I'll drop Bruce a message after the festive season and get one sorted for some peace of mind.

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Thanks for all the help guys, it was much appreciated and was another great learning experience, the camera is now wired up and working, discovered how the back of the roof lifts up and now know where to run the wires for the coolant alarm too so that'll be much much easier when i do it, they seem simple enough, stick the sensor to the tank, stick the speaker where the driver can hear it, and find a 12v switched supply, winner.
Anyway, here's the camera poking out;

Thanks Cobber, the low coolant alarm is definitely on my list of things to do, seems like a no brainer.
The rear light covers are already fitted so that's a bonus, do you happen to know if they still fit if i change the lights to say the smoked lexus style ones? i've not decided if that's happening yet but if i do go that way i'd hope the coveres would still fit. Cheers

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Yeah, i know when driving temperatures are the main thing to watch (though with the mechanical work it shouldn't be as big a risk) but on the 2 hour+ drive home from collecting the car the temps never went above half way so that's a good test (and i was likely over revving most of the time too due to getting used to it) I do want to add one of the low coolant alarms at some point as that just seems like a great idea for protecting against this issue even more.

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fantastic, i'll take a look tomorrow and see if i can get further, thanks

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Thanks mate, you've been hugely helpful and supportive during the process. Think she's earned the moniker through the exhaust being a little on the loud side (and of course being small and yellow)
Yeah i'm focussing on the interior for now, ripped out the Alpine flip up head unit, cd changer and DVD player, put all the wiring back to standard before installing my own system with a floating display adding all the modern conveniences, swapped out the cracking gaitors for some yellow ones, nice new set of mats, seat belt guides and white LED interior lighting think that's it for now but more planned for the new year to make her feel like mine.

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Ok, so... remove the T-Bar (i assume remove wind deflector first) and i should see a grommet leading through to the engine bay, i assume i'll then have to take off the engine cover (not done this or the T-Bar yet so all new to me) to reach the wire poking out and pull it through to the other grommet i found to bring it into the boot, from there i can wire into the reverse light (green/brown wire from what i've read) and ground (presumably black) before sending the wires out to the camera, and you say theres access to the rear through the wing without having to drill?

Thanks for the help as ever

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Hello everyone, i've had a look at some other posts and can see people have answered this before but i can't quite get my head around it (doesn't help that the photos are missing on some of the more detailed posts) so apologies for asking this.

I've replaced the head unit in my TF and as it came with a reversing camera i figured i might as well install it, i do have to do quite an intricate manoeuvre to get into the side part of my drive so it'll come in handy there at least anyway. I think i'm pretty sure how to wire it using the reversing light for powering the camera and triggering the head unit to switch to the feed, and i've done the easy part of getting the wire from the dash to the rear of the passenger seat. I've also found a large grommit that looks perfect for getting said wire from the engine bay to the boot but i can't figure out how to get it from behind the seat into the engine bay in the first place, i tried pulling back some of the lining in places looking for an obvious way in but i can't see anything.
So what i'm after is an "explain like i'm 5" interpretation of where i need to go with the wire to reach my next target of the engine bay from behind the passenger seat, once its in there i'm planning to use the large grommit towards the mid left to come through into the boot and then i assume to get outside i'll need to pick somewhere to drill? or is there another way to get to the outside?

Thanks in advance for your help everyone.

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Hello again everyone and apolgoies for the radio silence, its been an absolutely manic few weeks here with lots of different things happening, but lets get caught up..

I did go to see that moonshine 135 and it was a lovely car with some good bits and pieces done to it, however in the end i had to pass as the paintwork needed way way more than i felt comfortable with, i even spoke to a reliable local painter who i've seen do amazing work on shoestring budgets and even he felt that certain areas needed that much work that by the time you've tried blending you'd be better off just respraying the whole thing which would be the cost of the car again. On top of this a person who i know this community respects told me that having worked on the car himself he felt it had too many issues to be worth it so with both of these things i walked away.

The benefit of walking away though was it gave me perspective, i quickly realised i only liked that one because it was rare and that i wouldn't be able to do the same level of customisation i'd been planning because it just wouldn't go, so i'd never be able to really make it mine. This brought me back to the sunspot 160, a car which for better or worse had crept under my skin and i'd already made countless plans for and so, after much negotiating and as you can see from my profile image, i got her (as yet unnamed). 

The weather isn't right for me to take on the external work yet but the interior has started undergoing a few changes with more to come and honestly i'm loving every minute. Everyone who has seen her so far is amazed that shes a 22 year old car which is testament to the timeless design, though she's currently been nicknamed the little yellow dickhead, which i'm hoping is meant with affection. Thanks for all your help everyone and no doubt for the help still to come (in fact i'm literally about to post a wiring query) i'm thrilled to now be a more justified member of this fantastic community.

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