Retard here.Maybe this belongs in /o/ but I like diy better and it is a mod I guess.How would I cleanly add usb power near these vents? Dashcams come with those ridiculously long wires that you have to tuck in seams (which I'd do) but the way my car is designed the wire still has to creep up into the center console and to the cig lighter and it'll look like shit no matter what.I don't know why companies dont just fucking put a power option right there at this stage in dashcam ownership but oh well.When I pop the hood everything looks inacccesable for running wires. I have zero experience here, any good guides or advice? Run some new wire from the circuit box up through the vents maybe? This is a toyota rav 4 prime xse 2022.It also has a powered rear view mirror with options I've never used but haven't yet figured out how to disassemble without breaking it. Splicing power from that would be less ideal but fine too
Drill hole where you want it and install one of these, and then tap into a 12v power source.
>>2903639Can definitely get one of them, but as a retard the mental block stops me there.How do I confidently drill without hitting some crucial wires under the dash? How do I get to a powersource and even identify it as 12v? (especially when everything under the hood looks sealed up like a macbook.) How do I not electricute and explode myself in these new hybrids which exlode just by existing in the garage? My searches are coming up with nothing helpful. I don't get why this isn't a popular/documented mod when longwires are as retarded as me
>>2903646you're not capable of doing thisgive up
>>2903646Ask car technicians to do that for you. You're clearly too retarded for this
>>2903633you shouldn't run wires through vents. vents are for air. you need hot air for your windscreen to clear fog. blocking vents is bad. wires in hot air is bad. also in there are like flaps and blowers and stuff, you don't want wires getting trapped in those. generally a bad idea.another bad idea is cutting a big hole from engine bay into cabin. the bit between the engine and where you sit is called the fire wall. probably not a good idea to cut extra holes in it.normally a dash cam sits where your rearview mirror is, the cable tucks along the top of the windscreen, down the side, down into a footwell and around up into the secret world of wires behind the dashboard where you can easily find 12v accessory power to tap into.are you mounting yours on the bottom? just tuck it along the bottom of the windcreen and around the side of the dash into the footwell.it doesn't need to go into the cigarette lighter at all, and i would suggest it probably shouldn't because really you want it on all the time the engine is on (at least) and also not have to unplug it to charge your phone or whatever other zoomer shit you do with it.
>>2903667>>2903671I'm too retarded to stop>>2903702What I'm really trying to avoid is having it route up to that center console since it's the only place with a usb connection I can find. If there's a secret wire world behind the dash that's more worth looking into EVEN THOUGH FUCK IT'D BE NICE IF THEY PUT POWER RIGHT THERE LIKE EVERYONE WANTS because it'd be solved with a 2 inch usb cable and actually look not as retarded as me. Thanks for humoring me
>>2903707>FUCK IT'D BE NICE IF THEY PUT POWER RIGHT THEREI have two cars with USB power right at the rear view mirror.
>>2903633why put it there? don't dash cams usually hang off the rearview mirror?
>>2903633>and to the cig lighterWire it to the fusebox. Problem solved.
>>2903633There's a ChrisFix video about dashcams. Watch that and then see if you've got any lingering questions.For now, there's nothing stopping you from pulling your dash and/or center console apart to get at the back of your cigarette lighter or power port or whatever it is these days and splicing wires into that for power. If this sounds like too much for you, man, just get a USB charger with lots of ports and do your best to run the wire cleanly.
>>2903720suppose i pull my dash's media screen. Would I be able to get a cable to split power off that without it fucking the unit's power requirements? Seems like it would be the shortest distance and easiest in that case to just drill a hole right behind it for a usb port
>>2903920Brother God damn, you actually might be to retarded to pull this off. Your glovebox light is 12 volts, or driver side light is 12 volts, EVERYTHING IS 12 VOLTS. JUST DISCONNECT FROM THAT IF YOU DONT WANT TO RUN A NEW WIRE THE FUSE BOX. THIS IS LIKE BRAIN DEAD SHIT MAN DAMN
>>2903933I identified that I am a retard in the op post and like every post after. To be shocked that I'm a retard at this point pretty much makes you a retard.And I'm just asking if it's possible to get a cable that would split the power so both the center screen and this new proposed connection would work because I don't know electrical shit. I don't know if you can split power like that without consequence in the same way you would like hard drives from a pc power supply or something. I don't know that information because I'm a RETARD, RETARD.
>>2904015I am not even sure what splitting power even means man. There is more then enough information in this thread for you to just do it. Here, ill even draw you an electrical diagram. Don't even touch your display, it has no bearing on what you are trying to do. I am 85 percent sure you won't hit any cables drilling the usb into your dash.
>>2904113You can put 12 volt wires in your mouth and chew on them, you won't get shocked also. You are attempting to do the most basic wiring i can literally think of.
>>2903633If your car has a mirror with buttons on it or a mirror that dims, you can hang the dashcam from the mirror and tap the 12v circuit with a blade tap that is sold on Amazon for that purpose. Can usually find a hanger mount, too, but if you can't then printing one will be easier than drilling your dash and running wire
