[airbornedave]

I tried to find the best route to hardwire a hidden 12V plug behind the dash/console for my GPS.

I have failed miserably :$#angry:

 

[airbornedave]

I might regap my plugs today if I feel some initiative strike me in the face. Probably not though lol

It's only going to take 10 minutes of initiative, so you don't have to muster up much initiative LOL

 

[airbornedave]

I ran my GPS power wire into the dash and down through the center console behind the access panel at the driver's foot well. Burnt my hand on two metal pipes in there (have no idea what they are for, but they are hot as **** even after the car being parked for a few hours!)

 

[airbornedave]

The two metal pumps are used to supply the heater core and basically are your cabin heat.

Makes sense. I meant to look into this and forgot.

They are VERY close to the driver's side access panel, and get extremely hot. I'm wondering how that plastic is going to hold up in the long run.

 

[airbornedave]

I ran my GPS power wire into the dash and down through the center console behind the access panel at the driver's foot well. Burnt my hand on two metal pipes in there (have no idea what they are for, but they are hot as **** even after the car being parked for a few hours!)

I also dropped a quarter and it hit my shift handle while in PARK and slid down the plastic sheath covering the shifter slot and towards the cup holders, but disappeared in the crack at the bottom of the shifter slot before I could grab it. It sounded like it hit the floor underneath the shift assembly but inside of the center console, but I couldn't find it.

Is there anything in there that the quarter could cause a problem with?

 

[airbornedave]

Installed my Collins' Big 3 ground wire kit and bypassed the intake resonator. Took less than an hour to do both.