Valentine One
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From: Iowa
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '26
yes, it is safe (except from theives 
)
no, it will not drain your battery
PS The V1 comes with a hardwire kit, it is not that hard to install. If you don't feel comfortable doing it, a car stereo shop should charge you about $25 to do it. It gets rid of the ugly (and visible to cops) coiled wire. Another benifet, you will no longer have to turn on/off the unit anymore. It will come on/off with the car
)no, it will not drain your battery
PS The V1 comes with a hardwire kit, it is not that hard to install. If you don't feel comfortable doing it, a car stereo shop should charge you about $25 to do it. It gets rid of the ugly (and visible to cops) coiled wire. Another benifet, you will no longer have to turn on/off the unit anymore. It will come on/off with the car
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From: San Francisco CA
Originally Posted by knewblewkorvette
yes, it is safe (except from theives )
no, it will not drain your battery
PS The V1 comes with a hardwire kit, it is not that hard to install. If you don't feel comfortable doing it, a car stereo shop should charge you about $25 to do it. It gets rid of the ugly (and visible to cops) coiled wire. Another benifet, you will no longer have to turn on/off the unit anymore. It will come on/off with the car
)no, it will not drain your battery
PS The V1 comes with a hardwire kit, it is not that hard to install. If you don't feel comfortable doing it, a car stereo shop should charge you about $25 to do it. It gets rid of the ugly (and visible to cops) coiled wire. Another benifet, you will no longer have to turn on/off the unit anymore. It will come on/off with the car
Isn't 25.00 a bit low ?? In California I will probably get charged the hourly rate $100+
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Originally Posted by knewblewkorvette
I based that on $50 an hour and labor of .5 hours. But you are right, out in Cali they could easily be charging $100 an hour 
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From: Dyer IN
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id shop around that sounds outrageous to me and idk how it could take a shop 2 hrs ive done cars in 15 min... there are v1 install writeups on the web that are very good search the forum i bet u could tackle this urself
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From: Santa Monica Ca
Originally Posted by pentavolvo
id shop around that sounds outrageous to me and idk how it could take a shop 2 hrs ive done cars in 15 min... there are v1 install writeups on the web that are very good search the forum i bet u could tackle this urself
Ok I did some more research, looks like I wont be getting that $150 install,
I read bugmans instructions (wow, they are great) and went to invisicords web site.
I already have thegreatlakes mirror mount.
I may try this myself after I get the teambiker wire harnass from invisicord ($14) or do you think that is something I could get at an auto or hardware store?.
No having to run the wires down to the fuse box
Thanks pentavolvo for suggesting I shop around
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From: Dyer IN
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Ok whenever I do V1's or escorts I always just use a phone cord cut off the end strip the wires figure out what is what and wire it in, seems a hell of alot cheaper to me but thats how I do it. Its easy to hook up and all cars I have done i go to fusebox except C5 i did ignition harness if I recall
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Originally Posted by pentavolvo
Ok whenever I do V1's or escorts I always just use a phone cord cut off the end strip the wires figure out what is what and wire it in, seems a hell of alot cheaper to me but thats how I do it. Its easy to hook up and all cars I have done i go to fusebox except C5 i did ignition harness if I recall