Fishing rear camera cable?

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  1. cool_prius

    cool_prius Junior Member

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    There are a few dash cam threads but they don't focus on fishing/routing the cable for the rear camera. What's the best way that won't damage anything?
     
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    I need this answer too. My cable for rear camera is lying around, I just dont want to damage any roof edges etc. Just waitting somebody to share on Youtube.
     
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    So I decided to just pay a shop $200 to install both a powered mirror and cameras. (Haggled down from $300)

    It's probably the most important accessory you can add, so I don't want to wait and give myself a high chance of messing up my brand new car.
     
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    You can simply thread it through the roof lining to the hatch using electricians rods. Job done. Of course, if you have a sun roof you'll have to be careful.
    For $300 I could've flown from the UK and done it ;)
     
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    Just a safety reminder that if you route wires over the doors, you always want to run the wires BEHIND the airbags; NEVER in front of them.

    In the event of a curtain airbag deployment, a wire in front of the airbag could either cause direct injury(the airbag snaps the wire and it whips out and hurts someone) or indirect injury(the wire prevents the airbag from deploying properly and the person hits the frame instead of the airbag).
     
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    just an fyi, i installed fitcamx (2024). I didn't have to remove any panels or anything. I just carefully tucked them into the edges of my roof liner. i did look at the manual and make sure i wasn't interfering with/blocking/risking triggering any airbags. When it came to the rear camera, I just circled the trunk liner (like the hatch openin on the car body, not the hatch door) before ending at the top of the hatch window. the wires aren't completely tucked in the hatch area, but it truly doesn't bother me because the hatch is closed 99% of the time and it blends in even when i open the hatch. lmk if you need pics to understand what i'm saying. but it was totally worth doing myself and not hiring someone to do it. it was my first time ever doing something like this, too.

    pretty sure i used this youtube video:
     
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    Excellent tutorial for the gen 4 Prius.
    Thanks for going to the trouble (y)