A '3' on a 10 point PITA scale, mostly due to the ridiculous position you are in while you put it back! Another minor note, the plastic panel that attaches to the bottom of this panel doesn't really "snap" in. It has two white clips that have to be placed perfectly before they line up and snap into place. The hardest part of this easy installation was getting that panel beside the stereo back on. I did this so that the USB cable wouldn't be working it's way back out with time and the car's vibration. Once it disappeared under the plastic, I used a zip tie to keep it slightly tight on the metal frame around the stereo area revealed there (you'll know what I'm talking about with that side panel removed). I plugged it in to the Griffin PowerJolt, and plugged it into the the accessory power jack in the armrest console.īack at the stereo side panel I had removed earlier, I pulled the USB cable slightly tight while pushing the cable up under the plastic panel beside the passenger seat. I attached the USB extension cable to the fish and pulled it up through the enlarged hole. I then stuck my fish down through the enlarged hole until it exposed itself next to the passenger's seat. I'm not sure why, but I did this on the hole nearest the driver's side, but it doesn't matter which one you drill. They are too small to pull a USB cable through, so I enlarged it with a 3/4" drill bit. Moving back toward the armrest console area, I pulled the little mouse fur pad at the bottom of this cubby out to reveal two existing squarish holes. It can be plugged in at the AUX female jack below the Menu button at this time. I stuck the dangling end of the male 1/8" stereo phono cable down the hole, handily provided by the car's manufacturer, above the accessory power location below the stereo. I then wrapped connection in electrical tape so it wouldn't rattle loose with time nor pull apart while hiding the cable. I pulled up gently on the fish, through the crack in the Atari shelf and viola! Back at the open panel beside the stereo, I then attached the dangling USB end of the Griffin iPod cable to the USB extension cable. Note- remember, you'll want the iPod end of the Griffin cable attached to the fish! Doh! The iPod end of that cable is pretty big, so I wrapped it in electrical tape so it wouldn't pull loose from the fish and would squeeze through the crack at the Atari shelf easier. I attached the Griffin iPod cable and phono cables to the end of the fish. Bending it slightly as I went, I easily poked myself in the leg at the passenger's side panel I had previously removed. I got out my high-tech electrical fish tool (a coat hanger) and slipped it down through the crack. Easily removed and reattached later.įrom the passenger's seat, I gently wedged the crack in the two pieces of plastic open with a screwdriver, nearer the driver's side of that little shelf. The little rubber mat is only attached by two rubber tabs in the rear, and two sided tape in the front. This started out as "exploratory", but it's a must in order to get to the crack provided by the two pieces of plastic coming together toward the rear of that little shelf. I then pulled the little rubber mat up from in front of the "Atari" gauge location. You can pull it straight down and it pops right off. It's the one that sits beside the passenger's left leg when they are in the passenger's seat. I pulled the plastic panel off of the side of the stereo on the passenger's side. My goal was a neat installation with durability, convenience and minimal cables showing.
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