03-24-2014, 03:25 PM | #1 |
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Power access for radar detector on M235i
Can anyone who recently was lucky enough to get their m235i tell me where the lighter adapter is located? Need to figure out the most seamless way to run/power my radar detector.
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03-24-2014, 03:41 PM | #2 |
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03-24-2014, 03:42 PM | #3 |
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Check the new m235 thread there's a very good DIY on tapping power in the mirror.
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03-24-2014, 04:40 PM | #4 |
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Thanks but I'm not looking to do a custom job. Was just wondering I there was an alternative lighter outlet near near the bottom area of the passenger seat so I didn't have to plug into the middle of the console in the way of everything.
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The most see less way would be to probably get it hard wired
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I have hard wired my Passport 8500 using the trunk fuse box. There's a DIY in the electronics section.
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Isn't there is another lighter outlet under the dash below the glove box like the F30?
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No only outlet is front center console and rear of center console for the back.
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http://www.2addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=958714 I did mine in 5 minutes with a 15" cord, would have been faster but I was working in the dark. Really no reason to go any other route. |
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05-21-2014, 09:02 PM | #11 |
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I hard wired mine also with Mirror Tap but it was more like 20 minutes. The lighter is different from my past BMW's in that power always stays on, in my E93 when I turned the car off the radar detector went off but I tried that in the M235 and it didn't shut off so I hard wired it. Really it should be 5 minutes I was just scared of breaking a brand new car.
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Shouldn't be an issue. Power in the car stays on just the engine itself cuts out.
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Ya but I heard the voltage might drop to around 10V while engine restart making the radar to reset..... not sure if this is true or not... that's why i was asking if anybody experienced issues with auto start/stop
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Just make sure you test it before snapping it all back together, I had to push the two connection wires in pretty far to make good contact.
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Took a few minutes but I got it to work....once I realized it was more of the mirror arm to separate and not the mirror, I got it to work in about 10 minutes. 3-4 minutes of is it the mirror or the mirror support.
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Agree. The 335i was wired to the glovebox so that was a small pain. This was by far the easiest.
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