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[liirge]

Yer thats the right place to wire it in!
Dont forget the Inline fuse mate!
Also what did you use to shrink the Heatshrink wrap?

[shorty]

inline fuse is in there i jsut forgot to add the picture lol

i used my dads turbo lighter went through a tiny phase of burning myself and bubbling the heat shrink aswell lol

just need to make the mounting bracket now

[redhotminilewis]

thats awsome mate. i cudnt get down to halfords or B&Q today but i took off the gril and had a look around and found where it all has to go and be fitted in. i may have to cycle to B&Q tomorrow. make a day trip out of it lol.

cheers for adding the pictures and a guide shorty. thats gunna help alot of people who want to know about this now lol.

have you got it working yet shorty?

[shorty]

i could of written more if i tried but i felt like being simple plus tied in with minifinity guide it works fairly well.

by the way when you go halfords get the box of heat shrink lot of different sizes and very good stuff

nope not working yet all that needs doing is earth wire wiring on and then wiring up to the lighter but first i need a bracket.

shame you wasnt able to do yours today though...was quite fun despite sitting in the sun

[redhotminilewis]

yh i no. GF was ill today so i didnt have a chance to see her and beg her parents lol.

best be fine tomoro so i have a chance of going down halfords and gettin the stuff.

best be sunny to if im doing it lol.

[shorty]

lol weather forecast said it should be

WEAR SUNBLOCK LOL my legs and arms are somewhat crispy now aha

and i want a new grill without the surround as mine looked quite nice without the surround on it

[redhotminilewis]

lol will do.

instead of doin this i made my centre console today and found an awsome place to put the cigerette lighter.

i was also thinking of putting a switch on the positive wire near the lighter so i can control whether it is on or off so if im not using it i can keep it off. do you reckon this is a good idea?

[shorty]

centre consoles are good places to house them to be fair i just dont want one

sounds like a good idea actually on less thing to take power when using the car anyway.

[redhotminilewis]

yh thats what i thought. im gunna get one of those switches that illuminantes when its on and doesnt when its off. then i can tell if i have left it on or not

so how far are you with it then. have you just connected the wire to the solenoid or have you fed it through to the inside and connected it up (except earth)?

[shorty]

aha well the one i got illuminates up but only when the lights of the car come on so far i dnt know if im going to connect that up or not or just leave the wires unattached.

have you not looked at the pictures
aye the live wire is all crimped up and connected to the starter now and has been fed through into the car via the internal release hole in the bulk head, was a tight fit but got it through the grommet and hole in the end.. then ive ran it over the top of the heater and down by the stereo

just a case of earthing it up and connecting it to the actual cigi lighter then it should be good to go
fingers crossed lol

[redhotminilewis]

kool. sounds really good. mine lights up aswell but and i dunna whether i should bother linking it up. i will depending if it looks good. where are you going to wire it up to if your gunna have it on when you have the lights on?

[shorty]

i dooon't know to tell you the truth lol
most likely wire ir up to the sidelights so when they come on the light for the cigi lighter lights up

problem is i don't where those wires are or how to wire it into that loom lol

[redhotminilewis]

lol. me neither. although if i had to guess i would say that the wires you would be looking for would be where you have your fog light switch. thats what im guessing.

not too far and if im right then it wont be too much hasstle to put the light there. i may do that with mine now lol

[shorty]

what fog lights i don't have any haha

i'll find somewhere to wire them up to not that fussed about it tbf as im planning on putting to blue LEDs either side of it anyway and they will run of there own little power source and switch so they will light it up (probs light up the hole car with how bright they are)

[redhotminilewis]

awsome. thats pretty cool. you gunna finish your cigerette lighter of tomorrow?