Running REVERSE CAM wires under the door sills: Details Please?
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Running REVERSE CAM wires under the door sills: Details Please?
I bought a 12 foot gold plated connector RCA video cable that is pretty thick and ensures a good quality transfer frolm the COMMAND unit to the camera, but was wondering how much room i have to work with underneath the sills or if it would make more sense going up through the headliner for the running of the video cable to complete the reverse cam installation mentioned in many posts and threads on this site....
Questions about running cable:
Do you need a super skinny low quality cable to fit underneath the sills because there is not much room to stash cables and have the sills still sit flush?
Are there special toolds required to pull off the sills or do you just give them a good yank vertically?
Once you run under the front sills, how do you complete the run cleanly and stay hidden to get under the rear sills???
Is it easier to go drivers side or passanger side sills from front to trunk of vehicle?
After exiting the rear sills, how do you get the cable up into the trunk liner cleanly and stay hidden???
Thanks in advance for anybody that has performed this Back-up CAM DIY that may be able to provide some very useful advice that was left off the initial DIYs...
Questions about running cable:
Do you need a super skinny low quality cable to fit underneath the sills because there is not much room to stash cables and have the sills still sit flush?
Are there special toolds required to pull off the sills or do you just give them a good yank vertically?
Once you run under the front sills, how do you complete the run cleanly and stay hidden to get under the rear sills???
Is it easier to go drivers side or passanger side sills from front to trunk of vehicle?
After exiting the rear sills, how do you get the cable up into the trunk liner cleanly and stay hidden???
Thanks in advance for anybody that has performed this Back-up CAM DIY that may be able to provide some very useful advice that was left off the initial DIYs...
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just pull it straight up.as previously said, fold rear seat, and tuck it in there.
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I ran it above the headliner took less than 5 minutes! Including putting back the rubber seals...
I looked at putting it under the carpet and door sills but after talking with MidCity their experience came in handy!
I looked at putting it under the carpet and door sills but after talking with MidCity their experience came in handy!
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I ran my cable under the door seals. I dont have P2 so getting it into the passenger cabin was a PITA. After in the cabin it may have taken 15 minutes to get everything ran and put back together. Not bad at all.
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no. it doesn't have to be. there is more than enough room to run the wire through.
only tools needed is your hand and arm. just pull it straight up.
then fold the back seat, and run the wire through there. you will see how to run the wire as you work through it.
passenger side. much easier to wire from passenger side to navi.
as previously said, fold rear seat, and tuck it in there.
only tools needed is your hand and arm.
just pull it straight up.then fold the back seat, and run the wire through there. you will see how to run the wire as you work through it.
passenger side. much easier to wire from passenger side to navi.
as previously said, fold rear seat, and tuck it in there.
I ran it above the headliner took less than 5 minutes! Including putting back the rubber seals...
I looked at putting it under the carpet and door sills but after talking with MidCity their experience came in handy!
I looked at putting it under the carpet and door sills but after talking with MidCity their experience came in handy!
Last edited by rb23lb; Sep 28, 2009 at 11:32 PM.
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As for going the headliner route, how do you get the headliner off?? Just yank it downward and it pops out of the clips? did you need to pull the whole thing off or just the edge? did you go passangers side or drivers side? once at the rear of the vehicle, how did you exit the headliner and stay hidden? did you have to go through the rubber door seals and down through a crevice in the seat and into the back of the car?
It's super simple... open the rear door and remove part of the weather seal on the car side just below the headliner... just pull a little bit and you'll see where you can tuck the wire...
