Anyone know of a power wire that I can use to tap my radar detector hardwire kit into that is under the driver's side dash?

 

Anyone?

 

try the ignition power wire for the radio...or tap into the back of a cig lighter...

 

Thanks, but any idea what color those are? Id hate to splice something really important and find out it wont even help.

 

Dude, just tap into the fuse panel in the passenger side kick panel. there are at least 2 empty slots and the one on the bottom is ignition switched.

 

I wish I could do that, unfortunately the hardwiring kit I have only came with a 3 foot long power wire and its not something that will splice very easily. It has one of those clamp clips on the end that you just tap into another wire without actually splicing it. Im gussing they were assuming you would tap into the radio power or something. I went looking up under the dash trying to find the wires that go into the radio. All I found was a bunch of neatly tied, huge bundles of wires running every which way.. nothing I could identify.

 

I'd find a way to splice some extra wire. This IS the best way to do it. I did, I used the switched hole with an add a circuit kit from AutoZone.

 

Aw, come on bl1nkage, just cut that damn end off and splice. I KNOW you can do it!!

 

pull the head unit out, unplug it, and use a VOM or multimeter to find the switched power. it will read 12v only when the ignition is on. it *should* be blue with a white stripe...but i could be wrong on that

 

Im thinking this is what Im going to do.. Im gonna go to advance auto parts and look for some wire I can use.

I know... I can.. I just dont wanna cut into my baby >.<