G8 GT More Pics! 56k warning.. NEW "MOD"!

[00Beast]

Man, I hate metric volt gauges.

Thanks, Mr. Sarcastic, lol. I meant the Oil Temp in degrees C, and the gauge in Kpa.

[radomirthegreat]

I'd have written that I agree with you, but that would not have been as much fun. Not that agreeing with you isn't fun, but that being sarcastic is.

[Peterg22000]

Looks Good John!


are you planing to put the smokers package in, or are you leaving it like that?

[00Beast]

What's the smoker's package?

[radomirthegreat]

IIRC, new cars don't come with ashtrays and other similar amenities. A smoker's package adds that.

[J Wikoff]

I'm not gonna take the console plate off again until it gets warmer so I don't risk breaking it. The original cracked at the thin point above the mirror controls. I haven't decided yet if I'm gonna put it in. I am going to put the rear one in though.

[Peterg22000]

What's the smoker's package?

Rad is correct, But thats not why its being brought up in this case..

in this case, the smokers package looks like this when installed..

[00Beast]

Ah, so instead of the kind of ugly 12v PP and the cubby, you have a cover that exposes an ashtray and a cig lighter. makes sense. I like the cubby there though. That'd be the perfect place for a phone, or in John's case, a garage door remote. We have the same ones for our garage at home, LOL.

[J Wikoff]

Hey Pete, do your guages work when you use the remote start? I haven't gone back in to check the wiring yet, but the two times I've used the remote start, the guages don't work, and won't work until I leave the car for a while and come back. Even if I turn the car off, open the door to turn of the RAP, and start the car again with the key.

[SSEimatt93]

*dang*, I love that interior.
I know most cars Ive owned with remote start, most accessories and gagues such as that do not funtion until the key is turned on....?

[J Wikoff]

Yeah, I put the key in and turned it to Run. I can drive around, turn the car off, open door, close it, and start the car, and they still don't work.

[Peterg22000]

that is not an issue that I have.

my only current issue is illumination (they are alway lit, even when the others are off)

If I recall you said you picked a random one or the brown wires in the harness? and there where more then I said mine had?
I would try switching the wire to see what you get.

[J Wikoff]

Oh yeah, mine had three brown wires instead of two. Would no CAN LOW signal prevent illumination and any needle movement?

[Peterg22000]

I was just going threw me write up on GRRRR8. there should have been Two brown and One Brown/black. are you sure you didn't make a mistake there?

[J Wikoff]

Three brown, and one brown/black, one light blue, and one black. Which pin did you connect your CAN LOW to?

[Peterg22000]

For easy reference, this is have the wires should have gone.
B1(12v) > Lt Blue
B2(Illumination) > Yellow
B3(Ignition) > Pink/Blue
B4(ground) > Gound to body
B5(CAN High) > Brown/Black
B6(can Low) > Brown

[Peterg22000]

Three brown, and one brown/black, one light blue, and one black. Which pin did you connect your CAN LOW to?

I'll either have to pop the panel off my car and look, of see if I have a clear enough pic to show me..

would you be availiable to call if I pop the panel off?

[J Wikoff]

Yeah, anytime. You've got my number.

[J Wikoff]

Mine CAN LOW would be connected to the purple wire in this pic, which is one of the three brown wires on the other side of the connector:

[Peterg22000]

did you take and pics of youe wiring harness I want to know if the colors on the colume side are atleast the same as mine..


( it should make things easier to discribe over the phone, if they are the same)

EDIT, looks like we both think alike