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My 1st DIY..simple but hey -> Pictorial hardwire to domelight of Passport 8500 X50

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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 02:21 AM
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My 1st DIY..simple but hey -> Pictorial hardwire to domelight of Passport 8500 X50

thanks to the questions answered by others as well as evosports pictorial ....heres my own version..hope it helps...








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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 01:36 PM
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the pics are great. im going to do it that way. newbie question though. does that blue piece crimp the wire?? did you have to cut and use electrical tape at all? did u just hook up the ground and pos. to the steel prongs and clamp those, then just put the blue piece on the gray wire and it crimps it?? see the pwr of my sirius radio has 1 solid black, and 1 black w/white stripe. do i hook up the solid black to that ground screw, and the positive to the gray wire?? thanks for your help man, saved me alot on installation.thanks
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the pics are great. im going to do it that way. newbie question though. does that blue piece crimp the wire?? did you have to cut and use electrical tape at all? did u just hook up the ground and pos. to the steel prongs and clamp those, then just put the blue piece on the gray wire and it crimps it?? see the pwr of my sirius radio has 1 solid black, and 1 black w/white stripe. do i hook up the solid black to that ground screw, and the positive to the gray wire?? thanks for your help man, saved me alot on installation.thanks
ya that blue peice crimps the wire..u put it on the wire and use pliers to close it tightly ...make sure u crimp the right wire the first time otherwise its a pain in the *** to uncrimp it (like i had to do)....dint need any tape or anything....i just hooked the ground up to that bolt that you see in the pic...

im not sure about the wires on ur sirius radio? but whichever wire has the little loop on it is the one youre gunna b using as your ground....dono if that helps...
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Cool setup - congrats on your install.
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