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Drives: 1SS, 1968 Camaro V8 396 Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Farmington, NM
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A-Pillar Mod "power"
I have been looking around and I want to run a power cable from a power source to the A-Pillar so I can power a phone or GPS anybody ever done this?
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Its definitely do-able, just have to watch out for the airbags
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Many have run power through the a-pillar. Do you want a jack in it or something?
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Drives: 1SS, 1968 Camaro V8 396 Join Date: Jun 2010
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Yea I have my phone mounted on the left side windshield for streaming radio and GPS so I would like to be able to plug it in to keep power for it.
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Drives: 2SS/RS IOM L99 69 427/400 Vette Join Date: Aug 2009
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It's very easy to do. I ran power from the fuse box up the pillar for my radar detector and backup camera display.
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Is that the side airbag?
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Yes, that's the forward portion of it.
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I did it too.......I made the pig tail just hang out JUST ENOUGH for my GPS. I never had to take off the cover.....it was easy to run it down to the fuse box.
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when I run it to the Fuse Box where do I plug into (Splice)
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There are two fuses you could use, they are the power that goes to the console....F-17 or F-18 Look at your owners manual on page 9-45 (2010's) or 10-47 (2011's), thats where you will find a picture of the fuse block inside the car.
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Im beyond dumb w/ electrical stuff, so how would I tap into the fuse once I decide which one to use? How do I take the radar wire? Do I just cut off the lighter adapter portion off?
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what you need is to get a "piggy back" fuse holder, they sell them at Auto Zone
here is one installked
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Then I can just splice the two ends together and presto itll be hardwired?
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you will have two wires coming out of your detector....+ (positive) and a - (ground). What you see is where the + (positive) side connects to the fuse block.....then just connect the - (ground) to the screw that is right above the fuse box using a ring lug.
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