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Thanks! Once you figure out where to ground your wire it only takes about 10 minutes to run the cables. Those door seals just pull off and push right back on.

I wasn't planing on getting the rear camera, but for $30 I figured it was a little extra insurance. The resolution is really low (VGA 640x480), I believe, and many reviews show that even license plate numbers are NOT legible. It's more for the proof of were you backing up or did the person rear end you. Anyway, getting a 2nd cam would be my future choice (or spending more for the higher end cams with HD rear cameras?), except the HR-V rear window is a little small and even my little rear cam is quite visible in my rear view mirror. It was a little distracting for about 2 days, but then I stopped noticing it. At night I don't see it at all. However, putting a full Rexing V1 back there might not be so easy to ignore, although it might be better to mount it on the bottom edge of the window? You should definitely place yours back there with some masking tape or something just to check it out before making the investment.

Oh, actually after the fact I realized that a good spot to test is placing the rear cam behind the hump of the center rear seatbelt storage area. Meaning looking through your rear view mirror put a marker on the rear window to find the spot that's blocked by this hump on the headliner. It's off center, but those cameras are so wide angle that it wouldn't matter. That hump can block about half the camera and make it less noticeable when looking back through the rear view mirror.

 

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Thinking on purchasing a unit to connect to the 12V (not hard wired) .Planning on going to the passenger door From what I read you can tuck the wires under the headliner: then down the A pillar frame and under the door seal. The wires can either attach under the glove box or under floor mats. Does the A frame cover needs to removed or just tuck them in. Can the wires get in the way of side air bags? At what spot is best to start to remove the door seal.TIA

The wires easily tuck into the headliner (even with your fingers). The A pilar cover does not need to come off - just tuck the wire like the photo that says "Top Windshield" in red. A flat head screwdriver or trim tool does the trick. Then just go down the door seal as you said. The rest of your plan is unknown territory for me, but sounds good The door seal can be pulled from anywhere, but you might as well start at the top - you will be surprised how easy it comes off and goes right back into place.

Good luck !

 

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Haven't installed a rear camera yet but I'd be most interested in having one clearly visible to anyone coming up from behind as a deterrence to their getting too close.

I found that putting the camera where it is highly visible probably means it will be highly visible to you in your rear view mirror - which sucks. I went with the least irritating spot for my eye. Is it a deterrent, or when people see they're on camera make them do more stupid things?? I guess it depends on their age (or not)!

 

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Sorry for the late reply, but yes you should. I was quite surprised the first time I looked back after all that work ! At this point I don't notice it much and security wins over aesthetic OCD.

 

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Just another install for 1SlowHRV! You've done so much with yours. I never had to remove the A-pillar plastic - just took off the door seal rubber. You can definitely see the airbags through the gap and it made me a little cautious.

A beer emoji would deb cool !

 

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The tape that came with mine has been great and had no problems through the summer here in So Cal. I believe it's 3M VHB tape.