DIY Rear Camera Wiring Route

[DFW02S]

Nice tutorial, thanks for the effort.

[Homeboy981]

A few things about the backup camera install were to make sure and leave plenty of slack in the wire going around the Engine Access Panel on the inside of the vehicle. That is the last place you want to run it tight. I had to re-run the wire there. You want to be able to "stuff" the wire "down into" the factory padding there and around the convertible top area.

Secondly, I did not want to make a hole in the bumper, so I ran the wire through a hole the license plate uses. That wire runs around the inside (or outside of car) behind the bumper and then back into the the trunk. Again, through a holes already there, not the drain holes but a "plastic plugged" hole. I did it in 2 parts because of the Mfr.'s wire length and crimped it in the trunk by the computer.

Sorry, no pics….too busy cursing at the time. These people that make this car must have little-bitty hands!

BTW, love the 'slim cam'! Mine is a little bulkier….the price was only $15 tho!

Here's a pic of the outback.

[FrugalGuy]

@Homeboy981:

I've got a '04 Boxster S that I'm hooking a wireless backup camera to. Wireless in the sense that I still need to run the camera wire from the plate area and into the trunk. There's no wire to run to the front of the car... the signal goes over RF.

Can you tell me more about how you managed this without drilling a hole into the bumper cover? My cover only has the two factory plastic stand-offs into which a Porsche US plate frame can screw. The two screw holes are ~ 10" apart. Into that you screw the plate frame which then has 4 holes and into that you screw the US plate. So, just the 2 holes, and they are filled with two screws. :-(

The car is US spec in *some* ways, but not others. No little rubber bumpers, for example. I'm trying to keep the car stock, so no new head unit, and hopefully no new holes! :-)

[Nimbus117]

Here's my camera (it's between the number plate lights):

[Kenny Boxster]

Originally Posted by Nimbus117

Here's my camera (it's between the number plate lights):

Wow, that's super stealth!

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by Kenny Boxster

Wow, that's super stealth!

Since James Bond came up with the idea first, then I am half impressed

[FrugalGuy]

@Nimbus117,
How do you route the wires into the trunk? Did you have to remove the spoiler, or is there a way to follow the license plate light wires?

[drbodzin]

Originally Posted by FrugalGuy

@Nimbus117,
How do you route the wires into the trunk? Did you have to remove the spoiler, or is there a way to follow the license plate light wires?

Hey,

Did you look at post #1? There a pics showing the routing for the wire.

[BruceH]

Originally Posted by drbodzin

Hey,

Did you look at post #1? There a pics showing the routing for the wire.

I was wondering the same thing