Val 1 Hardwire
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Racer
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From: Hayward WI
Val 1 Hardwire
Just finished hard wiring a Val 1 Christmas present from my Wife.
Used the suppled wire connector that came with the V1. Wired it into the acc supplied pigtail under the pass side foot well. Ran the wires up behind the plastic door edge trim and across under the windshield trim. Mounted the V1 just into the lower edge of the shaded part of the windshield. also removed the ashtray and mounted a concealed display behind the little door. No one smokes in a Vette anyway Works slick.
Credit goes to the many threads laying out this install for us. They made it a very easy install.
Used the suppled wire connector that came with the V1. Wired it into the acc supplied pigtail under the pass side foot well. Ran the wires up behind the plastic door edge trim and across under the windshield trim. Mounted the V1 just into the lower edge of the shaded part of the windshield. also removed the ashtray and mounted a concealed display behind the little door. No one smokes in a Vette anyway Works slick.
Credit goes to the many threads laying out this install for us. They made it a very easy install.
Team Owner
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From: NJ
St. Jude Donor '05-'08
Originally Posted by C5 ChemE
Got any pics and/or links you could send along? I've been thinking about doing the same w/ my new V1 
http://www.spdkilz.com/techtipv1.html
Good luck and still hope we can meet at Long Valley Brew Pub in the Spring....
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Racer
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From: Hayward WI
Sorry i do not have pics. But I used one of the links supplied in the above thread. I printed them off but don't now how to tell you to find them. I know I found them tru the search feature.
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14
Here's mine...
V1 up high
V1 Remote
V1 cannot be seen from outside
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V1 Remote
V1 cannot be seen from outside
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From: I'm not quite middle aged and I only own one gold chain! San Jose CA
I hardwired my V1 recently too. I didn't like any of the places that I had seen the concealed display mounted, and after being followed by folks who could see my radar detector one too many times, I decided it was time to get the concealed display hooked up.
I finally found a place I really liked but had not ever seen or heard of any one using. I removed the ash tray from the spot under the climate control head in the center dash/console and using the supplied velcro mounted it to the top of the ash tray space. I tried mounting it on the bottom, but I had trouble seeing it in some gears. When I tried the upper position it worked very well and I am very happy with it still.
I figured the concealed display should be concealed, right? I can even close the flip down panel that covers the ash tray and lighter if I want too. I have my V1 mounted on the passenger side visor clip with the mount from Great Lakes Trophy. I like it better than under the mirror because is completely hidden from outside the car but still is in a great spot for good front and rear coverage. No exposed wires, and no body tail gating me anymore to watch my detector!
I finally found a place I really liked but had not ever seen or heard of any one using. I removed the ash tray from the spot under the climate control head in the center dash/console and using the supplied velcro mounted it to the top of the ash tray space. I tried mounting it on the bottom, but I had trouble seeing it in some gears. When I tried the upper position it worked very well and I am very happy with it still.
I figured the concealed display should be concealed, right? I can even close the flip down panel that covers the ash tray and lighter if I want too. I have my V1 mounted on the passenger side visor clip with the mount from Great Lakes Trophy. I like it better than under the mirror because is completely hidden from outside the car but still is in a great spot for good front and rear coverage. No exposed wires, and no body tail gating me anymore to watch my detector!
