Hardwiring 3 amp phone charger on dashboard

[4Runner4Runner4]

Greetings everyone, I hope you’re all having a great start to 2020.

How do I take this dash apart and run a wire down to add another fuse? Phone mount will be centered on the dashboard directly above the radio, and I would love to tuck this cable away and hide it inside the dash.

Thanks!


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[andynj]

Dash comes apart really easily but its a bit scary the first time you do it as its nearly all clips and some you will need to tug on to get them to some out. Start by removing the large panel that surrounds the center console and goes around the gear shift its all one piece it just pulls up on clips, then remove the pop out drawer thing under the AC controls and unscrew the screw, pop out the AC controls again on clips and the finally the large plastic piece around the vents and center of the dash again on clips but there is one hidden screw underneath the ignition so you need to pop out the plastic under the steering wheel. There is probably a video on it somewhere best to find that, once you know how it take literally 5mins to pull everything off. For power just splice into the cigarette plug in the center console it has plenty of spare power for a phone.

 

[MikeinNH67]

In post 33153 on the link below you can see what I did for extra power. I didn't use the silly tiny cubby and wanted my backup cam down there so I pulled the cubby. With that cubby door off I would think you could fish a wire up behind the plastic. My USB plug is powered off the console plug which is easy to get to. I haven't had any issues charging my phone while using the normal plug for other things.

https://www.toyota-4runner.org/4th-...u-do-your-4runner-today-2211.html#post3357880

 

[royal T4R]

link for a 3a output charger? I can only find 2.4 amp ones.

 

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