way is to take apart your middle dash (btw: I have 1990civic, so this might be a little different) there should be a wire harness that powers your cig lighter and any other little things. Whats convenient is that you can just buy a bunch of solderless connectors and splice off the wires coming from the harness. This saves the trouble of finding bare metal for your ground (and/or sanding away your paint to get to some bare mtl) and it keeps all of your wiring in one place. But of course still use an inline fuse. As for a toggle switch in your dash, I can say from experience it looks real nice. Menards has some nice switches as well as all your wiring needs for a fair price. I used a drill to make a hole for the switch in a plastic panel (remove the panel first), but be careful - if you make it too big it'll look like crap. As for actual wiring, I kinda lost all my diagrams I drew up (I'll try to find em and scan em) Don't use duct tape/elec tape for your splices. You'll regret it. Solderless connectors are cheap and a crimper/stripper will be one of your favorite tools. Pics of all this hopefully soon, as soon as I get my digital camera workin. Anyway good luck to you and hope it turns out okay - its actually fun when you figure it out!