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Anyone here direct wired your radar detector to mirror?

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Old Aug 14, 2008 | 01:48 PM
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Anyone here direct wired your radar detector to mirror?

I've been wanting to wire my radar direct to my rear view mirror, it has 3 wires.. since its an auto dimming rear view mirror and compass.

The leads i see are:
- Black w/pink
- Black (or dark brown?)
- Yellow

Which leads are the correct ones? I'd try my multimeter but it quit working right so i threw it away, and as far as the How-to goes, the link is invalid.

Does anyone recommend using a fuse to wire this in or has everyone had good luck just wiring it direct.

Thanks
Old Aug 14, 2008 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by overseaz
I've been wanting to wire my radar direct to my rear view mirror, it has 3 wires.. since its an auto dimming rear view mirror and compass.

The leads i see are:
- Black w/pink
- Black (or dark brown?)
- Yellow

Which leads are the correct ones? I'd try my multimeter but it quit working right so i threw it away, and as far as the How-to goes, the link is invalid.

Does anyone recommend using a fuse to wire this in or has everyone had good luck just wiring it direct.

Thanks

Crazy search function worked for me...lol
http://forums.maxima.org/6th-generat...ard-wired.html
Old Aug 16, 2008 | 11:34 AM
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Use the dome light instead, follow link above.
Old Aug 16, 2008 | 01:42 PM
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Ok, originally i was going to go with my own wire, invisicord style into the back of the mirror harness... Since i had already made it but the wires don't stay in good enough.

So i'm gona pull apart the dome area and wire it in from there like you two said.
Old Aug 16, 2008 | 07:32 PM
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Old Aug 16, 2008 | 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by ramberg
Hey, you've got the same detector i have, its definately kept my from getting any tickets since i bought it.

A photo is nice but how did you wire yours tho?
Old Aug 17, 2008 | 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by overseaz
Hey, you've got the same detector i have, its definately kept my from getting any tickets since i bought it.

A photo is nice but how did you wire yours tho?
It was wired in the dome light. I had someone do it for me so I don't know what wires were used. PM chernmax he will tell you how to do it. Thanks for the idea.
Old Aug 17, 2008 | 10:23 PM
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Yeah so i finally got around to doing mine, i originally was going to wire it directly into the harness in the back of the mirror, but i basically just went in the overhead console and used the same wires, Yellow and Black... worked out great, looks nice and clean too.

Thanks, ill even throw up some pics tomorrow.
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