Panamera The 4-dour coupe by Porsche

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Old Oct 28, 2018 | 08:47 PM
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Cleaned her up ...

After 4 months of ownership I finally got to giving my new daily commuter a deep clean.
I use the same drill for all my vehicles :
- paint correction by using a Porter Cable orbital buffer with orange pad. Compound : Zaino Fusion
- 2 layers of wax. I use S100 (motorcycle wax), which is the same as P21.

Car came out well. I'm pretty particular about my toys.




 

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Incredible job - looks like a brand new car!!
 
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Thats when black really looks best. Suggestion for your Radar, back in my Audi days I used to steal power from the sun roof switch and use a short cord/wire from the upper light/sunroof area. It was much neater and fairly simple to do. No way I could have that cord in my sight. Since then I go with remote radar
 
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Originally Posted by Bobby Buggs
Thats when black really looks best. Suggestion for your Radar, back in my Audi days I used to steal power from the sun roof switch and use a short cord/wire from the upper light/sunroof area. It was much neater and fairly simple to do. No way I could have that cord in my sight. Since then I go with remote radar
+1 and it's super easy to do on the Panamera as everything is right there.
 
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+1 and it's super easy to do on the Panamera as everything is right there.
Any link to a procedure ? I use a Valentine 1, which has a telephone line type of connection.
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Old Oct 30, 2018 | 07:19 AM
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I dont have a how 2 but to start I would get one of these, https://www.walmart.com/ip/RadarMoun...7a&athena=true
then look in the upper accessory area for a nice 12v source to tap into
 
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Any link to a procedure ? I use a Valentine 1, which has a telephone line type of connection.
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Your V1 should have come w/ a hardwire option (in addition to your lighter charger) that wires directly into a switched power supply so that it only comes on when the ignition is on. The bezel around the sunroof controls pops right out and you can tap into a wire there - did it last year and don't remember which wire I tapped into.
 
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Looking clean! Black when clean is awesome!
Here is what I've used in the past, it has an inline fuse and you tap into the power for the mirror. I have not done it in the Panamera but will eventually get around to it.
https://store.blendmount.com/mirrort...ong-p3866.aspx
 
Old Nov 5, 2018 | 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobby Buggs
Thats when black really looks best. Suggestion for your Radar, back in my Audi days I used to steal power from the sun roof switch and use a short cord/wire from the upper light/sunroof area. It was much neater and fairly simple to do. No way I could have that cord in my sight. Since then I go with remote radar
Bobby, could you possibly expand your explanation of how you tapped into your sunroof switch for radar power?

I bought this https://www.ebay.com/itm/Radar-Mount-Mirror-Mount-Radar-Detector-Bracket-for-Valentine-V1/192560871816?hash=item2cd585b988:g:57UAAOSwqlha5gx-:rk:3f:1&frcectupt=true and took it in to my Porsche dealer, but the mechanic said he did not recommend trying to connect to the mirror. I didn't think about a simple switch. This doesn't have the fuse, which I really like. Could someone post some photos of where you are connecting this?



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Old Nov 6, 2018 | 07:00 AM
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Sorry I havnt looked into the power for the Panamera, when I was doing it I was in Audi. As I showed my radar is remote in the Pan. There is more than 1 power option in the area above the mirror, Im willing to be its a pretty easy job to steal a switched 12V source in there. Ski Race guy indicated the same.
 
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