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Prepping for a HU replacement on my '06 once the weather gets warm enough to hang out in the garage.
Bought a Kenwood head unit that offers both backup and forward camera inputs. Picked up a couple Pyle cameras to use. Primary use for front will be pulling into parking spots to avoid damage to the nose.
Question is this - Has anyone installed a Pyle PLCM38FRV in their C6 front grill? If so, any tips on location/mounting/running wire back to HU? The goal is to make the camera most useable and stable without leaving any visible holes should the need to remove arise.
Front mount, I just used some 3M trim tape. I can confirm that it will hold at triple digit speeds.
Sorry for the crappy pic, but note the red wire in the top left. This is under the hood, passenger side, just in front of the cowl. The GS/6MN/Z06/ZR1 have the dry sump tank here, all others have the battery.
This is the closest pic I could get of where I went into the cabin. There is a large rubber grommet that I used an awl to penetrate followed by safety wire to pull the leads through. It took some time and a lot of patience, but it did work.
If you are using the front camera as a method of avoiding hitting parking curbs, then the best location to install it is under the bumper, on the center bolt for the air deflector. That's where I mounted mine. I made a bracket to mount the camera, then used the center bolt to mount the bracket to the deflector. The downside to this location, is that when the car is at a stop light, the heat from the radiator can get the camera very hot. I put some foam insulator with aluminum foil over top of the camera to prevent the heat from directly hitting the top of the camera, as seen in the last picture.
I ran the wires on the paseenger side through wire loom and into the cabin just under the brake booster in the engine bay, and just above the deadman pedal in the cabin. I drilled a hole just above the deadman pedal ans used a grommet in that hole to prevent any moisture intrusion.
Here is the camera mounted. It's a differemnt camera than the one that you will buy, but you get the idea.
This is how the pic looks in the monitor based on the position of the parking curb as per the pic (simulated with cardboard box)
Here in Montana a front license plate is required by law so as a result I had to buy a license plate bracket. I mounted my front camera on the bottom of the bracket. There's a small opening in the passenger side of the car behind the grill to run the wire through then I ran mine up to the battery following existing harnesses then trough the firewall following the existing firewall penetration behind the battery.
inexpensive camera from amazon removed attach bracket and machined mount from abs sized to fit hole allowing for 3M automotive attachment tape. I left the front face full size to hide the tape.
Front Camera Location?
