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Mistamist

 posted on 8th Jan 06 at 01:56

with a soldering iron and some wire you can hard wire the connector onto a 12v switch live, not very difficult to do really, but dont just cut the cig lighter connector off as said above you will need to step down from 12v to 5v or somwhere around that figure.


Ant

 posted on 8th Jan 06 at 01:05

quote:
Originally posted by ed
Just hard wire the sat nav?


i blew a PDA up doing this!! it has to go through the cig lighter plug there is a step down transformer thingy in there!!


ed

 posted on 8th Jan 06 at 00:48

Just hard wire the sat nav?


Robin

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 21:21

yep, i would have less skin, therefore I would weigh less next time i went driving

its a plan with no flaws whatsoever


Matt H

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 21:17

quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
good plan.... if i go too fast, i can always dive out at speed



To save weight?


jr

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 21:17

:lol:


Robin

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 21:17

good plan.... if i go too fast, i can always dive out at speed


Matt H

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 21:13

quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
this is true :lol:
or... i might have 13s on the back, cos they weigh less

wonder if i can get away with only half filling my brake fluid? :lol:



May as well remove disks while your at it :lol:


Robin

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 21:10

this is true :lol:
or... i might have 13s on the back, cos they weigh less

wonder if i can get away with only half filling my brake fluid? :lol:


jr

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 21:09

:lol: you say that, then in 2 weeks time i'll log on to find you've cut the roof off or something


Robin

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 21:08

i might have it flocked instead

im never gonna win this lightness challenge now anyway, so i give up

you win

end of :lol:


jr

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 21:06

just remove the dash rob :P


Robin

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 21:00

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sam
no from the inside covering your dash and below is poss


er, nope

i have a gay glovebox too, so i cant even put it in there, unless someone gives me a non aircon glovebox???


Robin

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 20:58

:(

so true

but, on the p;lus side, i now have a speedo.... sort of


Steve

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 20:57

no from the inside covering your dash and below is poss


jr

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 20:56

:lol: pmsl


Matt H

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 20:55

*Awaits Willays "Stripped out racer........... With Sat Nav" photoshop*


Steve

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 20:55

i see, any pics of the front inside of your car?


Robin

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 20:54

i have the actua;l wires for the cigarette lighter still, i just need to move it so its not in the ashtray, as i never use the asshtray so its pointless


Steve

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 20:51

do you have a stereo or any of the stereo loom remaining? wire the live to the yellow on the stereo loom and earth the other sumwhere, the yellow is only live when the ignition is on

[Edited on 07-01-2006 by Corsa_Sam]


Robin

 posted on 7th Jan 06 at 20:49

bought satnav, had to recconect my cigarette lighter thingy, but, i lost the magic clips somewhere, so i now have 4 M6 bolts securing my ash tray

where can i rewire the ligher socket to so i can get rid of my ashtray again?