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keystone
09-21-2006, 08:41 PM
Hi all,
I want to direct wire V1 to sunroof, which turns on and off w/ ignition key, but I could not find a nice post in the archives written similar to the following
http://www.ideaphile.com/bmw/v1/index.html
(I opened the sunroof switch, but mine does not look like the described in this write up).
Can anyone post a picture (if you have a sunroof powered V1) of the direct wiring illustrating which wire you made the connection. Or tell me which color wire I should connect the V1 wire to get the power when the ingnition is switched on. I know this is a little bit asking too much, but it will help others looking for similar info. In the archives, there are some posts; unfortunately, none of them shows really how. Thanks for the help.

brosher
09-21-2006, 08:56 PM
EDIT: Good link here: http://www.bmw4life.com/radarDiy.htm

brosher
09-21-2006, 08:58 PM
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7493/pict0317smhl4.jpg

Qube
09-21-2006, 09:10 PM
Valentine? Nah. Bel STi all the way! *esp in RD forbidden zones* :)

Jon K
09-21-2006, 10:46 PM
I have a V1 hardwire to the sunroof - if you need specific pics I can take them tomrrow.

keystone
09-21-2006, 11:18 PM
I have a V1 hardwire to the sunroof - if you need specific pics I can take them tomrrow.
Thanks Jon K in advance. That would be wonderful. I just want to see which wire you connected the V1 (the blue connector that came with v1) so that I can do the same thing. I opened the sunroof panel, but I did not know which wire I should use to connect the blue connector for power and bentley was not much help either in identifying the wires. The web site I posted above explaining the steps was great, but everything in the pictures (for 1999) seemed different there compared to my car (1995).
BTW, I tried the link for brosher gave, my computer was not able open the page (http://www.kindel.com/bmw/).
Qube, t is legal to use RD in my area so V1 seemed to be the best choice for me.

Jon K
09-21-2006, 11:19 PM
Keystone - I'll snap pics tomorrow afternoon for ya.

brosher
09-22-2006, 08:02 AM
OK, THIS is the link that I used. Took a bit of sluething to dig it up again but it works perfectly.

http://www.bmw4life.com/radarDiy.htm