Hard wire dashcam

[Keepersball]

Hi all I am getting a new to me car tomorrow

I have an existing dashcam But to avoid wires tracking all around the car where is the best place to get this permanently fitted?

[gmaz]

Google for "auto electrician near me"

[RazerSauber]

They're not that hard to do yourself. Depending on your fuse box location, it shouldn't take too long.

It would help knowing what area you're in too. Might be smaller companies that are good in local areas that PHers have used

[Bobberoo99]

Very simple to do yourself, if it's not something you're happy doing, Halfords will fit it for a price, whereabouts in the country are you?

[Keepersball]

Thanks all I’m based up in chester and the car is a Skoda superb estate - if halfords will fit retrospectively then i may head down there - any ideas on price?

[jakesmith]

It’s honestly so easy
Use a piggy back blade fuse to a switched fuse
Ground the neutral to any exposed bolt on the chassis near fuse box
Run the cable through the dash to the a pillar
All vag cars the a pillar trim pulls off usually there’s one T20 screw hidden under an airbag badge that pops off
Poke the cable under the headlining
Start at the camera so u don’t have loads of spare cable at the camera end
Don’t pay someone to do this it takes mi utes and is rewarding to do yourself

[Bobberoo99]

Having done a couple myself, and been an ICE installer in a previous life, saying it only takes a couple of minutes is a tad optimistic!! It's a good hour for most DIY people, especially with routing wires in modern cars!!

[thebraketester]

Google “install dashcam <name of car>” there will be a video guide on YouTube.

Installs are usually very easy on VAG cars due to the accessibility of the fuse panel.

[jakesmith]

Bobberoo99 said:

Having done a couple myself, and been an ICE installer in a previous life, saying it only takes a couple of minutes is a tad optimistic!! It's a good hour for most DIY people, especially with routing wires in modern cars!!

Yeah that’s fair enough but it’s honestly so easy to do

[Brian_996TT]

i would just take a feed of the plug to the back of the cigarette lighter socket and that keeps the wire behind the dashboard