DIY: TEIN EDFC w/ 80 pics (LONG!)
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DIY: TEIN EDFC w/ 80 pics (LONG!)
We'll after Tein put in my coilovers I bought the EDFC to control the dampening to go with it. They put the motors on during the install of coilovers, but did all the wiring... which was a chore and I hope this help or can be used as an aide to help hide wires or find power sources.
Here is what Tein did... the removed the seat and trunk lining and there is a hole in the upper left and right to run wiring from the strut top to the side of the rear seat:
[IMG]http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd340/KulG35/EDFC%20Install/TeinEDFC9.jpg[/IMG
This is where I took over...
Remove the plastic, just pops off (held on by clips only)
I used a wire coat hanger to get from the rear side past the column to the front side.
I ran the wire through these white clips to keep it clean and wires safe
Just taped the wiring to the coat hanger to pull to the front side
This just pops of and I run to the top.
I ran the wiring right above where you see the gap as you will see in the next photos, the bottom just pops off as seen in the next photo
There is a bit of left over wiring which I bundled and stuff right below glove compartment. I would leave this all off for this is the side you will later be running the wiring from the engine bay to and stuff that excess wiring here as well.
Repeat the same for the driving side which will get you here.
I zip tied right below steering wheel on the under side. You only need to remove where the shifter is and you can run the wiring up near the shift and wiring can be stuffed up to hide
Now to the engine bay...
Remove all the plastic housing around the steering fluid for clean wiring
This is what is should look like after, please see the upper left all the plastic housing needs to be removed, even that attached to the glass. I ran the wiring through the cabin from the rubber housing in the upper left most corner of the engine bay.
I used the rubber circle thing in the upper most left part of the engine bay to run the wiring into the cabin (just left of the in cabin air filter which you can see from the engine bay)
To remove the glove compartment, firmly left and pull out, but there will be a cord attached. Where the glove box pivots will pop out
This just pops out as well and now the glove box is out.
Now remove the glove box housing, remove and all the screws and you will need to pop off. *** I broke one clip here, but screws held is back on perfectly
This is where the wiring will come through, you can't see it, more go by feel. It is very tight, I stuffed the wiring in from the top and then eventually was able to grab it and pull it down.
I used this for the constant power, in the upper left above the fuse panel under the steering wheel.
I used this for the display lighting power
The blue I used for the acc power, the white wire is for my V1 Radar
Here I used to ground, which there are other wiring Infiniti used to ground
Run under steering column again and run to where the shifter is...
Remove 4 screws to remove ash trey
Here is what Tein did... the removed the seat and trunk lining and there is a hole in the upper left and right to run wiring from the strut top to the side of the rear seat:
[IMG]http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd340/KulG35/EDFC%20Install/TeinEDFC9.jpg[/IMG
This is where I took over...
Remove the plastic, just pops off (held on by clips only)
I used a wire coat hanger to get from the rear side past the column to the front side.
I ran the wire through these white clips to keep it clean and wires safe
Just taped the wiring to the coat hanger to pull to the front side
This just pops of and I run to the top.
I ran the wiring right above where you see the gap as you will see in the next photos, the bottom just pops off as seen in the next photo
There is a bit of left over wiring which I bundled and stuff right below glove compartment. I would leave this all off for this is the side you will later be running the wiring from the engine bay to and stuff that excess wiring here as well.
Repeat the same for the driving side which will get you here.
I zip tied right below steering wheel on the under side. You only need to remove where the shifter is and you can run the wiring up near the shift and wiring can be stuffed up to hide
Now to the engine bay...
Remove all the plastic housing around the steering fluid for clean wiring
This is what is should look like after, please see the upper left all the plastic housing needs to be removed, even that attached to the glass. I ran the wiring through the cabin from the rubber housing in the upper left most corner of the engine bay.
I used the rubber circle thing in the upper most left part of the engine bay to run the wiring into the cabin (just left of the in cabin air filter which you can see from the engine bay)
To remove the glove compartment, firmly left and pull out, but there will be a cord attached. Where the glove box pivots will pop out
This just pops out as well and now the glove box is out.
Now remove the glove box housing, remove and all the screws and you will need to pop off. *** I broke one clip here, but screws held is back on perfectly
This is where the wiring will come through, you can't see it, more go by feel. It is very tight, I stuffed the wiring in from the top and then eventually was able to grab it and pull it down.
I used this for the constant power, in the upper left above the fuse panel under the steering wheel.
I used this for the display lighting power
The blue I used for the acc power, the white wire is for my V1 Radar
Here I used to ground, which there are other wiring Infiniti used to ground
Run under steering column again and run to where the shifter is...
Remove 4 screws to remove ash trey
Last edited by KulG35; 01-11-2009 at 01:32 AM.
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here is the rest... haha too many characters....
Put all back together and bam!
All is said and done, I need to have the ash trey cut and custom done to fit the unit. There are other ways to do I'm sure, but this is how I did it. Hope this helps PM if you have any questions or if your in the OC hit me up and I'll help you out
Put all back together and bam!
All is said and done, I need to have the ash trey cut and custom done to fit the unit. There are other ways to do I'm sure, but this is how I did it. Hope this helps PM if you have any questions or if your in the OC hit me up and I'll help you out
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Racer_X (11-17-2011)
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WOW!! Nice job on the clean and professional style install, and hats off for snapping so many pics, i felt like i was doing the entire install going through those detailed pics.
Enjoy your ride, and do post views with all the goodies after a week or two of driving spirited and normal.
Thanks for the writeup again, might help if i go this route a year down the lane.
Enjoy your ride, and do post views with all the goodies after a week or two of driving spirited and normal.
Thanks for the writeup again, might help if i go this route a year down the lane.
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nice, you're the man...i wish i lived over in cali, i would love to take a ride in your car...without a doubt you have the best handling G sedan on the forums...are you going to add some more bracing to the car? it'd be cool if you could find out how many G's your G pulls too, but I dunno what instrument you'd have to use, doesn't the iphone have an application that does that using MEMs?