Yesterday was a holiday for some of us, a Mass state holiday called Patriot’s Day. Events held include the Boston Marathon and the battle of Lexington reenactment and parade.
I took advantage of the beautiful 70+-degree weather and took care of something I had been putting off for a while in the MINI. I’ve had the AUX input since I bought the car, but rarely use it due to satellite radio, and basically the wire has been hanging near my feet. Additionally the wires to my laser jammer controller were also in plain view in the same area. Once in a while my feet would hit them, but more importantly, it didn’t look very nice.
So I took apart the downtubes and center stack. I routed the laser wires inside the plastic housing. I then mounted the AUX jack inside my left downtube, allowing for easy use. This wasn’t the easiest of tasks; after some drilling for the holes, it was very hard to get my fingers in there to guide the wire 90 degrees into the hole, but I got it and it looks great. Here’s a pic of everything taken apart. Also note Ian’s auto window up circuit attached to the removed toggles (which I also too the opportunity to wrap in electrical tape).
