Thanks for great advices, however under A pillar trim is located part of a curtain airbag.
Dash cam cable in front of the airbag can cause problem during the deployment, please have a look on the picture where a pillar is removed (just needs to be pulled out).
I would recommend to install dash cam cables behind curtain airbag where other cables are already installed by OEM...
Thanks for great advices, however under A pillar trim is located part of a curtain airbag.
Dash cam cable in front of the airbag can cause problem during the deployment, please have a look on the picture where a pillar is removed (just needs to be pulled out).
I would recommend to install dash cam cables behind curtain airbag where other cables are already installed by OEM...
You should NEVER cross in front of any air bag with wires.
When the air deploys the instantneous enrgy is high enough to send the the wire snaking towards, and possibly wrapping itself around you.
It could also pull the camers from the screen and that too could fly into your face.
Don't beleive me, okay, carry on as usual, but hope the air bags never get deployed.
You should NEVER cross in front of any air bag with wires.
When the air deploys the instantneous enrgy is high enough to send the the wire snaking towards, and possibly wrapping itself around you.
It could also pull the camers from the screen and that too could fly into your face.
Don't beleive me, okay, carry on as usual, but hope the air bags never get deployed.
If i interperet your pictures correctly, you mount the camera on the windscreen and tuck the wire under the headlining. You then appear to continue under the headlining until you reach the A pillar, which you then cross and tuck it under the A pillar draught excluder to bring it eventually to the fuse board. If that is correct you have crossed the path of the air bags deployment, which is dangerous.
If i interperet your pictures correctly, you mount the camera on the windscreen and tuck the wire under the headlining. You then appear to continue under the headlining until you reach the A pillar, which you then cross and tuck it under the A pillar draught excluder to bring it eventually to the fuse board. If that is correct you have crossed the path of the air bags deployment, which is dangerous.
But curtain airbags do not deploy through the A pillar...
The area in the red frame is covered by the curtain airbag when triggered (deployment zone).
For this reason, you must never leave or attach any items in this area.
If i interperet your pictures correctly, you mount the camera on the windscreen and tuck the wire under the headlining. You then appear to continue under the headlining until you reach the A pillar, which you then cross and tuck it under the A pillar draught excluder to bring it eventually to the fuse board. If that is correct you have crossed the path of the air bags deployment, which is dangerous.
I agree, you do come down the passenger side of the A pillar.
My point is that you appear to hide the cable under the door draught excluder. In which case to get from the windscreen to the A pillar draught excluder you have to cross the A pillar.
If, however, you remove the A pillar trim you can tie the camera cable to the wiring that is already there.
This maybe is the route that you take, but it is not clear.
Curtain airbags do not deploy through the A pillar...
The area in the red frame is covered by the curtain airbag when triggered (deployment zone).
For this reason, you must never leave or attach any items in this area.
When the air bags deploy they force the A pillar trim off. To prevent it becoming a missile it is restrained by the tethering clip. Vauxhall say that this clip should be replaced every time the trim is taken off. In reality you only need to replace it if damaged.
If it didn't deploy in this manner there would no danger in crossing it, or the trim, with a cable.
If you have looked under the trim at the air bag you will see that it is contained within the top quarter of the trim , and its restrainig straps are secured towards the bottom of the A pillar. If it didn't throw the trim off it could not perform its correct function.
On my 2018 there appeared to be an addition switch in this trim? Anyone any thoughts on this? In the photos above it appears next to the tether and the silver metal clip. I had originally considered that it might be so the car "knew" the airbag had deployed?
Looks a bit different from the J, but was suitably similar.
On my hardwire kit, the grounding (negative) was a fork connector. Simply undo the bolt illustrated a couple of turns, push the fork under the head and do it back up.
Yes. This is a great guide and was the basis for my install.
Mine was a front/rear running the rear cable through the boot rubber, through the body of the car and up into the front headlining. All based from this guide. Took about an hour.
On my hardwire kit, the grounding (negative) was a fork connector. Simply undo the bolt illustrated a couple of turns, push the fork under the head and do it back up.
Hi, how do you get the wire from the dash cam to the fuse box?
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