A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO FITTING A VFDS 1004 SECS MONITOR TO A 03 WRX.
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A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO FITTING A VFDS 1004 SECS MONITOR TO A 03 WRX.
To remove the dash top pod sit in the passenger seat.Take a firm hold under the lip of the recess where the Clock & Alarm LED are with both hands.Pull sharply vertically upwards.It is VERY tight as you have to part six lugs from their slots.
DONT LEVER WITH A SCREWDRIVER YOU WILL KNACKER THE SURROUND
Once it's out press on the catch & unplug the Clock wiring connector.
Wiggle the Alarm LED housing & push it out through the front of the pod.Then carefully remove the LED from its housing & pull it back through the pod which is now free to put to one side.Put the LED housing somewhere safe as you need it later.
1. Hole for Alarm LED housing.
3. Pod mounting lugs. (Six in all)
7. Socket for Clock plug.
Fit the four screw thread fasteners in place.The back two push in from above & the front two slide in from the side.
Thread the small cable plug (Connector 1) up from under the driver's footwell to the top of the dash.
Thread the two bare ended wires of the Shift Light up to the top of the dash through the gap you get when you lower the steering column to its lowest point.
Connect the Shift Light wires to Connector 2.Solid black wire to pin 1 & black wire with silver tracer to pin 2.
1. Alarm LED without its housing.
2. Screw thread fasteners. (Four in all)
4. Locating pips. (Two in all)
5. Twelve pin Connector 2. (Shift light pin 1 & pin 2)
6. Five pin Connector 1. (OBD)
7. Clock plug.(No longer required)
Screw SECS unit in place making sure the plate fits over the locating pips at the front.
Attach Connector 1 & Connector 2.
Tape all loose wires together but keep as much slack as possible in Alarm LED wire. (you will need it later)
1. Alarm LED without its housing.
2. Screws. (Four in all)
3. Locating hole for pod lugs. (Two in all)
4. Locating pips. (Two in all)
5. Twelve pin Connector 2. (Shift light)
6. Five pin Connector 1. (OBD)
Slacken the two adjusting screws either side so you can only just move the face of the unit.
Adjust the face to line up with the aperture in the new pod & tighten adjusting screws.
Choose a location to fit the Alarm LED & drill a hole for the housing. (That you safely put to one side didn't you? ) Use the hole in the old pod as a drill sizer.
Push the LED & wire through the hole from behind,then attach the housing.Push the completed assembly back into hole for a neat finish.
I located my light on top of the pod along a mid line & towards the windscreen.
Locate pod lugs over the locating holes & push on feeding the guide lugs in at the back..
1. Alarm LED without its housing.
2. Screws. (Four in all)
3. Locating hole for pod lugs. (Two in all)
4. Locating pips. (Two in all)
8. Adjusting screw. (Two in all)
Plug the Shift light plug into the Shift Light socket.
Stick Shift Light to dash with double sided tape. (supplied in kit)
Plug OBD plug into OBD socket just to the right of the bottom of the steering column.
Tuck any trailing wire up under dash & cable tie it so it stays there.
Sit back & admire your work.
Switch on ignition & it should look like this.
Or even this.
Mark
DONT LEVER WITH A SCREWDRIVER YOU WILL KNACKER THE SURROUND
Once it's out press on the catch & unplug the Clock wiring connector.
Wiggle the Alarm LED housing & push it out through the front of the pod.Then carefully remove the LED from its housing & pull it back through the pod which is now free to put to one side.Put the LED housing somewhere safe as you need it later.
1. Hole for Alarm LED housing.
3. Pod mounting lugs. (Six in all)
7. Socket for Clock plug.
Fit the four screw thread fasteners in place.The back two push in from above & the front two slide in from the side.
Thread the small cable plug (Connector 1) up from under the driver's footwell to the top of the dash.
Thread the two bare ended wires of the Shift Light up to the top of the dash through the gap you get when you lower the steering column to its lowest point.
Connect the Shift Light wires to Connector 2.Solid black wire to pin 1 & black wire with silver tracer to pin 2.
1. Alarm LED without its housing.
2. Screw thread fasteners. (Four in all)
4. Locating pips. (Two in all)
5. Twelve pin Connector 2. (Shift light pin 1 & pin 2)
6. Five pin Connector 1. (OBD)
7. Clock plug.(No longer required)
Screw SECS unit in place making sure the plate fits over the locating pips at the front.
Attach Connector 1 & Connector 2.
Tape all loose wires together but keep as much slack as possible in Alarm LED wire. (you will need it later)
1. Alarm LED without its housing.
2. Screws. (Four in all)
3. Locating hole for pod lugs. (Two in all)
4. Locating pips. (Two in all)
5. Twelve pin Connector 2. (Shift light)
6. Five pin Connector 1. (OBD)
Slacken the two adjusting screws either side so you can only just move the face of the unit.
Adjust the face to line up with the aperture in the new pod & tighten adjusting screws.
Choose a location to fit the Alarm LED & drill a hole for the housing. (That you safely put to one side didn't you? ) Use the hole in the old pod as a drill sizer.
Push the LED & wire through the hole from behind,then attach the housing.Push the completed assembly back into hole for a neat finish.
I located my light on top of the pod along a mid line & towards the windscreen.
Locate pod lugs over the locating holes & push on feeding the guide lugs in at the back..
1. Alarm LED without its housing.
2. Screws. (Four in all)
3. Locating hole for pod lugs. (Two in all)
4. Locating pips. (Two in all)
8. Adjusting screw. (Two in all)
Plug the Shift light plug into the Shift Light socket.
Stick Shift Light to dash with double sided tape. (supplied in kit)
Plug OBD plug into OBD socket just to the right of the bottom of the steering column.
Tuck any trailing wire up under dash & cable tie it so it stays there.
Sit back & admire your work.
Switch on ignition & it should look like this.
Or even this.
Mark
Last edited by FLAT ERIC; 19 June 2005 at 11:12 PM.
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very nice almost convinced me to get one for my STI, need to find the best price now.
Is the shift light extra or included as i already have one built in on the STI
Is the shift light extra or included as i already have one built in on the STI
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Originally Posted by BAH
very nice almost convinced me to get one for my STI, need to find the best price now.
Is the shift light extra or included as i already have one built in on the STI
Is the shift light extra or included as i already have one built in on the STI
Terminal block 2 is pre-wired to take feed to or from :-
Shift light
Water injection
Oil temp
Oil pressure
Boost sensor
You just buy which sensors etc you want to hook up.
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Originally Posted by Supercue
Thanks Mark thats brilliant. I'm just waiting for the new one to become available.
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very good mate - although didn't realise there was so little behind the fascia of a secs unit - I'm sure they could do a smaller one!
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Originally Posted by FLAT ERIC
Thank you kind sir.Nothing on their site yet about launch of new version.Have they given a rough date for it's release?
Unofficially I'd heard its should be the end of August but thats not concrete
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Originally Posted by messiah
very good mate - although didn't realise there was so little behind the fascia of a secs unit - I'm sure they could do a smaller one!
I think they are stuck with that size chassis so it fits a standard DIN slot.
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Originally Posted by poffer
Sorry m8,
Forgot to say thanks - I used some of this guide to hard wire my radar detector through the top pod.
many thanks!
Pete
Forgot to say thanks - I used some of this guide to hard wire my radar detector through the top pod.
many thanks!
Pete
I am awaiting my Group Buy Road Angel & will be doing the same.
I take it you used a feed from the clock wires?
Mark
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Glad to be of help.
I am awaiting my Group Buy Road Angel & will be doing the same.
I take it you used a feed from the clock wires?
Mark
I am awaiting my Group Buy Road Angel & will be doing the same.
I take it you used a feed from the clock wires?
Mark
Best option is to wire it into the radio power that comes from the ignition. I planned to do this when I fitted the new radio and forgot
Cheers
Pete
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