Wiring a dashcam - e89 specific

Silverstar · Post by **Silverstar** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:43 pm

Many thanks Beeacon.

Beeacon · Post by **Beeacon** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:26 pm

Silverstar,

No problem. I can also recommend having a look at the newtis.info website for information on how to remove panelling safely, what tools you'll need, and the order to remove things. If you have got the rear camera as I have, I will soon be 3D printing a little wedge to help with where the adaptor plugs into the back of the camera (currently digging into the wind deflector mesh in the rollbar).

If you get stuck with anything I'm more than happy to help with routing locations / taking some photos. Good luck!

Silverstar · Post by **Silverstar** » Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:54 am

Beeacon thanks again for the advice, I have ordered the A119 front camera only, so just need to figure out how to get the A pillar trim off.

Silverstar · Post by **Silverstar** » Sun Dec 08, 2019 3:18 pm

Hi Beeacon, While I am waiting for the hardwire kit to arrive I thought'd I'd take a look at the fuse box to see the fuse locations. People aren't kidding when they called this thing the fuse box from hell!

I hope the bright spark who designed this thing is no longer working for BMW! Am I correct in that fuses 8 and 77 which you refer to are the ones circled in green in the photo below?

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Beeacon · Post by **Beeacon** » Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:42 am

Hi Silverstar,

I think they look right but I'm struggling to orient myself to be honest, I used the below for determining which fuse:

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Silverstar · Post by **Silverstar** » Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:52 am

Hi Beeacon,

The photo was taken looking straight on at the fuse box when sitting in passenger seat. I have marked the area in white in the photo below where you can just about see the hole for the wing nut that secures the fuse box to the dash.

Beeacon · Post by **Beeacon** » Mon Dec 09, 2019 1:37 pm

In which case, yes, those look like the right ones.

Silverstar · Post by **Silverstar** » Mon Dec 09, 2019 5:51 pm

Many thanks!

DutchScorpion · Post by **DutchScorpion** » Sat Feb 22, 2020 7:42 pm

Any suggestions which dashcam fits the e89 the best?
Could not find a topic about it

greg81 · Post by **greg81** » Sat Feb 22, 2020 7:58 pm

DutchScorpion wrote: ↑Sat Feb 22, 2020 7:42 pm Any suggestions which dashcam fits the e89 the best?
Could not find a topic about it

Absolutely any dashcam will fit just fine. I'd recommend buying the actual hardwire kit for whatever you buy though. Makes life easier

Beeacon · Post by **Beeacon** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:52 pm

Any fits fine, I got a low profile one so its hard to see from outside and less intrusive outside. Its a sort of wedge shape. Have a look at the 'dashcamtalk' forum for whats currently best

DutchScorpion · Post by **DutchScorpion** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 4:37 pm

Beeacon wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:52 pm Any fits fine, I got a low profile one so its hard to see from outside and less intrusive outside. Its a sort of wedge shape. Have a look at the 'dashcamtalk' forum for whats currently best

thnx

mcbutler · Post by **mcbutler** » Tue Feb 25, 2020 9:23 am

Look here https://youtu.be/j-I2KSQxYb8
Its for the android display but the mechanics of wiring etc are the same

Beeacon · Post by **Beeacon** » Tue Feb 25, 2020 2:04 pm

mcbutler wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 9:23 am Look here https://youtu.be/j-I2KSQxYb8
Its for the android display but the mechanics of wiring etc are the same

That's waaaaaay overkill for how I wired my rear camera to the passenger roll hoop. He pulled off a lot of carpet and sealing that you just don't need to for a simple rear camera. If you were fitting the rear parking camera then sure I can see why you would do that, but if you just want to fit a rear dashcam then it can be mounted to the roll hoop quite easily.

My method was to mount the camera on the windscreen on the passenger's side of the rear-view mirror. Then run the cable into the top frame of the window by removing a few screws detailed in other posts on this forum. Then run down the A pillar and into the seal between the door and the glovebox. Then run that into the fusebox.
For the rear camera, you continue the cable down from the seal between the door and glovebox and run it along and under the door seal and footplate, then up the back, and pop out at the bottom of the rear speaker panel, and sit the remaining spool of cable in the parcel shelf on the passenger side corner. When the seat is in its correct location it is impossible to see. Then run the cable up and pop it out under the wind deflector and into the camera. I'm sure there is a way to get it to pop out of the roll hoop, but I couldn't figure out how.

I'll dig up some photos and post them soon of location, camera quality in day and night with roof up and down.

Adil_3 · Post by **Adil_3** » Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:06 am

hey, guy's going to go for the plunge to install a dashcam soon. Dashcams in and all set up in the car for the position just waiting on the wiring kit to arrive.

As I was test fitting today, any information on how to get the dashcam into the trim panel and into the A-pillar to the fuse box. I got all the other information on how to get it grounded and which fuse to use. However, I'm just confused with how do I get the A-pillar off or do I even need to?

Any videos or pictures on how to do this?

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