Jay666d wrote:

Awesome write up!

You really went to town on removing panels. I went the same route to get power to my roof lights, but didn't want to take all those rear panels off... Ended up fishing the wires thru with a fibreglass rod, much like you did with the solder!

Thanks

I was worried i'd catch a wire or something silly by trying to push something through as i'd already had one near miss with some cables! And it was surprisingly easy to remove everything too

  

SWR wrote:

Excellent Iceman,

I am following this with real interest.

Any tips to remove the rear qtr plastic trimm?

Already have the split charge system in, just need to get the feed to the rear of the car now.

I also planned to use the earth that is already there inside behind the rear lights in the back corner. Any reason you didn't use that?

cheers.

On a different thread by Andy Foster (I think) someone had posted a link to the workshop manual section where it shows how to remove the rear quarter panel. The manual link is also in Robbie's signature.

However, I undid the 2nd row seatbelt bolt, undid another bolt higher up which holds my dog guard bracket in place, folded the seat closest to it down, disconnected the wire support off the tailgate, undid the rear lashing point closest to it and then basically pulled it outwards as there was 6 clips holding it in place.

Whether thats correct or not I don't know but it worked for me

I put the earth in that position purely because i'm weird!! I thought it would look neater if both cables came from the same direction and slightly less congested in there too

  

Robbie wrote:

Really good job there, with an eye for detail. I would probably add a protection layer between the brake lines and the positive cable if they are close.

The voltage when running is normal but it is unusual to see the poor accuracy of the rear display. Even the cheapest tend to be accurate as measuring voltage is pretty easy. I'd swap it out at some point or at least test your meter against a known good. Clearly comparative measurements should be made from the same place at the same time.

Thanks for the feedback, what would you suggest I use as another layer of protection between the brake pipes?? Is there a chance my multimeter is reading inaccurate.........it's had a hard life?!! Maybe i'll check the voltage shortly with my IIDTool and see how that compares with my new volt gauge

  

tayaste wrote:

Superb. Excellent stuff. I will be using this when I can be ar$€d find time to do mine

Thanks mate, if it helps at least one person out then i'll die a happy man!!!!

  

Andy Foster wrote:

Top job and a great write up

Done a bit more work on mine today but rain stopped play. Will put it all together in a new thread

Cheers

Andy

Thanks Andy, I've been watching yours closely too and I'm keen to see the finished product

Very neat wiring by the way 8)

  

Iceman08 wrote:

Thanks for the feedback, what would you suggest I use as another layer of protection between the brake pipes?? Is there a chance my multimeter is reading inaccurate.........it's had a hard life?!! Maybe i'll check the voltage shortly with my IIDTool and see how that compares with my new volt gauge

Spiral wrap, split conduit, teflon tape - pretty much anything you have to hand really.

The voltage reading you get from the IIDTool is not great as it takes it from the ECU and some ECUs are rather poor at measuring voltage. Probably best just to borrow another DMM just to check which one is inaccurate, or use it as an excuse to buy another. It's always handy to have more than one DMM.

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