well, after 3years and 5 months i finally finished my Rostra cc install, that i bought from matt off the forum. Not that there was anything wrong with it, just that life and moving from outside of chicago to guyton georgia just got in the way. In the grand scheme if things from start to finished if i were to total it up it would be about 20 hours.
For anyone who's interested in doing this themselves, theres a wealth of info out here on the forum, but the single most important bit of info out there is fred harmons color coded schematic diagram. Savedd my alot of head scratching.
When i finished wiring it up (or so i thought) i expected to see the 'on' light activate when I hit the on button. No dice. Turns out i missed connecting the white and blue wires. BINGO. Powers up, but no brake relay activation. Back yo.the schematic diagram and oops connected a couple wires to switched power not ground duh!!! Now were cooking with gas!! Yee ha. Put into diagnostic mode and every checks out except vss. Turns out the posi-tap didnt pierce the insulation. An adjustment later and everthing checks out.
Totally blown away!!! Smooth take up and i had originally forgotten The parts i read about the accelerate button. Press and hold until.u get to your desired speed and release.
If someone askes me was it worth it and would you do it again? Sure is and sure would... sure was fun doing it in the southern heat of south georgia....as oppsed to the below zero chicago winter.
...and for those curious enough to ask, i mounted mine on the right side, and ran the cable to the rear. I was able to.mount the unit and have enough room to velcro my auxiliary fuse panel to the top and have it fit under the right side black panel.
For anyone who's interested in doing this themselves, theres a wealth of info out here on the forum, but the single most important bit of info out there is fred harmons color coded schematic diagram. Savedd my alot of head scratching.
When i finished wiring it up (or so i thought) i expected to see the 'on' light activate when I hit the on button. No dice. Turns out i missed connecting the white and blue wires. BINGO. Powers up, but no brake relay activation. Back yo.the schematic diagram and oops connected a couple wires to switched power not ground duh!!! Now were cooking with gas!! Yee ha. Put into diagnostic mode and every checks out except vss. Turns out the posi-tap didnt pierce the insulation. An adjustment later and everthing checks out.
Totally blown away!!! Smooth take up and i had originally forgotten The parts i read about the accelerate button. Press and hold until.u get to your desired speed and release.
If someone askes me was it worth it and would you do it again? Sure is and sure would... sure was fun doing it in the southern heat of south georgia....as oppsed to the below zero chicago winter.
...and for those curious enough to ask, i mounted mine on the right side, and ran the cable to the rear. I was able to.mount the unit and have enough room to velcro my auxiliary fuse panel to the top and have it fit under the right side black panel.