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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 08:55 AM
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Default Re: Added Rearview Camera

Check the owners manual for the back-up screen. Generally, LCD screens don't like excessive heat or cold. Putting it in front of the vent exposes it to both, severely shortening the life of the unit. If it condenses (after a while being blown on by the A/C then sitting as the car gets hot while parked) it will go south even faster. Note in this "before" picture directly below, I had my XM radio there. I moved it pretty quick.

As for wires, I started out with quite a mess and a GPS on the dash.



Then I looked at the service manual and found a few things - the a-pillars snap off and have enough room to conceal pretty large wires. There's room in the dash and access from both sides to fish wires from below.

Panavise makes a bracket for the Crossfire that's easy to install in a few minutes with a screw driver that will support a GPS. It does not interfere with the glove box or air bag.

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Many radar detectors can be mounted on the visor with a clip and the wires run under the edge of the headlining to the a-pillar.

There is a phone bracket mount that is on eBay that will mount to the console to the right of the stick without holes that would allow a cradle with power to be installed and the wires concealed. Another easy install.

I don't have the phone thing (it's bluetooth and I leave it in my pocket, comes through head unit) but here's what mine looks like with GPS, LCD screen, and radar detector.





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(I removed the little screen visible in this shot and integrated the iPod and XM radio into the head unit.
 

Last edited by ppro; Jan 11, 2009 at 09:04 AM.
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