That would be a blockage to your vision. In fact I tried to put it as much high and below the mirror so that the camera doesn’t block my vision

If you watch the last part you can see that I am tapping power from the thick wire

Yes, this wire is an always live wire and so the camera will be on even while car parked. The camera do have a battery cutoff system that will switch off the camera if car battery voltage goes below a threshold which we can set

If you are asking about the female socket, yes it is for connecting GPS module

Try to set the battery management in your dashcam to switch off camera if battery voltage drops below 12volt or so. If not if the car is parked for long battery will get drained

Hi, If you would like to connect your dashcam in always live mode and also need a back view camera I guess we have to do this. The alternative will be to have just a front camera connected to the cigar lighter socket which doesn’t need removal of all that shown in video

No! You dont have to remove all this things....

Yes.. this is an always live wire. Direct from battery. Powers the camera even while parked

Thanks for your response! Can you tell me a wire to cut which is not always ON ? I want camera running only while driving. I will be looking forward to hearing from you soon and thanks in advance 😊

Hi, If you start watching from the 9:31 minute of the video you can see that I am connecting the positive wire of the camera to the black thick wire under your OBDII port, have to remove that trim. Negative is connected to a bolt near that area

@@carDIYs thanks but which hardwiring kit do i need?

I don’t think any wiring kit is available for this, other than the fused connector that comes with dashcam. Just tap the big black wire for +ve and connect negative of the the body as shown in video

@@carDIYs thanks mate!

Yes it can.. the camera is connected to an always live wite

Yes, its just below the OBDII port, you can see brake/accelerator pedals in this part of video. You have to remove the plastic trim by just removing the plastic nut deep under the accelerator pedal and then the piece just below OBDII

@@carDIYs so if i connect it to the black thick wire, would my dashcam still keep recording and drain my car battery? (my dashcam has parking mode)

Yes, this is an always live wire, so the dashcam will not shut down while car is parked, will keep recording based on your dashcam properties

@@lanceryderwilson8618 depends on wiring youre using, with 3 wires, where one wire constant +, and second acc power, then will not drain, if parking disabled in device settings

Makes it a doddle to connect to a permanent live!

Just slide it down carefully.. I mean towards the windshield, if you look at my video you cam see me doing that

Watch video from 6:40 minutes to 7:00

@@carDIYs not that part. the part with the map lights etc. I was able to get the clear cover off for the lights but can't figure out the rest of it

adalex87 Removing this part is actually also there in my video. You mean the complete doom light assembly, right? Please refer to the video section from 6:30 - 6:40

@@carDIYs oops I'm dumb lol sorry and thanks I thought I scanned through the video and didn't see it. Thanks again!

Actually in Singapore the car already came with this wire stripped of as it is mandatory to fit IU(In-Vehicle unit) for paying ERP and parking automatically

Front camera is intact. This is additional camera with recording

That should also be fine as well. In Singapore every car needs to have a device called IU, which is mounted on right bottom corner of the windshield and is used to pay for road toll and parking fees automatically. To connect this device the car dealers had already tapped this wire of my car. So for me it was better to tap from the same wire instead of routing again to fuse box and trying to find an ‘always live’ wire.