Markycorrado80 10 Posted January 15, 2014 Hi Jamie, how's things, took your advice on getting shot of the tarnish off my VDO gauge panel using toothpaste - worked a treat, as good as new, all I need to do now is fit it and wire it all up, I've gone as far as removing the fisher cassette box, but I'm I right in saying I've got to remove more of the dash say the ash tray in order for it to fit? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie 1 Posted January 16, 2014 Hmmm mine was a slightly *ahem* "bespoke" fitting as the tabs had been removed so I'm not sure what the correct way of doing it would be mate sorry. I had to remove the ashtray and the lighter ( I took the light feed from the lighter) for the wiring anyway so I would say yes you need to remove them. Good luck with it if you need any other advice give us a shout and I'll do my best to point you in the right direction :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Markycorrado80 10 Posted January 16, 2014 Cheers Jaime that's great, hopefully on Sunday if the mrs hasn't got any plans, i'll spend a couple of hours with it, what would I need altogether & where would be the best place to get all the bits I need to complete the fit? looking back at post#13 (the night picture of the unit) it looks backlit unit is that right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie 1 Posted January 18, 2014 I think if you're doing it properly there's clips you need to buy from the dealer, but like I said mines bodged. You'll also need the plug and wires which you can also buy from the dealer or if you have a scrappy near you it's the same plug as the MKIII Golf, B3 B4 Passat, Corrado sunroof motor plug. Then it's just a case of wiring it up. The best way is to run a wire straight to the battery for the live, maybe putting a relay in line if you don't want it on all the time. Alternatively run it off the glove box light which is what I done (it's not as accurate but does the job). It is backlit and looks great at night so get the lighting feed from the cigar lighter illumination, find a nice earth and then finally run a wire into the engine bay for the sender. I went through a grommet on the passenger side behind the parcel shelf below the glove box. It's actually really easy but I'm not great at "how tos" as you can tell :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
