| Remove Dash Cam wiring from car after crash 08:22 - Aug 20 with 1409 views | Wolfshead |
My car was crashed into yesterday and almost certainly it will be a write off.
I have a front and rear dashcam - which has come in very handy in this situation. Halfords installed it for me as im a duffer at this kind of thing... so what i need to do is get the cabling out of this car ready for - someone, not me! - to install in a future new car.
Does anyone know how difficult this might be? and how i do it?
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| Remove Dash Cam wiring from car after crash on 08:26 - Aug 20 with 1359 views | Number22 |
It will be pushed into the soft edging around the roof most likely and come down driverside presumably into a fuse. Easy job, just very fiddley to do... probably alot easier to undo. |  | | |
| Remove Dash Cam wiring from car after crash on 08:43 - Aug 20 with 1260 views | GavTWTD |
| Remove Dash Cam wiring from car after crash on 08:26 - Aug 20 by Number22 |
It will be pushed into the soft edging around the roof most likely and come down driverside presumably into a fuse. Easy job, just very fiddley to do... probably alot easier to undo. |
Especially if the car is a write off you don't need to be too careful about what you're ripping out. |  |
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| Remove Dash Cam wiring from car after crash on 08:46 - Aug 20 with 1244 views | EJP |
Firstly, hope you’re okay.
I used this guy to remove a dash cam from my daughter’s old car, into her new:
Chris Harding “FOB BOFF”
Automotive electrical services
+44 7707 900152
He was very good and thorough, but I admit wasn’t particularly cheap.
Halfords had fitted the dashcam into car one, but had wired it incorrectly (it drained the battery) and incorrectly run the wires…. |  | | |
| Remove Dash Cam wiring from car after crash on 09:37 - Aug 20 with 1084 views | earlsgreenblue |
Front & rear cams depending on how good the installation was & what kind of car it’s in might not be quite as easy to remove the looms as some suggest, the cams themselves will almost certainly need new adhesive fixing pads which you will need to supply upon reinstalling.
Get it done professionally so as to work correctly & not cause a battery drain in the new car, I hope everything goes as smooth as it can getting you accident loss sorted & if you are Ipswich area give Marine & Auto Electrcs a call he’s a total pro! | | | |
| Remove Dash Cam wiring from car after crash on 09:41 - Aug 20 with 1048 views | Jammstar |
i would probably just remove the dashcams themselves and leave the cabling. It's cheap enough to replace | | | |
| Remove Dash Cam wiring from car after crash on 10:02 - Aug 20 with 954 views | Wolfshead |
THANKS all very much - really appreciated.
I'm ok thanks, just a bit stressed (body and mind).
I've managed to grab the cameras themselves so thats the most important thing. the cabling around the top of the car is easy enough to pull out... its just the remaining bits... the front to the fuse box and the rear cabling... i'll work on it but other than that will seek cabling on ebay and try to find a specialist to reinstall.
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| Remove Dash Cam wiring from car after crash on 10:26 - Aug 20 with 861 views | Wolfshead |
I'm 96% there.... its just the 2 final bits...
1) the front, i cant actually see the fuse box.. do cars normally have an easy access point!? or do i just need to get a torch out and get right in there?
2) In the back.. this may be an issue... as ive been rear ended i cant actually open the boot and i think the cabling MAY have been pressed harder onto the internal areas so it will be OK to get slim wires out but not the slightly larger connection point | |
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| Remove Dash Cam wiring from car after crash on 10:52 - Aug 20 with 755 views | Jammstar |
| Remove Dash Cam wiring from car after crash on 10:26 - Aug 20 by Wolfshead |
I'm 96% there.... its just the 2 final bits...
1) the front, i cant actually see the fuse box.. do cars normally have an easy access point!? or do i just need to get a torch out and get right in there?
2) In the back.. this may be an issue... as ive been rear ended i cant actually open the boot and i think the cabling MAY have been pressed harder onto the internal areas so it will be OK to get slim wires out but not the slightly larger connection point |
usually you have an interior fuse box (as opposed to the one in the bonnet) often under or around the glove compartment. depends on the car as to how easy it is to access! on my golf it was a bit of plastic you popped off to reach it, easily done without tools. Other cars have had it drop down under the glove compartment, google should tell you where it is | | | |
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| Remove Dash Cam wiring from car after crash on 11:09 - Aug 20 with 708 views | Wolfshead |
| Remove Dash Cam wiring from car after crash on 10:52 - Aug 20 by Jammstar |
usually you have an interior fuse box (as opposed to the one in the bonnet) often under or around the glove compartment. depends on the car as to how easy it is to access! on my golf it was a bit of plastic you popped off to reach it, easily done without tools. Other cars have had it drop down under the glove compartment, google should tell you where it is |
thanks - i'll have another look | |
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