Part 3
Illustration A
- Select a -14 mm (9/16") hole saw.
- Swap the central drill bit in the hole saw for a -5 mm (13/64") drill bit. The hole in the holder is larger than the diameter of the drill bit. Wrap tape around the end of the drill bit to make sure it sits firmly in place in the hole. Do not lock the central drill bit with the lock screw. The drill bit must only be used for guiding the hole saw because the holes in the dashboard's lower part cannot be larger than -5 mm (13/64").
Illustration B
- Fit a 9 mm (23/64") drill stop.
- Drill out for the cradle's three feet.
Note! Only drill through the vinyl layer and foam layer, not through the plastic layer (1) on the lower part of the dashboard as this will make the hole too large for the nuts that are to be tightened from underneath.
- Select a -25 mm (1/2") hole saw.
- Change the centre drill in the hole saw back to the original drill bit.
- Drill for the connection of the connector. Drill through all layers of the dashboard. Use a 25 mm (1")drill stop.
Note! Do not damage the dashboard.
- Use a small screwdriver and clear the three small holes from any chips so that the underlying plastic layer appears.
- Remove the paper from the air ducts and the paper from under the dashboard. Make sure no chips are left inside the dashboard.
Installation
- Take out the cradle and insert the three stud bolts down through the holes in the dashboard's plastic layer.
- Take out the three nuts from the kit and tighten the cradle.
- Take out the short connection cable from the kit and secure the connector to the bottom of the cradle.
- Lift up the tunnel console and pull it back slightly.
- Unplug the big gray connector at the front.
- Lift out the centre console.
Note! Protect hand brake and gear lever when removing and installing the tunnel console.
- Unplug the connector from the 12V socket.
The new cable is routed in the same way on both left and right-hand drive cars, on the right-hand side of the tunnel console and centre console up to the area for the ventilation nozzles.
- Place the tunnel console upside down on a surface that will not damage it.
- Remove the new cable harness from the kit and connect the 12V outlet's black male connector (1) to the equivalent white female connector (2) on the routed adapter cable.
- Connect the remaining adapter cable's white male connector to the 12V outlet.
- Secure the fuse holder and connector with butyl tape on the front edge of the storage compartment.
- Clamp in the cable harness along the existing cable harness using three tie straps.
Note! Protect the hand brake and the gear shift when fitting the tunnel console.
- Push the tunnel console down into position. However, do not push it forward into position.
- Route the cable harness from the 12V outlet on the right-hand side of the tunnel console's front edge.
- Connect the large grey connectors to each other at the front of the tunnel console.
- Insert a wire spiral from the outlet where the air outlet was located and down to the right-hand side of the tunnel console.
- Tape the connector and a piece of the cable harness to the wire spiral.
- Carefully pull the cable harness up through the hole for the air outlet.
Note! Route the cable harness so there is no risk of it wearing through.
- Connect the cable from the cradle to the newly routed cable.
- Secure the two green connectors using a piece of butyl tape in a suitable place to prevent rattling.
- Pull down all surplus cable and conceal under the floor mat.
Finishing work
- Connect the cable to the warning flashers.
Note! Make sure the cable to the cradle is not pinched.
- Press the air outlets into place in the dashboard.
- Plug in the connectors to the media player.
- Fit the media player and tighten.
- Plug in the connector to the centre console's panel and reinstall.
Applies to cars with manual gearbox
Illustrations A and B apply to all models.
- Turn the ignition key to position II.
- Reconnect the battery negative lead.