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12-22-2006, 06:25 PM

I finished installing everything, except the welding of the valves. What I did was take all of the trunk carpet out, everything. Its pretty simple, no biggie. Then you just lift up on the O2 sensor grommets (they are only in there by friction fit), and you get underneath the car and push the wire through where the O2 sensor wire goes (not hard at all, its really close and the opening is big, but not big enough to fit the big end through). Then you pull like crazy on the gigantic grommet that leads torward the engine, ok, your done with the trunk for now. Put your car in service mode (super easy), and if you want, you can use a grabber or screwdriver to push the wires through to the engine bay, I waited a couple steps though. Next, you undo 4 plastic "nuts" that hold the carpet on the firewall and take the carpet out. Undo 9 bolts and take the metal sheild off. Now take a chisel and punch a slit into the grommet that leads into the cabin (about a half inch will do). This is when I pushed the wires though into the engine bay. I put some heat sheilding over the wires just in case (they run directly the same path as the shifter cables) and pushed the wires through the slit in the grommet ( felt like giving birth to a plug, its pretty tight, but I could have made the slit bigger). Pull all your extra cable (exept what you need to reach the valves) and begin to slide it underneath the console. You need to push kinda hard to get it to be under there. Run it all the way to the bins (you will have very little cable left, seriously, just enough to reach the button). Now you can start on the switch (I used the switch it came with, but I might update to a porsche switch to go in the center console by the ashtray, thatd be sweet), I put my switch in the batwing. You need to dremel your way very carefully, it took me a while to get it right. The way the switch is, you need to remove all the connectors that were in the switch to get it in the hole you cut. So remember where the wires went! Once you get your switch to fit pop it in and reconnect the wires. I used inline wire taps to get power from the cigarette lighter. I had to remove my cd player because I left my tools at college (my torx bits), if you DO have torx bits, the 100% easier way to do it would be to undo the 4 torx screws holding the enitre assembly in place (take off the cover to the side, they hold the lock button, ect..., and you will see 4 screws, once they are out you can take out the entire thing), then just run the wires from the cig lighter down the back of the console and pull it through where the bat wing went. Use butt connecter to connect it to the switch and push it all back into the dash, and you are good to go. Put everything back together (except the trunk carpet, you want the muffler guy to be able to get how much cable he needs). I pulled the wire up to the O2 sensor grommet so it will not be in the way when I drive to the shop tomorrow.

I will take pictures of the install and some sound clips and video. I just need to figure out how I can upload them so you guys can see it.

12-22-2006, 06:25 PM	#28
boggtown Guest Posts: n/a	I finished installing everything, except the welding of the valves. What I did was take all of the trunk carpet out, everything. Its pretty simple, no biggie. Then you just lift up on the O2 sensor grommets (they are only in there by friction fit), and you get underneath the car and push the wire through where the O2 sensor wire goes (not hard at all, its really close and the opening is big, but not big enough to fit the big end through). Then you pull like crazy on the gigantic grommet that leads torward the engine, ok, your done with the trunk for now. Put your car in service mode (super easy), and if you want, you can use a grabber or screwdriver to push the wires through to the engine bay, I waited a couple steps though. Next, you undo 4 plastic "nuts" that hold the carpet on the firewall and take the carpet out. Undo 9 bolts and take the metal sheild off. Now take a chisel and punch a slit into the grommet that leads into the cabin (about a half inch will do). This is when I pushed the wires though into the engine bay. I put some heat sheilding over the wires just in case (they run directly the same path as the shifter cables) and pushed the wires through the slit in the grommet ( felt like giving birth to a plug, its pretty tight, but I could have made the slit bigger). Pull all your extra cable (exept what you need to reach the valves) and begin to slide it underneath the console. You need to push kinda hard to get it to be under there. Run it all the way to the bins (you will have very little cable left, seriously, just enough to reach the button). Now you can start on the switch (I used the switch it came with, but I might update to a porsche switch to go in the center console by the ashtray, thatd be sweet), I put my switch in the batwing. You need to dremel your way very carefully, it took me a while to get it right. The way the switch is, you need to remove all the connectors that were in the switch to get it in the hole you cut. So remember where the wires went! Once you get your switch to fit pop it in and reconnect the wires. I used inline wire taps to get power from the cigarette lighter. I had to remove my cd player because I left my tools at college (my torx bits), if you DO have torx bits, the 100% easier way to do it would be to undo the 4 torx screws holding the enitre assembly in place (take off the cover to the side, they hold the lock button, ect..., and you will see 4 screws, once they are out you can take out the entire thing), then just run the wires from the cig lighter down the back of the console and pull it through where the bat wing went. Use butt connecter to connect it to the switch and push it all back into the dash, and you are good to go. Put everything back together (except the trunk carpet, you want the muffler guy to be able to get how much cable he needs). I pulled the wire up to the O2 sensor grommet so it will not be in the way when I drive to the shop tomorrow. I will take pictures of the install and some sound clips and video. I just need to figure out how I can upload them so you guys can see it.