Can you install a DIY built-in USB charger?

[gavs]

That's a good install scobb. Though, there is an airbag there, is everything clear so that the plastic trim can still pop off in a crash?

[Hillbilly]

That's a good install scobb. Though, there is an airbag there, is everything clear so that the plastic trim can still pop off in a crash?

How does the panel come off as I wold like to loosen one to get the dashcam wire in behind it and worried about disturbing the airbag.
Thanks

[gavs]

With great care! Just get some plastic trim tools and lever it off parallel to the panel itself. Once popped off, you new to lift up to disengage the tab that goes behind the dash.

[Hillbilly]

With great care! Just get some plastic trim tools and lever it off parallel to the panel itself. Once popped off, you new to lift up to disengage the tab that goes behind the dash.

I take that to mean it comes straight out from the pillar across the car without moving back from or towards the windscreen I only need to move it less that 10mm out to get a wire down behind it.

At present it goes up the edge of the screen and across the top where that A pillar panel joins the roof panel and am worried it might get tangled with an airbag if it goes off.

Will probably have more to worry about than that if it does I guess LOL

[scobb]

OK, time to come clean, I didn't actually do the install myself, but got a professional auto electrician to do it (and it took him a while to understand that "i" devices (iPhones etc) need to be wired in a very specific way or they won't charge; this article explains how to do it.

That said, the car went in to VW last week to get the factory-standard Bluetooth module upgraded to the full A2DP-capable module that is fully integrated into the RCD510. They had to mount a new microphone in the plastic module near the the interior lights in the roof, so must have popped a side panel to run a new cable from the microphone to the RCD510. So I guess it's safe.

Slightly off-topic, but don't the curtain airbags emerge from the headlining where it meets the side windows?

[Hillbilly]

OK, time to come clean, I didn't actually do the install myself, but got a professional auto electrician to do it (and it took him a while to understand that "i" devices (iPhones etc) need to be wired in a very specific way or they won't charge; this article explains how to do it.

That said, the car went in to VW last week to get the factory-standard Bluetooth module upgraded to the full A2DP-capable module that is fully integrated into the RCD510. They had to mount a new microphone in the plastic module near the the interior lights in the roof, so must have popped a side panel to run a new cable from the microphone to the RCD510. So I guess it's safe.

Slightly off-topic, but don't the curtain airbags emerge from the headlining where it meets the side windows?

LOL Sprung Yes they do but was worried that the wire across the top might get snagged so wanted to pull it through nearer the bottom as it has to go int the dash