Progress has been slow lately, we've had a whole bunch of 39C/100F days. Walk outside, "nope", back inside. That process has been the car work ritual for the last week.
More on the AC.
After a rough positioning of all of the ac vent flex hose, I've finalised the hose positions with zip ties. I had a few conflicting space issues with the pedals.
The condenser is now installed. For installation the radiator bolts have to be removed and the radiator needs to be slid back about an inch. With the condenser installed, the radiator is moved toward the back of the car about 1/8". The provided mounts line up with the oem bolt holes. Since I'm using different bolt holes I had to slightly modify the brackets, with a drill press and die grinder, it took no more than 20 minuets. Since I'm using a non-stock aluminium radiator, the black painted condenser is a nice addition to the front of the car, as it blacks out the space behind the grill, for a more stock appearance.
I did not want to have the AC compressor mounted front and center on top of the intake manifold. Personally I find it makes the engine bay look busy and messy. Because of this, I have relocated the Alternator to low drivers side and the compressor will be mounted low passenger side. The compressor mount is completed, but not yet installed, I will take some photographs when it is.
Now for some wiring.
A quick job which I have done inside which will make life easier in the car. I wired a 60amp relay off the accessory wire from the ignition switch and placed a junction block up under the dash. Just incase I decide to install any electrical accessories in the future.
From there I bought a $10 usb out put, cigarette lighter phone charger. Hard wiring any cigarette lighter electricals is reasonably simple. The central terminal always goes to +ve and the spring loaded side terminals always go to -ve. Pull the case apart, and solder red and black wires to the connections for the central and side terminals, respectively. Reassemble and mount for convenience. Later down the road I will install some cheap sound into the car and I'll use my phone for music storage.
All the components of the original boot light system are missing, so I also bought a cheap led light bar and installed that underneath the package shelf. It's another simple accessory to wire. One wire goes to original pink dome light wire, the second wire goes a single terminal press switch, any single terminal door jam switch will do. Installed two switches, one for the boot light, the other for the car alarm. When wired in this manor the boot light will operate separately from the dome light.
