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Originally Posted by Erik
Aside from the cost and the installation,
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MIMA is "on sale" now because many people who had told Mike that they would buy a MIMA system backed out after Mike had ordered the components. So a pre-built plug-and-play MIMA has never been so affordable.
The installation has never been easier as well. The plug-and-play wiring harness makes MIMA easy to install. The most time-consuming part of the installation is the disassembly/reassembly of various parts of the car.
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Originally Posted by Erik
what keeps me from getting MiMa is the ugly mountings and buttons that it entails. If it blended with the cars interior I would be all over it.
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The only visible MIMA components are the kill switch, LED display panel, and 1 or optionally 2 joysticks. The kill switch could be an on-off switch of your choice that blends with the interior as closely as you desire.
The current LED display panel is low-profile and hardly noticeable. It could be installed at a location of your choice, but the suggested location, perched low centered in front of the instrument panel, is very unobtrusive. It and its epoxy putty mount invisible underneath and behind the display panel can be painted as you desire. Flat black blends in well.
The joystick console(s) can be mounted where you desire and painted the color that you desire. The suggested gear shift knob and parking brake handle locations are convenient but may not satisfy the esthetics of every driver. Mike has referenced clever installations chosen by several MIMA users. Other locations are certainly possible.
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Originally Posted by Erik
Wayward wires, what for?
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The current plug-and-play MIMA wiring harness has no wires that I would consider wayward. The only wiring that is visible is a short section of flat ribbon cable connecting the joystick console to the MIMA main board. It can be painted or taped to match its background or hidden altogether depending on one's choice of joystick location. All hidden wiring is bundled or is ribbon cable keeping everything very neat. I needed fewer than 10 tie wraps to secure the MIMA wiring.
So maybe you are referring to some of the earlier MIMA versions which were not as plug-and-play as the current version.
