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Guys, checked all the other threads and nothing. Looking for some help to ground to the frame. I am accessing the fuse panel under the dead pedal. There isn’t a secondary small fuse panel access with grounding point to mount to? Any ideas where to ground to? I can’t find any? Anybody else with a Cabriolet do this install? Is the S5 Coupe the same? Thanks!
Ordered a aftermarket fuse tap off E-bay and couldn’t get power from the Homelink fuse 5 AMP #8 spot in the box to my old V1. The old V1 wouldn’t power up. I have a new V1 Gen 2 on order will use that V1 Gen 2 hardwire tap that comes with it. Obviously something was wrong with this aftermarket fuse tap and adaptability of the old V1 power port.
I followed this thread for my V1 Gen1 and the V1CLE. Works fine on my V1 Gen2 when I got it, too. Also, be careful when you place the dead pedal back on if you are using an add-a-fuse/add-a-circuit because the Audi fusebox has reinforcement ridges that would prevent the fuse tap from going all the way in. Test that it works first before you button everything back down.
You can see the ground wire depicted below with the blue wire cover underneath the bolt. The included hardwire kit in V1 is not an enclosed circle but a prong, so you can loosen the bolt and just slip the prong underneath and retighten.
[QUOTE=Daaavid;25456478]I followed this thread for my V1 Gen1 and the V1CLE. Works fine on my V1 Gen2 when I got it, too. Also, be careful when you place the dead pedal back on if you are using an add-a-fuse/add-a-circuit because the Audi fusebox has reinforcement ridges that would prevent the fuse tap from going all the way in. Test that it works first before you button everything back down.
You can see the ground wire depicted below with the blue wire cover underneath the bolt. The included hardwire kit in V1 is not an enclosed circle but a prong, so you can loosen the bolt and just slip the prong underneath and retighten.
Thanks but I have a “B9 Cabriolet” very different than B8 and B8.5 as you have shown above. I wired it like this in my old B8.5 S5 Cabriolet.
That is a B9 A4. It is the same car . . . I have it wired the same in my B9 and B8.5 S4. The fuse box is in the dead pedal and you run the wire up to the side fuse box.
That is a B9 A4. It is the same car . . . I have it wired the same in my B9 and B8.5 S4. The fuse box is in the dead pedal and you run the wire up to the side fuse box.
The picture below you included is not in the dead pedal it’s on the side like a B8.
The picture below you included is not in the dead pedal it’s on the side like a B8.
I am telling you that the fuse box where I ran my V1 fuse tap is in the dead pedal. You will not be able to fit all the V1 hardwire kit in the dead pedal area, it will not fit, so you have to run the ground wire on the side fuse panel and ground it on a bolt next to the side panel fuse box which is the blue wire in the photo. The V1 hardwire kit is the jungle of wires you are seeing, there is no fuse tap in there.
I even showed you the link from another user who wired their V1 in their B9 (that's where I got the photo from) going through the dead pedal and having the rest of the wires in the side panel fuse box. I was only showing you that photo to show you another grounding point. I am not sure why you are refusing to even look at support from other users when you are asking for it.
I am telling you that the fuse box where I ran my V1 fuse tap is in the dead pedal. You will not be able to fit all the V1 hardwire kit in the dead pedal area, it will not fit, so you have to run the ground wire on the side fuse panel and ground it on a bolt next to the side panel fuse box which is the blue wire in the photo. The V1 hardwire kit is the jungle of wires you are seeing, there is no fuse tap in there.
I even showed you the link from another user who wired their V1 in their B9 (that's where I got the photo from) going through the dead pedal and having the rest of the wires in the side panel fuse box. I was only showing you that photo to show you another grounding point. I am not sure why you are refusing to even look at support from other users when you are asking for it.
05-16-2020, 07:33 AM
B9 S5 Cabriolet Valentine 1 Hardwire - HELP
