Lewis&Clark
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I'm working up the plans for my first few mods on my 'new' 2008 Limited V8, and was hoping I could ask y'all some questions to get me going in the right direction with one specific need.
12v sockets & USB ports in all 4 door panels are first, with their own wiring and fuses. I'll be tackling that one in a couple weeks.
Second up, I'll be adding a 2nd AC power outlet to the cargo area; a 2nd outlet up front (under the dash in the front passenger seat); and add one somewhere TBD in the backseat (no idea where yet). I find the location Toyota picked for the truck's small, hard-to-access outlet inside the center console to be almost useless for most applications, and the one in back is a tad too far away for backseat passengers to use while driving.
But I also want to add an additional aux socket for the stereo--and I'm not finding much in the way of mod threads illustrating how to do this. Nor am I certain I even can.
The problem is that the location inside the center console is not ideal as I use a ProClip USA hard-wired phone/iPod charger and T4R-specific angled dash mount. It's too far away from the center console for a standard 3 foot audio cable to run. Not to mention it looks ugly and is annoying to have cables everywhere--especially if I have a passenger in that seat.
I thought of replacing the OEM head unit with a better aftermarket audio/nav system (especially one without the lockout to keep you from using it in motion), so I could use Bluetooth to stream the audio from wherever the phone is. But I don't have the money for an aftermarket system yet, and won't for a while (newborn!). Nor am I interested in using one of those cheap Bluetooth FM transmitters (poor quality, and I don't want to be reliant on finding a clear channel--hard to do in California).
So I'm left with either using a different device mount (not a suitable/practical option), or adding another aux socket somewhere else.
Is this possible? Anyone have any pointers to threads or other sources that illustrate how to do this? I would prefer it be flush-mount on the dash, or perhaps next to or above the glove box or something.
dt
12v sockets & USB ports in all 4 door panels are first, with their own wiring and fuses. I'll be tackling that one in a couple weeks.
Second up, I'll be adding a 2nd AC power outlet to the cargo area; a 2nd outlet up front (under the dash in the front passenger seat); and add one somewhere TBD in the backseat (no idea where yet). I find the location Toyota picked for the truck's small, hard-to-access outlet inside the center console to be almost useless for most applications, and the one in back is a tad too far away for backseat passengers to use while driving.
But I also want to add an additional aux socket for the stereo--and I'm not finding much in the way of mod threads illustrating how to do this. Nor am I certain I even can.
The problem is that the location inside the center console is not ideal as I use a ProClip USA hard-wired phone/iPod charger and T4R-specific angled dash mount. It's too far away from the center console for a standard 3 foot audio cable to run. Not to mention it looks ugly and is annoying to have cables everywhere--especially if I have a passenger in that seat.
I thought of replacing the OEM head unit with a better aftermarket audio/nav system (especially one without the lockout to keep you from using it in motion), so I could use Bluetooth to stream the audio from wherever the phone is. But I don't have the money for an aftermarket system yet, and won't for a while (newborn!). Nor am I interested in using one of those cheap Bluetooth FM transmitters (poor quality, and I don't want to be reliant on finding a clear channel--hard to do in California).
So I'm left with either using a different device mount (not a suitable/practical option), or adding another aux socket somewhere else.
Is this possible? Anyone have any pointers to threads or other sources that illustrate how to do this? I would prefer it be flush-mount on the dash, or perhaps next to or above the glove box or something.
dt
