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That’s a good honest review.


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fredthefifth wrote:Great post. Silly question probaby. Does the cigarette lighters still work? I use mine for phone charging.

Yes it will still work.


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Your welcome.....I did it exactly as I’d wanted it to be explained to me.

Check the dash display when the boot is closed to see if the boot door is showing open or closed.If it’s showing open when closed this can trigger the alarm...


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Sorry mate,I never went any further than dropping it.


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Passat B8 dash cam hard wired
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Got to post 15 for the start of glovebox removal.


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That’s it ,turned on ignition and camera powered up showing it was charging.


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Side trim back on


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Earth wire tucked away neatly.


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All tucked away..


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Used the twist wire that came with the kit to tidy up any excess cable.


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And fit back where you removed the fuse from.


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Pop the existing fuse in the spare slot like this..


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Now the piggy back..


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Now back to wiring.


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https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190423/cea7ca1c4a5d4d4bdb610697fbfbdfc5.jpg Now there is a tab on the upper side of the glove box that’s needs to be pressed up to release the glove box. There is 2 tabs,one left and one right.Release them one at a time and the box will fall to the footwell except...

Here it is popped..


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When the box is open you need to pry this plastic bar away from the lid on the lower end.I used a long flat head screwdriver to do this.


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Forget to show how to get access to the fuse box which is behind the glovebox,had great fun trying to do this[emoji3062]


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Decided to use the cigerette 12v charge point for switched power.It’s the 20 amp fuse in yellow.



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Here it is coming through on the other side.


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Fed the live through a small hole in towards the fuse box.


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