When I saw some of the preview pix of MacGyver's Windscreen mod I knew I wanted it. I know some people will call it rice. If you think it's rice, please keep your opinion to yourself.

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The installation was VERY easy. I had to drill a 1/2" diameter hole in the top of my secret comparment. The hole is completely covered my the windscreen mechanism. There is a "phone" type cable coming down from the windscreen mechansim. This gets plugged into the control box. I mounted the control box in the secret comparment itself for easy access. Coming out of the control box is a pig-tail of four wires. The color code is labled on the control box itself (which is a very nice touch.) There is a ground wire, power-on wire, brake wire, and soft-top wire. Ran the wires from inside the secret comparment through the plastic (another hole.) I ran all the wires down behind the lower-roll hoop trim panel (the one with the hooks in it.) I found a nice ground behind there. I tapped the brake wire behind the trim panel next to the drivers seat, almost right behind the striker plate for the door. I then ran the power-on wire along the factory wireing in the channel along the driver's sill. I then ran the wire to a toggle switch that I mounted under the dash. I then ran the wire through an inline fuse and into the spare spade connector on the fuse block that is controlled by the lights. I did not connect the wire for the soft top.

What I found out was that the brake will work no matter what is going on with the "power-on wire." I wanted the ability to disable the whole windscreen with a single switch. I could have easily wired both the brake and power-on wires through a DPST switch, but I did not have one. I also did not want to have to move the brake wire splice, or have to extend it. So I decided to use a relay. I have it triggered by the "power-on" lead and the brake wire interrups the brake wire line to the control box. This works very well. The windscreen flashes when I lock/unlock the doors.

Here is a schematic of my wiring setup. I was using the 5a fuse for testing purposes. I believe a 1a fuse will work fine.



This is what it looks like mounted, from the back.



This is under the secret compartment cover:



A closeup of the control box:



Here is where I came through the secret compartment for the wiring. I circled the hole in red as it is a little hard to see. This is taken from the passenger side.



The wiring behind the panel, with my relay installed.



The switch under the dash



Here is the windscreen on (it is a little brighter than this, but this is about the best I could get with my camera



Here is the windscreen lit up red:



With the brake lights:

 

That's cool.

 

I just finished one for SolarisSF where the logo was painted with Day-Glo blue...when that sucker turns on it ROCKS!

 

I want to see pix of that! Sounds pretty cool.

 

OK, not to my own thread, but if anyone is interested in this they sould hurry. Mac is running low on control boxes and he has mentioned that he will not be ordering more.

 

Can I get this in another color?

 

drv2fast the great thing about this mod is that you can get any color you want.. and then when you touvh your brakes the screen turns red...

 

Hey Ru where did you push out of the secret compartment with the power/ground/brake wire? I didn't intially install mine in a very stealthy manner cause I couldn't find a good place to put a whole out of the compartment. Any pics of that?

 

I'll snap a pic in a little while, but the wires go out the right side of the forward compartment of the secret compartment. It is easy to push out to the area behind the seat.

 

Here is a shot of the secret compartment from the passenger side. I have circled the area that the hole is in with red.