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14:th-Jun-2015, 23:36:06
Its honestly so easy mate!
As said, top of the w/screen it tucks in. Then where the pillar trim meets roof lining just use a trim tool or a clean flat head screw driver & lever the trim enough to tuck the wire in.. It's very flexible. Now the wire has been hidden from the cam, to the door side of the pillar trim, you then want to tuck the wire behind the rubber seal, push it in with a trim tool again & then run the trim tool inside the rubber to pull the rubber back to where it should be. Once you've done that you need to do the same behind the rubber that goes down the side of the vent for the window, you're then at the top of the glove box. Open the door. Open the glove box & the end of the dash trim will just pull off. You've then exposed the first glovebox bolt (7mm IIRC), undo it along with the other 3 bolts, one in each corner. Shut the glovebox & pull it out. Unclip the glovebox light.
You then need to remove the gear gaitor & undo the two Philips screws that hold the trim on.. Then remove dash trim and the storage tray.
Once you've done this you will be able to unclip the OEM 12v socket, pull this towards you & it's clear there are two wires from it.. Connect your aftermarket 12v socket to this.
Pull the passenger side trim that runs from the left of the centre console, it just pulls off.. Feed your Dashcam power lead up and out so it is near your new 12v socket. Plug it in now and make sure it powers up.
Next you can secure the lead up and under the glovebox area, I cable tied mine to the metal bar that runs above the pollen filter area.
Refit the OEM 12v socket in place, tuck your new additional 12v in the space to the right, there's a perfect size gap which keeps it snug and out of the way of the gears. Refit dash trim.
Refit the trim which runs along the left side of centre console. Refit glovebox, refit end of dash trim.
Job done.
It sounds a lot of work but took me all of 20 minutes. No worrying about running power from the battery or anything like that, only thing I'd suggest doing which I didn't is fitting an inline fuse between the car and the secondary 12v socket. I didn't & had no issues on the 3 cars I've done like this but for the sake of a couple of quid it's worth doing it.
Il happily help anyone wanting to do this by the way.
If you need anything elks let me know, I can take mine apart for pics if required.
Jordan
As said, top of the w/screen it tucks in. Then where the pillar trim meets roof lining just use a trim tool or a clean flat head screw driver & lever the trim enough to tuck the wire in.. It's very flexible. Now the wire has been hidden from the cam, to the door side of the pillar trim, you then want to tuck the wire behind the rubber seal, push it in with a trim tool again & then run the trim tool inside the rubber to pull the rubber back to where it should be. Once you've done that you need to do the same behind the rubber that goes down the side of the vent for the window, you're then at the top of the glove box. Open the door. Open the glove box & the end of the dash trim will just pull off. You've then exposed the first glovebox bolt (7mm IIRC), undo it along with the other 3 bolts, one in each corner. Shut the glovebox & pull it out. Unclip the glovebox light.
You then need to remove the gear gaitor & undo the two Philips screws that hold the trim on.. Then remove dash trim and the storage tray.
Once you've done this you will be able to unclip the OEM 12v socket, pull this towards you & it's clear there are two wires from it.. Connect your aftermarket 12v socket to this.
Pull the passenger side trim that runs from the left of the centre console, it just pulls off.. Feed your Dashcam power lead up and out so it is near your new 12v socket. Plug it in now and make sure it powers up.
Next you can secure the lead up and under the glovebox area, I cable tied mine to the metal bar that runs above the pollen filter area.
Refit the OEM 12v socket in place, tuck your new additional 12v in the space to the right, there's a perfect size gap which keeps it snug and out of the way of the gears. Refit dash trim.
Refit the trim which runs along the left side of centre console. Refit glovebox, refit end of dash trim.
Job done.
It sounds a lot of work but took me all of 20 minutes. No worrying about running power from the battery or anything like that, only thing I'd suggest doing which I didn't is fitting an inline fuse between the car and the secondary 12v socket. I didn't & had no issues on the 3 cars I've done like this but for the sake of a couple of quid it's worth doing it.
Il happily help anyone wanting to do this by the way.
If you need anything elks let me know, I can take mine apart for pics if required.
Jordan