My Kuda mount arrived today and I'm planning on installing an XM plug and play radio (the xpress RC) today. I ordered the Kuda mount that goes on the side of the glove box and I'm wondering what strategies people have used to hide the wires (I'm planning on using the aux jack and the cigarette lighter power... I've already run the antenna cord which is well-hidden).

Thanks in advance.

 

I popped the aux jack back up into above the cubby and plugged my cord into it up and completely out of sight so I could still put CDs in the cubby. I also powered up my receiver from the CD changer power cord in behind the secret compartment (red/yellow is (+), brown is (-)) so I wouldn't have any cables anywhere.

Only issue, or feature depending on how you look at it, is that the changer power supply shuts off 15 minutes or so after the car is shut down and powers up as soon as the door is opened or car is unlocked. Not that the little receiver actually draws enough to run down the battery in that much time, but it's a little weird walking away with the receiver still lit up. Does let me listen to the XM with the car in the "acces" position, where the fob is in but the car isn't "on," which the lighter plug won't let me do and I really like.

 

You say you hid the antenna cable nicely? Can you give some details? Did you use the XM antenna or the existing Sirius antenna? Details!!!
Thanks,

 

hey.. I took the little xm antenna that came with the kit, stuck it to my roof, and ran the wire down the seals of the door... then into the car.. I hid the extra in the cubby hole (if you can call it that, lol) which is accessible via the passenger side, and then velcroed (spelling?) the xm radio to the bottom of the cubby hole in the dash. I managed to find in a box somewhere about a 5 or 6 inch aux audio cable, and use that.

I attached some pictures, let me know if you need more detailed ones. I'll be glad to get them for you.