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Message: <blockquote data-quote="haywire" data-source="post: 569014" data-attributes="member: 16474">Installed the rear shelf with the electric blind (still not complete yet)Hey guys. Been a while since the last update. Still busy with work.However, had some time today so I figured I better start with my rear blind which has been sitting in my house for quite some time already.Before that bro Vixx came and I installed the wiring for his SMG steering and we had a drink and roti canai afterwards.Right after he left I started work with my car, dismantling the rear seats, seatbelts, C-pillars and old shelf:<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6574862351_406fe68429_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Old shelf<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6574861497_ff3d3dbb65_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Removing the seats<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6574876569_bde9c80052_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Parcel shelf out<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6574864099_813e7bdeee_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Old shelf and the new shelf with the blind cutout, which was given to me for free by an M5 owner in UK.<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6574865911_06131d999c_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Plastic bits not included in the new shelf<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6574867517_a55057cce0_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Plastic bits transferred on to the new shelf<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6574869793_d01357c861_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The electric blind fitted to the shelf<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6574871617_2c7a58136e_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Testing the operation of the electric blind. Works fine when connected directly to the battery.<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7146/6574875199_0fb54cbae1_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The new shelf with the electric blind goes on the car<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6574878151_7336682b89_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Note that these plastic tabs are used to hold and align the shelf to the metal part in the car<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6574879275_e6ccee0fa8_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Those plastic tabs goes into these metal brackets. I had some trouble aligning these earlier, and took me some time to realise their importance. If these weren't aligned properly the C-pillar wont go back in correctly.<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6574880339_eef7802dc5_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Everything put back together again nicely <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" />As you can see in the last picture, its already dark when i put everything back together, and I also managed to run the wire to the front. Too tired by then to finish the last piece of the puzzle, which is to run a wire from fuse 32 in the glove fusebox to a junction box under the driver's seat. This last install will (well I hope it does) make the blind work from the centre control button.Its quite a bit of work to install that last wire, the driver's seat need to be removed :dontknow:I think I'll compile all the information needed to install this rear blind when I'm done with it, currently its in little bits and pieces since I can only install bits by bits due to time constraints.</blockquote>

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