Hiding away rear camera cable on Nextbase dashcam

jatt17 · 20 Aug 2020 at 15:05

Hi all,

I got myself a Nextbase 522GW and hardwired it to the fusebox - tucked the excess wires away by the fuse box and wired it up all nicely along the roof lining.

I've got myself a rear window camera, which comes with a 6.5m wire, and I've run the wire from the dashcam along the side and back of the car to the rear window, and now I've got lots of excess wire left. I can cable tie it and let it hang, or tape it up to the top of the car, but it's not as clean as I'd like it....

Any advice as to how I can tuck it away?

Relentless81 · 20 Aug 2020 at 16:13

I found a price of trim that can be lifted easily and just tucked it in there, usually the trim that sits over carpet can be easy to lift

jsmoke · 20 Aug 2020 at 16:25

jatt17 said:
Hi all,

I got myself a Nextbase 522GW and hardwired it to the fusebox - tucked the excess wires away by the fuse box and wired it up all nicely along the roof lining.

I've got myself a rear window camera, which comes with a 6.5m wire, and I've run the wire from the dashcam along the side and back of the car to the rear window, and now I've got lots of excess wire left. I can cable tie it and let it hang, or tape it up to the top of the car, but it's not as clean as I'd like it....

Any advice as to how I can tuck it away?

Buy a shorter wire of cut the current wire, should be patchable?

ShiWarrior · 20 Aug 2020 at 21:29

i managed to thread it though with the other wires, rather than going outside of the grommet, otherwise water can get into the boot

rest of the wire i just cabled tied down behind the trim, so you can not see it

ezekial · 21 Aug 2020 at 10:08

I would just run the wire into the headliner and leave the coiled excess inside the headliner, just above where the camera comes out. Usually the pressure from the headliner will keep it in place but you can always tape it.

ShiWarrior · 21 Aug 2020 at 12:25

That's what I done, just cable tied it too

ericmcn · 21 Aug 2020 at 12:25

all them wires would drive me insane, i put the wires for the rear into the roof lining - sure its a pain but no pain, no gain

https://i.imgur.com/zCYl6iO.jpg

DB_SamX · 22 Aug 2020 at 01:40

I've got the same model and sadly I can't fit all of the wire under the headliner so a tied up bunch hangs by the rear pillar. I don't see it from my seat so it doesn't bother me and I rarely have passengers in my back seat.