Hiding a wire

[Devin]

I want to run a camera power cable along my dash, preferably under the trim piece between the dash and the window. Is this piece removable or is it a part of the dash?

 

[cncBilly]

There’s lots of videos on YouTube that will help you. Try a search

 

[Devin]

Couldn't find any videos of that piece being removed. I think I'll just have a go at it this weekend.

 

[n8hegr8]

I want to run a camera power cable along my dash, preferably under the trim piece between the dash and the window. Is this piece removable or is it a part of the dash?

Call Laketown Speed and Sound. They might be of help. They hid many camera wires in my stinger.

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[n8hegr8]

Why not run it in the trim piece at the top of the windshield. There are some videos showing how the stinger trim pieces pop loose, i don't think you take them completely off.

 

[Hojae84]

are you doing front or both front a back?
If only doing the front there is no need to remove any trim
just push/wedge power wire in between the headliner and window, then the door trim down to the fuse box - can use the trim revomal plastic tool to help push it in
if also doing the back, the best way to do it will require the same wedging wire between headliner and top of window trim
but will need to remove some trim in the trunk to have wires hidden at the back (there is a youtube video i followed for this)

 

[namja]

Couldn't find any videos of that piece being removed. I think I'll just have a go at it this weekend.

Just saw this post. Did you do it already? I can probably drop by one of these days

 

[Devin]

Just saw this post. Did you do it already? I can probably drop by one of these days

Nope. I haven't been able to find a dry day to do it yet.

 

[dimwit]

It was quite easy to tuck the camera wire into the front of the headliner and below the dashboard without removing anything. The only piece I had to remove was the rubber inside the door.

 

[Devin]

I have my camera mounted low so managing the wire through the dash will look better.

 

[namja]

Oof actually it's gonna have to wait til after Xmas since I'm gonna be out of town .

Not sure what your setup looks like but either you're trying to put it where the windshield meets the frame, or you're trying to tuck it where the front fascia is (where the infotainment and stuff goes.
Either way, that's gonna be like 100x more work than using the headliner, at least according to the shop manual.

Also, in your neck of the woods, I'd be wary of having people see that I have a dash cam, which is why I installed a tint strip and mounted the dash cam behind that. Hard to see that I have a dashcam through the glass.

 

[Devin]

Oof actually it's gonna have to wait til after Xmas since I'm gonna be out of town .

Not sure what your setup looks like but either you're trying to put it where the windshield meets the frame, or you're trying to tuck it where the front fascia is (where the infotainment and stuff goes.
Either way, that's gonna be like 100x more work than using the headliner, at least according to the shop manual.

Also, in your neck of the woods, I'd be wary of having people see that I have a dash cam, which is why I installed a tint strip and mounted the dash cam behind that. Hard to see that I have a dashcam through the glass.

Okay, I'm curious now. Where exactly am I?

 

[Devin]

So I gave up running it low. I disassembled the trim on the driver side and I could not see a gentle way to remove the lower windshield trim.

So up and over I went. This necessitated moving the camera to just below the mirror, which I was trying to avoid, but it works.

Last night I used taps to hook into the cabin power and accessory circuit.

After successfully getting power to the device, today I needed to cable manage. First I removed the door seal around the dash and then I popped the fuse panel cover off. From there it is fairly easy to pop the side trim off the dash. I then removed the A pillar trim (there is an airbag there, btw) and was able to route the USB cable between the airbag and the body (which avoids causing a hazardous situation with the airbag.