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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 01:38 PM
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Default direct wire for radar detector?

i'm assuming this is done so you dont see the wire hanging down off the windshield... how does one do this? can someone with ZERO technical ability do this?
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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 03:25 PM
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what radar detector, where mounted? need more details.
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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 05:30 PM
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I had the local mod shop do it since I'm not handy. They did it for ~$50 and did on OK job. Direct wired into the fuse box and ran it up the A pillar and across the headliner. There were a few small scratches. Bugged the crap out of me at first but I don't even think about it now. I don't leave my passport hooked up around town and the cord wraps around the rear view mirror so I can't see it at all. There are some pictures if you look on my picture poster (just click my user account number).

P.S. - LOVE the car. Handles better than my old A6 and gets 29 MPG on the highway.
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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 07:28 PM
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Default Re: what radar detector, where mounted? need more details.

one of three: 1)V1, 2) escort 8500, or 3) BEL RX-65... mounted on the windshield.

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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 08:58 PM
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Default I just hardwired my V1 yesterday

I'm not sure where the fuse box is on the B7 but in the TT it is to the left of the instrument cluster between the door and dash. I just ran the wire along the roof and under the A pillar, tapped into the fuse box and it works perfect with no visible wires.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/34909/v1-hardwire.jpg">
Check out this link on how to install it:<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/tt/threads/338075.phtml#669837">Hardwire Write-up</a></li></ul>
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