I'm looking for ideas on hardwiring my Valentine One Radar Detector. In my 2000 Audi A4 they ran a wire from under the dash up and around the inner edge of the windshield and dropped just a short 5 inch length of wire to plug the detector in. I'm in central NY around Syracuse. Does anyone have any experiences good or bad or could recommend an installer? Thanks a billion.

mjc

get a hardwire kit, run it from your fuse box, and run it to wherever you like... just put an sr7 in my friends 330, although thats a whole different ballgame, wiring is still the same ;-)

in the "old days" we used the wiring for the UGO located in the panel with
the moon roof control. I presume you could use the power lead for the
moon roof control and feed it to the valentine. There is a small stud up there
that can be used for the ground. The panel pops out easily. karl

http://bmwtips.com/
-tips and tricks
--under electronics/cell
---hard wiring V1
this is for a E39 but might be the same...!

Here is a DIY from e90post...

www#e90post#com/forums/showpost.php?p=20302

change the # to . (this forum wont allow me to post URLs)

I did this. Wasn't difficult.

Thanks very much all. I'm still going to try to find an installer in central New York. I don't trust my wiring skills quite enough.

mjc