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Dash cam
- Thread starter Chippie
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Chippie said:
I don’t either but they’re not prepared to do it. I might suggest the opposite side to try and hide the wire as that’s what the tech had the issue with. If not I’ll speak to both Halfords and the firm I quoted earlier in the thread and see what they say. Would just have been much easier for me to get it fitted before I pick it up.
I installed the Viofo A129 Duo two years ago, front & back. So far has been running like a charm.
I 3D printed a small stand with carbon PET-G for it, the cable disappears into the small hatch that is just under it. To do that I used a file to create a small notch in the latch. There are no cables visible anywhere.
The stand was needed so that I can still 'look out' when the roof is closed. The stand & rear -cam are kept in place with 3M tape.
Front cam is installed on the right of the mirror (LHD)
I 3D printed a small stand with carbon PET-G for it, the cable disappears into the small hatch that is just under it. To do that I used a file to create a small notch in the latch. There are no cables visible anywhere.
The stand was needed so that I can still 'look out' when the roof is closed. The stand & rear -cam are kept in place with 3M tape.
Front cam is installed on the right of the mirror (LHD)
Argyll Andy said:Felixlamb said:
Felix, do you have any pictures of the rear one fitted. Still in discussions with bmw about fitting a rear one
Hey, here you go:
I never remove the wind deflector so I'm not fussed with it being attached to it:
Wire just goes down behind the seat where it is hidden away, and gets joined by the power wire, which is plugged into the centre console:
Power and rear camera wires get shoved into the plastic covering, and come out and go straight into the seal that runs the whole way up to the top of the A pillar:
Where it comes out, and is immediately shoved up the top of the windscreen:
Which then plugs in to the front camera:
As I said before, it's been there for probably 2 years now and hasn't budged a bit.
Hope this helps.
Felix
Felixlamb said:Argyll Andy said:Felixlamb said:
Felix, do you have any pictures of the rear one fitted. Still in discussions with bmw about fitting a rear one
Hey, here you go:
I never remove the wind deflector so I'm not fussed with it being attached to it:
Wire just goes down behind the seat where it is hidden away, and gets joined by the power wire, which is plugged into the centre console:
Power and rear camera wires get shoved into the plastic covering, and come out and go straight into the seal that runs the whole way up to the top of the A pillar:
Where it comes out, and is immediately shoved up the top of the windscreen:
Which then plugs in to the front camera:
As I said before, it's been there for probably 2 years now and hasn't budged a bit.
Hope this helps.
Felix
If you never remove the wind deflector that mounting point is a good option but all those trailing / exposed wires would do my OCD in! :rofl:
peng said:I installed the Viofo A129 Duo two years ago, front & back. So far has been running like a charm.
I 3D printed a small stand with carbon PET-G for it, the cable disappears into the small hatch that is just under it. To do that I used a file to create a small notch in the latch. There are no cables visible anywhere.
The stand was needed so that I can still 'look out' when the roof is closed. The stand & rear -cam are kept in place with 3M tape.
Front cam is installed on the right of the mirror (LHD)
How has your Viofo been performing over the 2 years? I have the A119V3 and after some time I found the camera kept switching on and off all the time. Turns out with time the connection between the camera and the GPS base gets loose and hence the constant switching on and off.
Viofo customer service is great though, they immediately sent me a new camera and GPS base after I sent them a video of what was happening, they wanted the old camera back which was essentially ok if you didn't use the GPS base so I offered to pay them $30 to keep the camera so I could install in my other car which they accepted.
I fitted the new camera to the old GPS base and it worked fine for few months but now I am having the same issue, since they sent me a new GPS base I am going to replace it and see if it solves the problem. But I hope this time it lasts and I don't have an issue just outside of the warranty period!
Felixlamb said:Argyll Andy said:Felixlamb said:
Felix, do you have any pictures of the rear one fitted. Still in discussions with bmw about fitting a rear one
Hey, here you go:
I never remove the wind deflector so I'm not fussed with it being attached to it:
Wire just goes down behind the seat where it is hidden away, and gets joined by the power wire, which is plugged into the centre console:
Power and rear camera wires get shoved into the plastic covering, and come out and go straight into the seal that runs the whole way up to the top of the A pillar:
Where it comes out, and is immediately shoved up the top of the windscreen:
Which then plugs in to the front camera:
As I said before, it's been there for probably 2 years now and hasn't budged a bit.
Hope this helps.
Felix
Thanks for the pictures Felix, I hadn’t thought about mounting on the wind deflector either. Is it sturdy enough that there’s no image distortion because of vibration?
Hi I went to the fuse box with a hardwire kit which was fairly easy
Fuse box was a pain of course but looks good
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Are you able to get power from the mirror/courtesy light area, or did you go all the way to the fusebox ?
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Fuse box was a pain of course but looks good
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That looks small and neat.birdy_z4 said:
Are you able to get power from the mirror/courtesy light area, or did you go all the way to the fusebox ?
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Silverstar said:
I've got the 119 in my wifes car, three years & going strong. In my car also never had any problems with the 129. The only thing I didn't like is the way the power needs to be connected when using the 'hard wire' that is smart enough to start / stop the camera on car ignition & battery voltage availibility: it needs to be connected to the cam to work, rather than to the GPS base. (visible on my picture b.t.w.) I've got all the wires cleanly routed in the car & this would have made it even better. Otherwise, very happy with it!
peng said:
I have had three 119 cams, which I believe are V2, for four years now. One hardwired to my zed, experiencing only summer temperatures, has been working flawlessly all these years. Two hardwired to the daily drivers are exposed to more harsh temperature conditions tend to act up at temperatures below -15˚ and occasionally do keep rebooting, below -25 they usually fail to start but recover once the temperature rises. One of them does not nowadays recognise ignition when the car is cold, and needs to be booted manually, but it’s in a diesel BMW and probably only caused by the glow process and aging car battery. One had problems with the gps base, with a broken pin. To sum up, these V2s have been pretty robust.
peng said:
Yep I saw your photo again and noticed that you have the cable connected to the camera and not to the GPS base. Mine is connected to the GPS base and with time the connection between the GPS and the Camera weakens and causes the camera to keep switching on and off. When connected direct to the camera it's fine but if the GPS connection is not good I would imaging when connected this way I would not be getting any of the GPS features. I've got another GPS base, so I am going to install that hopefully this time it won't give me any problems.
DMike said:
Good to know, I am going to install a new GPS base so hope I have no more issues.
So I’m about to purchase a Nextbase 322 & hardwire it but before I do a question to those of you that have hardwired a dash cam
Does it drain the battery if you don’t drive it regularly?
I don’t drive my Zed every day & being a teacher there is the possibility that for 12 weeks of the year it will literally sit on the drive whilst I am driving the family car during school holidays. I don’t want to hardwire it if it’s going to bugger up the battery
Does it drain the battery if you don’t drive it regularly?
I don’t drive my Zed every day & being a teacher there is the possibility that for 12 weeks of the year it will literally sit on the drive whilst I am driving the family car during school holidays. I don’t want to hardwire it if it’s going to bugger up the battery