Nope, if you see the gap between the ignition panel, and the stereo panel I ran the cable in between them. I used two plastic panel removers to insert the cable in between. The first one was used to widen the gap, and the other was used to push the cable in.
Then I continued the process upward, and followed the gap until the end of the cable wrapped into the back of the stereo panel. In order for that to work I removed the stereo panel, the A/C unit, and the Stereo. It was not hard to remove all of those items although I needed to take my time.
The unit that displays your music I ran the cable along the edge of the dash board, and ran it into the fuse box. Towards the back of the fuse box I ran the cable until it fell down next to the brake paddle. Then I ran the cable towards the back of the stereo panel.
There is a panel next to the gas pedal that has a small gap that you can run the cable.
| Ensure you have your negative cable unplug from your car battery (safety first)!!! |
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Stick your hand inside of the stereo slot, and you will be able to see the end of the cable and pull out towards you. Finally I ran the iPod connector behind the glove box, and the cable fell on to the passenger floor.
Next, you can push the panel inward like the panel next to the gas pedal. Put your hand through the stereo slot and pull the cable out towards you. Now you can connect all of the cables to the unit, and use some zip ties to bundle the cables neatly.
You can run the power connector to the cigarette lighter the same way you ran the iPod cable. I did that as a temporary solution. I did not want to tap into the ACC power line because I did not want to screw that up. I placed the unit inside of the stereo slot, and attached all of the panels, the A/C unit, and the stereo.
I took my car to a local audio/stereo installation place, and I had them tap my XM radio unit and the iPod power cables to my ACC wires. They charged me $45 dollars, and was not a bad deal. At least there was a piece of mind that I did not screw up my power cables for the units, and the car.
I also ran my XM cables the same way as I did for the Drive + Play unit.
I know you only asked the drilling question, but I wanted to layout the steps in the event you decide to purchase the unit yourself. Best Buy sells the unit for $80 dollars and Drive + Play dual transmitter adapter (only buy the Drive + Play adapter if you have a plug and play XM/Sirius unit because you are going have to daisy chain the Drive + Play unit with XM/Sirius unit), and the two special
Euro harness cables for $25 dollars. I bought the unit $20 dollars cheaper on eBay. There is a better version of the Drive + Play for about $300 dollars. That unit can control your iPod, Bluetooth, and Sirius SAT radio. Since I have XM radio, I did not purchase that unit. You probably can get a stereo/nav unit for that price. I still cannot find a stereo unit that matches our Crossfire look, and that can control XM, Bluetooth, and the iPod. That is why I have those two units for now as a temporary solution. I hope that this info has help, and sorry for this huge response.