Request: Dash Cam install w/ pics of A-Pillar/headliner - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

1Cor10:23 · 12-03-2013, 06:37 PM

Hi all,

Does anyone have access to a DIY what shows how to route the wiring from the cam to the glove box? Typical methods I've heard is routing through A-Pillar - any details of how to accomplish this cleanly? Quick search didn't result in anything that was super clear...

Thanks!

mav1178 · 12-03-2013, 06:46 PM

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...923#post239923

drewbot · 12-03-2013, 07:03 PM

I just did mine as you described. Seeing as you're local I could stop by and show you how I wired it. Pretty easy if you don't wire from your car battery to the dash cam, instead using the 12V in the glove.

drewbot · 12-03-2013, 07:15 PM

The key is to get down real low and see that there's an opening from the glove to the side of passenger panel.

Once you fish out of the glove, keep fishing out of that metal panel.

Pull the a pillar carefully using your fingers from the photo.

Continue fishing across to the final resting place of your dash cam.

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1Cor10:23 · 12-03-2013, 07:31 PM

Nice thanks for the photos! Just ordered my cam so I'll give it a shot ad you described. If I really can't figure it out maybe I'll take you up on your offer + bring brews

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1Cor10:23 · 12-03-2013, 10:05 PM

@drewbot did you have to pop off the a-pillar cover?

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drewbot · 12-03-2013, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1Cor10:23

@drewbot did you have to pop off the a-pillar cover?

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Yeah. Peel off slowly, use your fingers to pop it off initially. Make sure when you close it in place carefully as the wire may interfere with the ridges that hold the pillar cover in.

1Cor10:23 · 12-03-2013, 10:50 PM

Cool, any risk of the airbag deploying? Haha

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drewbot · 12-04-2013, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1Cor10:23

Cool, any risk of the airbag deploying? Haha

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Once you open it you'll see there's space. Just don't touch the airbag.

I survived lol

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brzr · 01-16-2014, 02:02 PM

husband did it through the glovebox, but never opened up the a pillar cover......we just pushed the wire in between the glass, and the roof, and a pillar, and it stays there

1Cor10:23 · 01-16-2014, 02:38 PM

Was fairly install as @drewbot described. Only issue was that when I first opened the pillar I heard something very very small come loose and fall down the slope of the half opened pillar. Any ideas what it might be? As far as I can tell all the plastic harnesses were still attached.

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drewbot · 01-16-2014, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1Cor10:23

Was fairly install as @drewbot described. Only issue was that when I first opened the pillar I heard something very very small come loose and fall down the slope of the half opened pillar. Any ideas what it might be? As far as I can tell all the plastic harnesses were still attached.

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Most likely one of the 20+ plastic clips that keep the pillar cover intact...

The same thing happened to me when I tried to install that stupid LED flasher relay (I gave up, waiting until spring to install my Tom's anyway). One of the clips bent off, however, after 2000+ km of driving there are no increased rattles....

1Cor10:23 · 01-16-2014, 06:12 PM

Isn't the flasher unit in the driver side footwell? Or is there another hidden by the pillar?

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drewbot · 01-16-2014, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1Cor10:23

Isn't the flasher unit in the driver side footwell? Or is there another hidden by the pillar?

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It's in the footwell. However you remove the lower panel below the steering wheel. One of my clips broke but luckily screws hold the panel in.

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12-03-2013, 07:15 PM	#4
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12-03-2013, 07:31 PM	#5
1Cor10:23 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: '13 Whiteout FR-S (M/T) Location: GTA Posts: 1,205 Thanks: 492 Thanked 392 Times in 238 Posts Mentioned: 14 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Nice thanks for the photos! Just ordered my cam so I'll give it a shot ad you described. If I really can't figure it out maybe I'll take you up on your offer + bring brews Sent from my SGH-I317M using Tapatalk __________________ \|1Cor10:23 \| Whiteout FR-S \| Form Follows Function Build\|

12-03-2013, 10:05 PM	#6
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drewbot ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: '13 Whiteout FR-S A/T Location: Mississauga, ON Posts: 1,996 Thanks: 1,985 Thanked 1,452 Times in 752 Posts Mentioned: 36 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	I just did mine as you described. Seeing as you're local I could stop by and show you how I wired it. Pretty easy if you don't wire from your car battery to the dash cam, instead using the 12V in the glove.

01-16-2014, 02:02 PM	#10
brzr Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: 2013 frs Location: newmarket Posts: 478 Thanks: 244 Thanked 185 Times in 114 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	husband did it through the glovebox, but never opened up the a pillar cover......we just pushed the wire in between the glass, and the roof, and a pillar, and it stays there

01-16-2014, 02:38 PM	#11
1Cor10:23 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: '13 Whiteout FR-S (M/T) Location: GTA Posts: 1,205 Thanks: 492 Thanked 392 Times in 238 Posts Mentioned: 14 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Was fairly install as @drewbot described. Only issue was that when I first opened the pillar I heard something very very small come loose and fall down the slope of the half opened pillar. Any ideas what it might be? As far as I can tell all the plastic harnesses were still attached. Sent from my SGH-I317M using Tapatalk __________________ \|1Cor10:23 \| Whiteout FR-S \| Form Follows Function Build\|

01-16-2014, 06:12 PM	#13
1Cor10:23 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: '13 Whiteout FR-S (M/T) Location: GTA Posts: 1,205 Thanks: 492 Thanked 392 Times in 238 Posts Mentioned: 14 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Isn't the flasher unit in the driver side footwell? Or is there another hidden by the pillar? Sent from my SGH-I317M using Tapatalk __________________ \|1Cor10:23 \| Whiteout FR-S \| Form Follows Function Build\|

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