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bobolinko
11-30-2009, 03:27 AM
It's called Retained Accessory Power (RAP)

I wanted that feature ever since I got the car, so this weekend I put it in.
Cost about 15 bucks and maybe 90 minutes.

http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt107/bobolinko/Radioontilldooropened.jpg

The Radio accessory wire is the gray one in the power plug for the head unit and I just tapped into the gray line.

The negative Door Trigger is the pink wire behind the small storage box that Ryan's Cheap Mod referrred to.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r143/rhino74s/xD/junctionbox.jpg
(Borrowed your picture Ryan !)
Now my radio keeps playing even if I take the key out of the ignition, and goes off when I open a door......
AH JESS LOV IT !!! :party36:

rhino74s
11-30-2009, 04:38 PM
nice job!
That could be a handy mod to do.

xDevint
12-06-2009, 08:44 AM
I may do this to mine.

bobolinko
12-19-2009, 03:55 AM
I may do this to mine.

Put a small 450MFD 16v cap on the relay coil that goes to the door-open-circuitry behind the storage box. Make sure the polarity is correct when you install the capacitor. Some brands of the relay had a small buzz when the cabin lights were dimming out. That will eradicate the vibra-buzz.

-bob