W219 Dashboard access

[stevebower]

I am looking to install speed camera detector (Origin B2) in my 2007 320CDI. I need to be able to thread the wires through the dashboard and pick up a switched 12v supply. Any tips on which wiring I should use, and also can I get access from the dash side or do I have to remover the lower panel under the steering wheel. I am proposing to fit the detector behind the driver's-side vent.
See pic (not my motor, unfortunately

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[ontmiss]

"Can I remove this?" is cover for fuses, just pull it out and you'll get all you need.

 

[stevebower]

Great, thanks. It was the same on my W210, but this panel looked more permanent.

 

[richard]

You can also just remove the screws from the panel above drivers feet and drop it down a couple of inches.

Do stick the cable you run across to the cigarette lighter down or in a place it can't get caught in steering wheel "moving" mechanism, and don't forget to fuse it properly - with lots of these detectors there is a small fuse within the cigarette lighter plug and/or a power supply in there so cutting off the plug may not be the correct thing to do if indeed there is a cigarette lighter plug on it.

Richard

 

[stevebower]

yes I think I'll have to do that - the side panel seems not to remove easily, so may not be an access panel after all

 

[ontmiss]

It's probably hard to remove but it is fuse box cover after all. Check your owners manual Page 429, or if you don't have 1 here it is http://www.mbusa.com/vcm/MB/DigitalAssets/pdfmb/ownersmanual/2007_cls_class.pdf