I can tell ya right now, you will not likely have any problems if you hard wire
it into the leads to your cig. lighter. Most lighters run enough power to be able
to run your detector and charge a cell phone without a problem.
Where you would run into a problem is if you wanted to use something like a
mid to high wattage power inverter.
Alternatively, you could run it off of the acc. and ground going to your deck
and not run into any problems at all. Getting to the deck wiring is going to be
a bit easier also.
You should be able to find a wiring guide for the radio harness pretty easy online,
if not, just go to Best Buy, Car Toys, or anywhere else that does installs. They
sell harness adapters for aftermarket radios and it's easy to map what wires
are what just by looking at the harness. You may even get them to tell you
just by calling, but I'm more of a visual person.
Just splice your positive and negative leads to your detector in and run your
wire to your mounting location. If youre mounting it high, you really don't
even need to cut the headliner, just tuck the wire in between it and the windshield,
then down the A-member molding.
The hardest part is actually getting the factory radio out, and all that takes is
two pairs of Ford head unit removal keys. (unless you want to make your own)
{edit} good god, I posted all that and it was a year old thread???
