dropmech
Puddle Pirate
Here's some pics of the install I did for the ebay reverse cam. Let me know if you have any questions that weren't answered here.
Step 1: Remove dash cowling by firmly pulling straight out on the boarder.
Step 2: Remove the blanks from the bin. I just ended up putting the TC inside the dash. I never turn it off.
Step 3: I removed the bolt holding the AC vent so I could get to the clips holding the blank in a little easier. Then I removed the blank bin.
Step 4: I installed the camera to the license plate. I ended up taking some diagonal cutters and notching out a small channel at the top of the plate to allow a little more wiggle room for the camera cable.
Step 5: Route the camera/power wire. I took the wire from the camera behind the bumper and up through the hole by the body mount. Then I routed the wire up through the cavity for the LH taillight and end cap. The day light in the second pic is looking up from under the Hoe into where the taillight normally is.
Step 6: I spliced the wires directly into the reverse light power and ground. I didn't use a fuse anywhere, just spliced it up.
Step 7: I routed the rest of the wire through the vent flaps under the end cap into the back then along the paneling that runs under the LH window. From there I just routed it up under the door sills and up to and under the dash. Plug it into the screen and Presto!
***Note*** I had JUST enough wire the way I routed it. If you received the same amount I did, then it's possible.
Like I said, hit me up with any questions. The way it's wired, it will come on and turn off automatically when you put it in reverse and take it back out.
EDIT: That white stuff on the box is silicon. I basically removed all doubt of it being weather proof. And I eventually will clean off a spot on the frame and actually stick the box to it.
Step 1: Remove dash cowling by firmly pulling straight out on the boarder.
Step 2: Remove the blanks from the bin. I just ended up putting the TC inside the dash. I never turn it off.
Step 3: I removed the bolt holding the AC vent so I could get to the clips holding the blank in a little easier. Then I removed the blank bin.
Step 4: I installed the camera to the license plate. I ended up taking some diagonal cutters and notching out a small channel at the top of the plate to allow a little more wiggle room for the camera cable.
Step 5: Route the camera/power wire. I took the wire from the camera behind the bumper and up through the hole by the body mount. Then I routed the wire up through the cavity for the LH taillight and end cap. The day light in the second pic is looking up from under the Hoe into where the taillight normally is.
Step 6: I spliced the wires directly into the reverse light power and ground. I didn't use a fuse anywhere, just spliced it up.
Step 7: I routed the rest of the wire through the vent flaps under the end cap into the back then along the paneling that runs under the LH window. From there I just routed it up under the door sills and up to and under the dash. Plug it into the screen and Presto!
***Note*** I had JUST enough wire the way I routed it. If you received the same amount I did, then it's possible.
Like I said, hit me up with any questions. The way it's wired, it will come on and turn off automatically when you put it in reverse and take it back out.
EDIT: That white stuff on the box is silicon. I basically removed all doubt of it being weather proof. And I eventually will clean off a spot on the frame and actually stick the box to it.
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