No Cut Rear Camera Install

[revus7313]

I've read and watched many of the walk throughs and come away without a good answer.

I'd like to install a license plate frame backup camera routed to a front head unit. I'm going to run keyed power back with the video cable so the camera is powered and I can view what I'm hauling while driving.

Is there a way to access the exterior around the rear handle or plate frame without drilling access holes?

 

[Tonyrodz]

I installed my rear camera and ran the wires through the truck behind the plastic interior panels. No drilling holes.

 

[revus7313]

I installed my rear camera and ran the wires through the truck behind the plastic interior panels. No drilling holes. View attachment 81305 View attachment 81308

Thanks for showing your install. I realize that's not a NNBS so not directly applicable, but how did you get your cables through the weather seal and inside the interior?

 

[fiatdale]

You'd need to take off the inner panel, and the appliqué above the plate. Run the wire up thru and thru the factory gasket inside the cabin.

 

[Tonyrodz]

You'd need to take off the inner panel, and the appliqué above the plate. Run the wire up thru and thru the factory gasket inside the cabin.

Exactly.

 

[revus7313]

Any advice on removing the appliqué without damaging it? I read Locktite was used installing it, and the bolts have a bad habit of breaking plastic. What have been your experience with this piece?

 

[fiatdale]

If you have a micro torch, heat up those two bolts real quick and those 10mm come right off. If they do break (9 out of 10 do), just throw some epoxy on them to hold it back on. Weve been having to do that for about 10 years now and none have ever come back.

 

[revus7313]

It sounds like there's not going to be a nondestructive way to route under the applique so it may not be worth the trouble to do so.

I've seen lots of different routing strategies drilling holes online, what's everyone's preferred method for routing the cables when installing a license frame camera?