Radar detector wiring?

Wired to my cigarette lighter so it turns on with the car. Used the cig lighter that is under the center console. Tapped from there and ran wires under the dash and a pillar to headliner.



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Easy to do. Wired it behind. If u have the weird cupholder on the center console, you can just pull it up. There are 4 bolts that hold the center console in. I think maybe 5 but its been a month since. It is wired in the a pillar. Just pull the weather stripping off. And as far as headliner goes. Just tuck it in the headliner.

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OP apparently doesn't have a v, so who know what cup holder he's talking about... BTW, our 2012 v Five doesn't have the lower/forward cup holder you show in your photo. Just the chrome ringed holder next to the mode buttons.

The thread prompts me to note that although I have an original Escort Passport, I haven't used it in more than a decade.

 

... BTW, our 2012 v Five doesn't have the lower/forward cup holder you show in your photo. Just the chrome ringed holder next to the mode buttons....our "v" 5 has that lower sliding cup holder and the cup holder is removable from the tray...

 

Well, you're making me look. Will advise, after lunch!

 

Radar in a Prius

 

I dont have that as my center console. I just have a regular prius. Mines look like this



And when you pop the cupholder. You should see the 12 volt wiring behind it.



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I ran the wire tucked in between the carpet and trim/plastic piece to under the steering wheel column, then up under the door weather stripping to the A pillar and up in the headliner to radar detector. Ill post more pics if you want but it will be later today since im at work

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Well whattaya know, there is in fact a pull-out cup holder thereabouts... Thanks!

 

He's not speeding, he's QUALIFYING!

 

Laugh if you want. But my first real long road trip in a Prius....albeit on a "Speed Trap" gambit up the Oregon Coast, I got a speeding ticket.

Driven much faster automobiles, and/or automobiles with reputations for being faster, and it's the Prius I get nailed in.

I actually think the police officer didn't like Prius. He seemed a little too happy to give me the violation.

Anyway, since I don't want to get two tickets in one year, I've been forced to think about getting a radar detector myself. It's not so ridiculous. The Prius can at any given moment go faster than the speed limit...and a police officer will give you a ticket for going 40 in a 30 mph zone as quickly as he will for going 80 in a 55 mph zone.

 

I dont purpously speed. But its a reminder for me not too. As well as an insurance policy. My Valentine 1 has paid for itself a few times over. As far as running it to a fuse box, I didnt go that route because I could not find a fuse that didnt have power when the car was off. So the easiest way for me was to wire it direct to the cigarette lighter since I knew that there was power there only when in ready mode

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Just for the record.
I got my speeding ticket coming down off a hill. It was a bit of a trap IMO.

This was early in my Prius ownership, but what I have noticed is with the low drag of the Prius you do have to be careful. It seems to pick up speed going down hill, silently and faster than most automobiles. I've now noticed that going down even a modest hill, in a Prius you can suddenly find that you have picked up a lot of speed.

It's the small hills that will get you. On a big, big decline, I use "B"...it seems to keep the acceleration under control. But I would say you have to be more attentive to what speed or how fast you are picking up speed going down hill in a Prius.

 

Also, I did not take the A pillar apart. You can tuck the wires in just by pulling out the weather stripping. If you were heading up to vegas, victorville or barstow anytime soon I can install it for you.

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