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Originally Posted by jaykay
Dave,
Thanks very much, yes this is it! I have what I believe to be these same instructions but they don't seem to work for spoiler up indication. The switch is a defroster configuration in case you ever loose your LED. There are some Rennlist posts confirming that this would be the approach but I can't anything that shows a different wiring arrangement. I am looking for a ground with the spoiler up. What year is your car? Perhaps my 2000 is wired coded differently
Nice steering wheel sir! Do tell us where you sourced it! Your mysterious OBD switches intrigue me and have me perched over another rabbit hole...
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OK, I've rummaged around in the garage and have found the instructions and my hand written notes on this install.
You are in luck - mine is a 2K S (see signature below) also, so all of the colors noted below should exactly match to your similar model / year.
The colors of the three connectors for the backside of the instrument cluster on our earlier models are Blue - White - Black. (Only as an aside, the instructions note that the 2001 and later model years use different colors - Grey - Blue - Green).
The Green wire from the spoiler indicator goes to the Black/White and to the White/Green slots of the Blue connector. I have written the numbers 25 and 12 in my notes.
The Yellow wire from the spoiler indicator goes to the Orange slot of the Black connector. My notes: No. 1.
The White wire from the spoiler indicator goes to the Brown/Blue slot of the Black connector. My notes: No. 21.
The Brown wire from the spoiler indicator goes to the Grey/Brown slot of the White connector. My notes: No. 9.
That's all that I got.
Obviously, if you do not own the same model of spoiler indicator as I do, the wire color references above keyed to that item may not be meaningful to you. But at the least, the slots in the three instrument connectors will give you a clue as to which signals are relevant.
The spoiler indicator LED light remains off as long as the spoiler is down. During either up or down motion, the LED indicator blinks (which is very handy, as you'll catch it out of the corner of your eye). And as long as the spoiler is up, the LED indicator is steadily lit.
As an additional fun feature, if you set your OBD speed warning chime to 75 mph, then once you have reached that speed, the chime goes off and the LED blinks. So you then have both auditory and visual spoiler motion indications!
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The steering wheel is well worth the money that I paid for it. The flat bottom provides some very welcome thigh clearance for the 99% of the time that the car is driven in a generally straight line. Further details and info on it can be found in this thread:
Is an upgrade to this type of steering wheel possible?
The first picture below is of the spoiler indicator itself, bought on eBay couple of years ago (the picture was copied from his ad). The second picture is a closer detail of the end result (I do not know why it is rotated? I do not see a way to change it).
Enjoy - DM
