Originally Posted by Dragaholic

Another reason why I pushed myself to learn and do things on my own is, when people ask hey man, nice car, who did the work? I did! A great feeling. I personally don't like saying, yeah I had so and so do it for me. Get what I'm saying?

Originally Posted by mmiller

You don't have to have an open fuse slot. What you do is pull out a fuse to something that goes off when the key is turned off, like turn signals, windshield washer motor, radio, etc. Take the hot wire from the direct-wire radar detector wire and strip it (about 1/2") and push it into the metal contact where the fuse goes to get it started, and then push your fuse back in the slot. The wire will be making contact with the metal and the fuse will help hold it in place. Then, ground the other part of the radar detector wire somewhere. Run your wires along the a-pillar and near the headliner and you're good to go!

Originally Posted by AGRV8D

but you still try and sell all your **** like you paid for labor and are trying to recoup some of that cost as well

Originally Posted by mmiller

You don't have to have an open fuse slot. What you do is pull out a fuse to something that goes off when the key is turned off, like turn signals, windshield washer motor, radio, etc. Take the hot wire from the direct-wire radar detector wire and strip it (about 1/2") and push it into the metal contact where the fuse goes to get it started, and then push your fuse back in the slot. The wire will be making contact with the metal and the fuse will help hold it in place. Then, ground the other part of the radar detector wire somewhere. Run your wires along the a-pillar and near the headliner and you're good to go!