Test fitted the Gathers rear speaker pods, they look awesome! Theres factory plugs either side at the rear which are taped back behind the plastic trim. My mate reckons they are for these however I feel they are for the factory rear fog lights which came on the euro market builds, shall have to consult my wiring diagram for the chassis and confirm.

Unsure if I mentioned it in my Honda Nationals post for this year, it rained heaps over the Friday night, when arriving at the track on Saturday I noticed the rear pod passenger side where the gather speaker pods now go was full of water, which had run down onto the battery and into the boot spare wheel well.

I decided to go hunting, and what I thought it to be was correct. Rust has come through, can't see the tiny hole but I'm sure it's around the hatch hinge sealant, they always leak through there from cracked sealant.

Bit disappointing seeing the rust, not the easiest place to fix. Just felt like putting it back into the garage and forgetting. Definitely won't be getting fixed for now, hoping to do 1 more Wakefield day for this year, and then I'm off to Japan early next year again.

And some good news to finish off this post, my battery isolation switch arrived this morning. I feel like I should have installed one of these a while ago tbh, I do also have my battery mounted in the boot with the cable running behind the dash from the passenger side to drivers, so I could simply cut it there and run both ends behind the center console. I plan to run it in the factory cig lighter location like my friend Mr Spooner did on his EF5, a photo of his from his build thread.

18/10/2018

So this arvo I decided to have a break from studying for my final exams and start tackling this battery kill switch. As previously mentioned I wanted to mount it in the factory cig lighter hole so it looks part of the dash, neatly tucked away.

I disassembled the cig lighter by loosening a bolt on the back although with everything coming out and turning the metal outer casing to remove the silver metal piece a phone charger would slide in to. The kill switch wouldnt sit flush against the back so I had to notch the lower plastic so it could. One tool I keep forgetting to purchase is a dremel, would be so handy for these, however I wasn't bothered to go bunnings so I improvised with a spare soldering iron (this is a spare center console I have which will act as a prototype).

Kept going until I could have the switch sitting flush against the backing of the center console, the front plate sits nicely around the switch as well. I only taped it in place for now, will have to look into a way to mount it, probably just the threaded holes it comes with.

As my battery has been relocated to the boot, I actually have the positive wire run behind the dash from the passenger side to drivers, I'm hoping theres enough length to cut it in the middle and have both pieces reach the switch, however I feel that wont be the case, and then guessing I'll have to go but some more... nothing like $20/metre of 2 gauge wire..