Running Cable Under Dash?
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2012 E550 Cabriolet 2011 VW Eos 1985 Pininfarina Spider
Running Cable Under Dash?
I was thinking of install a semi-permanent infra-red phone holder on the left side of the steering wheel. I have a dash cam hardwired, with the cable running from the trunk through the passenger side sill and up the A pillar. I install a USB plug in this cable, since the dash cam needed a USB. I am wanting ti install a dual USB plug and use this to run the phone holder. The issue is getting this cable from the glove box area to the other side of the steering wheel. I thought I would be able to fish it through the dash, but that does not seem to be as easy as I thought it would be. Any ideas what might be the shortest route to run a wire from the glove box to the steering wheel would be? Thanks in advance!
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I was thinking of install a semi-permanent infra-red phone holder on the left side of the steering wheel. I have a dash cam hardwired, with the cable running from the trunk through the passenger side sill and up the A pillar. I install a USB plug in this cable, since the dash cam needed a USB. I am wanting ti install a dual USB plug and use this to run the phone holder. The issue is getting this cable from the glove box area to the other side of the steering wheel. I thought I would be able to fish it through the dash, but that does not seem to be as easy as I thought it would be. Any ideas what might be the shortest route to run a wire from the glove box to the steering wheel would be? Thanks in advance!
I was worried if the wire would cause an issue with the air flow to the wind shield but it seems not to have any effect to it and if it does it is as easy to take back out as it is to put it in.
