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Old 02-19-2016, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Lt8Che
I was thinking about doing the same. Someone did a write up on this on the 370 forum a while back but I cannot find it now.
Yea same here lol. Really grinds my gears. Im just going to buy a fuse tap and have it wired through a switch with an inline fuse.
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Yea same here lol. Really grinds my gears. Im just going to buy a fuse tap and have it wired through a switch with an inline fuse.
Just bought a momentary switch and gonna attempt this when it gets in as well as relocate some of my other switches.
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Lol sweet. You get to be the Guinea pig then haha I had another idea though. What if you bought a toggle switch though? For example, one way would cut the power of the brake lights, but light up a small 12 volt light. That way you always know what's on and what's off haha. I'm paranoid about hitting it and forgetting which way is on and off lol

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Lt8Che, consider to editing your first post and put this guide for removing the center console, of course to help people out!. It's the best guide I have found. http://www.twmperformance.com/manual...ion_manual.pdf I think I now know why you were able to get to yours easily. We have different center consoles, where the 12v, and usb go. Mine is one solid box, looks like yours comes apart?

Oh and the tools I used were, trim removal tools, phillips head screwdriver, needle nose pliers, a soldering iron (for a source of heat only, I did NOT solder the wires just wrapped them around each other and slid heat shrink on), heat shrink, extra wire (I used about 3 feet [rough guess, but it had a just enough slack for my liking]), razor blade (to remove the black thin plastic film wrapped around the wires and to shave the insulation from the wire we are cutting [its really really thin]), and a simple wire cutter to cut the wire! I think that was it!

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Originally Posted by Gregor12
Lol sweet. You get to be the Guinea pig then haha I had another idea though. What if you bought a toggle switch though? For example, one way would cut the power of the brake lights, but light up a small 12 volt light. That way you always know what's on and what's off haha. I'm paranoid about hitting it and forgetting which way is on and off lol

That's why I think I'll just do the momentary switch, so I can hold it on and when I release it's a closed circuit again.

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Lt8Che, consider to editing your first post and put this guide for removing the center console, of course to help people out!. It's the best guide I have found. http://www.twmperformance.com/manual...ion_manual.pdf I think I now know why you were able to get to yours easily. We have different center consoles, where the 12v, and usb go. Mine is one solid box, looks like yours comes apart?

Oh and the tools I used were, trim removal tools, phillips head screwdriver, needle nose pliers, a soldering iron (for a source of heat only, I did NOT solder the wires just wrapped them around each other and slid heat shrink on), heat shrink, extra wire (I used about 3 feet [rough guess, but it had a just enough slack for my liking]), razor blade (to remove the black thin plastic film wrapped around the wires and to shave the insulation from the wire we are cutting [its really really thin]), and a simple wire cutter to cut the wire! I think that was it!

Pretty good PDF, I'll add that in. It looks like different year models are slightly different. Thank you for the additional info!
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Yea I agree. Probably going to do the same
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Oh and I have a 2011 S. Not sure if that matters.

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Old 02-22-2016, 04:04 PM
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Thanks for that ^
It will make it easy to tell if my switch was properly connected
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OHHHHHH yeah, our center arm rests are different. When spring break comes, I can remove the arm rest to fix my wire situation. I'll take pics. I still haven't really gotten around to getting sideways yet
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Can anyone confirm or deny ABS working? I've been driving around with the module off, and was wondering if in an emergency will the car perform the same?
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Originally Posted by Jonesmeister11
Can anyone confirm or deny ABS working? I've been driving around with the module off, and was wondering if in an emergency will the car perform the same?
Go find some gravel or flat grass and slam on your brakes going above 10mph. See if your brake pedal fights you or not. I wouldn't trust someone's opinion on the forum when it comes to safety unless they truly know for sure.
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I would test the ABS situation but I think I have a fuel pressure issue or boost leak currently so I'm taking it easy until the build.
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Took a while to find some grass that was flat enough, and not someone's yard haha, but I can confirm that for MY car, ABS is still active.
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Took a while to find some grass that was flat enough, and not someone's yard haha, but I can confirm that for MY car, ABS is still active.
Lolol nice!!
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I would test the ABS situation but I think I have a fuel pressure issue or boost leak currently so I'm taking it easy until the build.
Damn man that sucks. Got any leads ok what the issue is??


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