IWIDESHUT

Just got a 2014 GT Premium Coupe without the reverse camera (color was more important).

Any recommendations on a good aftermarket unit and any installation tips?

Thanks in advance.

bones302

i got a generic flleabay special and mounted it between the rear license plate lights. only cost like $20. and still works great 2+ years later. very inconspicuous. if you search around fleabay you can find one that will work.

flynavy

Can you snap a pic or two of your mounting location and where you ran the wire for the camera into the trunk?

zbrewha863

You can always just buy the stock spoiler with the backup camera if you want, I love the look of that spoiler.

I have a Kenwood camera that hooks into my Kenwood head unit. It was definitely not $20, more like $200 (for the camera, head unit sold separately). I mounted it just above the license plate in that well, it just attaches with a screw. Hardly noticeable and doesn't interfere with view of the license plate at all.

2014DIB

Any suggestions for routing the camera wire from the back to the front head unit?

Considering doing the same as the OP and might go with Kenwood (and new dash kit from iDatalink).

flynavy

I recently got the raxiom nav unit with camera. I ran the wiring from the dash under the passenger floorboard carpeting over to the passenger footwell kick panel and tucked it under there. Then I ran it back towards the trunk under the door sill trim and popped the rear passenger side trim panel off slightly next to the seat just enough to slide the wire under it and back to the trunk fold down seat opening and ran it under the carpeting from there under the trunk carpet back along the passenger side and I have the wiring just sitting in the trunk. I want to see where other people ran their wiring from the actual externally mounted camera, into the car from the outside. And where they mounted their camera. I don't want the wire running over the bumper. It needs to be invisible and the camera needs to be discreet.

zbrewha863

This is how I ran the wiring as well. As for going from outside to inside, I drilled a hole up underneath where the license plate is, on the bottom of the top ledge there. Then ran the wiring in through the trunk latch and back around to the passenger side, from there just how you described it.

One thing to note -- I was having problems with the camera going in and out for a few weeks, so I secured the camera mount and gave a little more slack to the camera, cleared it all up. The wiring will move, so give some slack so that the camera feed doesn't go out.

flynavy

Yeah I figured I'd have to drill a hole in the bumper for the wire. I'm probably going to try and tackle this tomorrow. Did you drill with te bumper still on the car? I just don't want to drill up and hit something that I shouldn't lol.

zbrewha863

Actually a shop did, I couldn't put a hole in it
But basically, to make sure you don't hit anything, do it with the trunk open and the carpet pulled back. You can see right through that way.

flynavy

Gotcha. I'll pull the carpet and stuff up tomorrow and make sure I don't screw anything up...hopefully

Deep Blue

Can't y'all just follow where the license plate light wiring comes into the rear of the car? That way you don't have to poke any unnecessary holes. Just saying!

flynavy

Ill experiment with that as well. The wire seems like it might be too thick to really be able to do that but trust me I will exhaust all options before I still any holes in this car.

flynavy

Success! Thank you for your suggestion because it worked! I didn't think the wire was thin enough but I popped the tag light housing out , fed the wiring inside through the bumper and snapped the housing back in and it seems To have fit just fine without damaging the wire and then ran the wire through the rubber grommet at the bottom of the spare tire well. I cut a small notch to allow the wire to feed trough the grommet ad allow it to still seal up. Fed the wire through and connected the camera and taped off the grommet just to be extra sure to keep water out and I'm all set! Camera installed. And I used double sided tape for now to secure the camera because I'd rather not drill holes. Works perfectly and you can't even tell unless you're eyeball is up under the bumper inspecting it.

EastTNMustang

Recommend you put a little silicone sealant on that grommet to prevent any moisture from getting in.

flynavy

Thanks for the tip. I'll be picking some up at the store after the Cowboys win today (hopefully lol)

EastTNMustang

Go Cowboys...looking good so far.

flynavy

So Far is the key to that lol

zbrewha863

Nice work there! I would try to reinforce the mount somehow, mine started to come loose after a month or so and we had to drill it in. Then again, I live in FL where it rains every day in the summer.

flynavy

Yeah I'll see how this 3M "outdoor/automotive" double sided tape holds up. I'm trying to avoid drilling at all costs. Thanks for the heads up. It's just nice to have it functioning finally.

Deep Blue

Glad to see it worked out. Looks good, small and discreet.