(Rear) Dashcam Wiring

[Marinna]

For you guys who installed aftermarket rear dashcam, what is your choice of mounting location and ways to hide wires?

I have never done any work to install rear dashcam. Usually Toyota's car has a rubber covered passage to allow wiring from rear hatch / door to the body, which is the most ideal way to route the wire. But I am not sure how hard it is to route the wire through that way. I am trying to hide all the wires for my installation so I could use some suggestion to know how you manage to get the work done.

Thanks

 

[ztz]

I am in the same boat, still, trying to figure out.

 

[DoMoCruiser24]

Glad this got started because I also can’t figure out where I’m going to actually mount the rear dash cam

 

[DuckNuggets]

I got the fitcamx and basically did what Syed117 did here in this thread.

Except I made the install a little tougher for myself by feeding the wire through the rubber wire loom protector for a cleaner look.

 

[DoMoCruiser24]

I had considered that spot (sans digital rear view camera), but prefer a static location and hoping someone had an ingenious idea

 

[Evergreen Daydreams]

I’ll leave this as a cautionary tale for anyone installing directly onto the rear glass: don’t set the cord slack based on the distance of the full open hatch, set the slack based on the open glass portion. You need a few extra inches of cord to open the glass (ask me how I know )

Otherwise it’s super easy to route the cord back to the front under the trim

 

[bluefish]

Placed mine on the right side of the rear view camera then routed the wire through the rubber (was a pain but came out very clean) and hid the wires under the top cover. From there routed wire through the side panels up to the front.

 

[chucker13]

Placed mine on the right side of the rear view camera then routed the wire through the rubber (was a pain but came out very clean) and hid the wires under the top cover. From there routed wire through the side panels up to the front.

Can you send a few pictures?

 

[JSFoster75]

For you guys who installed aftermarket rear dashcam, what is your choice of mounting location and ways to hide wires?

I have never done any work to install rear dashcam. Usually Toyota's car has a rubber covered passage to allow wiring from rear hatch / door to the body, which is the most ideal way to route the wire. But I am not sure how hard it is to route the wire through that way. I am trying to hide all the wires for my installation so I could use some suggestion to know how you manage to get the work done.

Thanks

I haven't done my LC, but on my Toyota Venza, I popped off the panels on the hatch and dropped the headliner just enough to fit my hand in. Then I ran the wire through the rubber "tube" along with factory wiring... That was super tight and took quite a while longer than I thought it would, but definitely makes for a clean install.

 

[obbob]

Don't install it onto the rear glass. My installer had a pretty clever solution. He put a magnet under the rear headliner onto the aluminum body. Then he glued a magnet onto the rear dash cam. The magnetic attraction is strong enough to go through the headliner.

 

[Evergreen Daydreams]

Magnets are an interesting idea. I wonder how they’ll hold up to the jostling off an average off-road trail. Good suggestion!