Outatime

Hi all

I have had a valentine detector for a while now and I want to tidy up my dash as I have cables all over the place, the valentine has a massive 12v cigar plug, I am fine finding my way around cables but I wonder if someone can help me find the best way to hide the cables? I need to remove the molding on the dash somehow but have no idea where to start, any guides around here please?

Thank you all

EJD05GT

I recommend you go the valentine website and look for a Direct Wire SmartCord. I have the Escort X50 and got the wiring kit for 30.00. Cost me another 50.00 to have it hardwired at the shop. I'm sure Valentine offers one.
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05ROUSHER

This is what I did for my detector. I posted this awhile back. Might work for you.

Hey, I just did a little modification that some of you might be interested in. If you have a radar detector mounted to your windsheild and you hate having that cord hangin down over the dash and plugged into the lighter socket (or you have put the start button mod on) then do what I did. First, go to a Radio Shack and pick up a "Size N Coaxial Power Plug" and a "Panel Mount Size N Coaxial Power Jack". Then remove the Dome Light assembly from the car and Drill a 5/16 hole in the forward part of the housing in the center. This needs to close to the edge of the housing so be careful. Next locate the single Black Wire that "Y's" out to each bulb. Using 16 gauge Hook Up Wire, strip a section of insulation from the Black Wire and solder the 16 ga. wire to it and the center post connection on the Power Jack. There is 3 solder lugs on the Power Jack, so I would reccommend using a ohmmeter to verify the power and grounding lugs before soldering. Then solder your ground wire to the ground lug and put a Ring Terminal on the other end so it can be attached to roof support framework. I made my ground wire about 4 inches long so as to have room for attachment. I also used a 1/2 long 1/4 drive zip screw to attach the ground lug to support. You cannot use the ground circuit for the lights because that is what Ford uses for the dimming feature of the lights. (and we don't want our detector shutting off) You can now snap the light housing back in place.

Now all you have to do is attach the Power Plug to your detector cord. Just make sure that you get the polarity right on this as well. You now have a hidden power port and the cord is up out of the way. This mod will also power down after the car is shut off and Ford Timer times out.

Enjoy

Outatime

Hello

Thank you for your ideas, I did look on the valentine website and have found and ordered a direct wire kit so I can hard wire the valentine into the car now but I don't know of anyone in the area to hardwire it in for me so I was going to try and do it myself.

Anyone have any guide to hardwiring from the dash? I seen some pdf's for taking apart the floor for access to the shaker 500 but not for getting to the dash.

Anyone help please?

Thank you

Outatime

Just an update, got my V1 hardwired in at last, really happy with it, no more wires anyway

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Airborneflyguy

you wire it yourself? Hope so....it's super easy and not worth paying someone else 50 bux

Outatime

Yep, installed it myself!

Nice car btw, similar mods to mine