sethro1980

No need to go to this trouble. The power cord that comes with a dash cam is long enough to easily route behind trim panels and connect under the dash.

bugelrex

How did you glue it on? Will the adhesive hold up the weight long term?

sethro1980

The camera comes with two adhesive pads. I ended up buying some trim tape from an auto parts store because it felt stronger. So far so good. The more it gets touched, the weaker the bond will get, but you don't really ever have to touch it once it is installed. It barely fits in there without bumping into the rear view mirror. If you are under 6'2" you won't have a problem.

rmfnla

That's how I used to mount radar detectors...

mjhawkins2346

I installed an 0801 just to the right of the mirror next to the plastic housing. I tucked the wire under the headliner and then in the A column cover. Didn't remove anything, just nudged it in. When I got to the glovebox I just spliced into the wire going to the cigarette plug. Had to remove the side cover to get to it but that wasn't a big deal. Seems to work fine. Newegg had a sale on the Ojocam version for $80. That was a deal.

sethro1980

I'm curious to know how long it holds up mounted directly to the glass, which makes it impossible to cover with a sun shade while parked in the hot sun. This was the main reason I mounted the camera to the black plastic. I can cover the camera with a sun shade, and while the interior of the car still gets hot if it sits more than 10 minutes, at least it has some protection.

bugelrex

I just plugged into the socket in the trunk and ran the long wire across the headliner to the front of the car. The supplied cord is 'just barely' long enough. Its almost entirely invisible except where it plugs into the camera

mjhawkins2346

Good point. I wasn't satisfied with the way it sat after looking at that option. The windshield seemed sturdier too. I was thinking of cutting a little piece of mylar coated bubble wrap into a small credit card sized square to use between the camera and the windshield on an extra hot day. It should slide and stay in place. I'm thinking of this for the radar detector too.

icool007

How do you hide these wires under windshield? My wire can't stay inside still and falling off...

AndrewOde

https://mbworld.org/forums/glk-class...-complete.html

I just did a full write up with pictures about this.

mjhawkins2346

I just tucked the wire under the headliner and then in the A column trim piece. It tucked in easily and well without showing or falling out. It was routed down to behind the glove box. Fairly easy install. My job looks remarkably similar to icool007's but no wiring falling out at all. Maybe tuck a little deeper? Perhaps using a plastic autobody "spatula"?

icool007

yeah, I had pushed it in a little hard to get it stay down there now. Good job, AndrewOde for your job there!

mjhawkins2346

I had my first "film at 11:00" event last month. Someone bumped my GLK and then wouldn't pull over. I dialed 911 while tailing them. I had to since they had paper plates and wouldn't be able to identify them later. The police took over my tail and pulled them over. They protested they hadn't done anything. I pulled the micro-SD card out of the 0801 and handed it to the cops who slipped it into their laptop and took a look. I guess they hadn't seen many because they were beyond excited. They took their laptop with the card and video to the other car and showed her the clip. She was still balky so I sent a YouTube of the video to her insurance company that promptly paid the claim. That paid for itself several times over. I still tell friends the story and the reaction of the cops. Priceless.

angloman

After reading through this thread, I realized that maybe I should have posted this here before starting a new thread. I'm curious if anyone has looked into recording the feed from the surround view system instead of installing more cameras. The surround view already gives me a bunch of very clear cameras with pretty decent angles, it would be much easier just to record those instead of installing additional cameras and running more wires.

Merciful

Have you ever finished dashcam installation? Did you connect it to rain sensor or another way? So far so good?

calder-cay

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bluecoupe05

I just installed this one: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...4e6d1802AErOXz
It is connected to my rain sensor, no problems so far.