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different car, this vid is for a Toyota
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I've run a few wires from front to back in my G30. For me, the easiest was to remove the A-pillar trim and run the wire behind the airbag up to the headliner. From there you can peel back the headliner just enough to push the wire up behind the headliner. You will need to use a tool like a coat hanger to feed the wire over the seat belts. From there, it's a straight shot through the rear pillar down into the rear trunk area. I've used this approach on both sides of the car but unfortunately didn't take any photos.
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I know, that's why I said "same thing" after quick google. You run the rear wire from the mirror cam the same way as in this video and plug it into the rear cam.
The BMW video is out there somewhere. You don't need to remove anything. Just use some vinyl tools and tuck.
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Heads up to any users of this camera, I just let it overwrite but every so often (every 3 months) I wifi in to make sure it is working correctly. Haven't logged into it since October 2022 (busy life lol) but this past weekend I did- everything was good EXCEPT the date was now incorrect on the watermark. Immediately after logging into the camera the time updated to the correct date. I'd prefer the date and time to be accurate and if you all do as well, log into the camera with the app more frequently than every 8 months.
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[QUOTE=WretchedRefuse;30202744]I've run a few wires from front to back in my G30. For me, the easiest was to remove the A-pillar trim and run the wire behind the airbag up to the headliner. From there you can peel back the headliner just enough to push the wire up behind the headliner. You will need to use a tool like a coat hanger to feed the wire over the seat belts. From there, it's a straight shot through the rear pillar down into the rear trunk area. I've used this approach on both sides of the car but unfortunately didn't take any photos.
Is there no way to go along the roof liner from the rear view and then along the top of the piller rather than removing the A-pillar?
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So my date issue persists which likely means the battery in the camera is dead. That's incredibly short life for a CMOS battery but even worse it's soldered on the PCB. Battery only keeps it from keeping the right time and date, still records fine. I'm just turning off the timestamp for now.
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New here, I would like to know what part i need to "leach" of power from my interior rearview mirror for a gramin dash cam mini 2, which is basically a usb powered device.
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Just installed the fitcamx in my G30. Was basically done in 20 min, but then spent another hour trying to tuck cables enough to get the last big piece of plastic trim on. The wiring harness I got was way shorter than what's in the install video, so everything is kind of bunched together right in the middle.
I got everything on and it works great, but the big connector is against a metal module up on the roof and between that and the vent in the plastic trim. When I drive around it feels warm. Not hot by any means (nowhere near the bottom of the camera), but definitely warmer than ambient. Should I be concerned or take another swing at somehow placing the wiring better? I must have tried 8 different placements within 2 inches of each other before I was able to get the trim to re-seat properly. And yah the cam does block my sunshade so now it just kind of leans up there held in by the visors lol. |
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Is the harness too short on the front cam install? I’m still debating the front camera, no interest in the rear.
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I ordered the FitCamX and it arrived today. The front of the camera has a open shape opening. Why is there a opening and what goes there? There was a sticky patch in the box. Is this to cover the opening? It looks out of place.
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Yeah, use the black plastic with adhesive to block the opening. Think some vehicles have a sensor that fits in there.
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