hondo
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I've been thinking about installing a dashcam for a while, and finally got approval from the wife. I wanted something small and discreet. The most discreet design seemed to be the wedge shaped ones. I also wanted good night time video quality. This pretty much narrowed it down to the Street Guardian SG9665GC. This also has GPS, which wasn't a requirement but is a nice bonus. I ordered it from Amazon along with the CELL POWER CPUSB01 so I could hard wire it instead of using up the 12v plug. I also ordered an add-a-circuit kit, but it was the wrong size. I didn't realize fuses are now smaller. I bought one for regular fuses, but the Civic uses low-profile mini fuses. This is the kind you should get:
https://www.amazon.com/Shipping-CIRCUIT-BLADE-PROFILE-FUSETAP/dp/B00K17A2E6/
I also ordered some spade terminals so I could ground it to a bolt more easily.
First step is to clean the windshield and then stick on the mounting bracket. I plugged the dashcam into the 12v adapter so I could see the video as I mounted it. I mounted it just low enough for the lens to clear the black dots.
Then I attached the mount for the cable hider.
I then started with the wire for the gps receiver. I don't have pictures, but I just tucked into the headliner with the included pry tool and down the driver side pillar. I attached the GPS receiver to the lower left:
For the power cable I also tucked that into the headliner and then down the driver's side pillar, but this time I pulled the rubber door seal out and tucked it behind there. Once I got down to the dash, I pulled out the lower area so that I could get to a bolt easier for grounding.
After prying it off I had to unplug the wires going to the switches. You will see a bolt above the wiring that you can loosen to insert the spade terminal. The spade terminal gets crimped to the black wire from the 12v-5v kit. I tried to take a picture of the area from below
Here is where I grounded it
You will want to identify a fuse to tap. I used the AC fuse. Here is a picture of the fuse diagram.
Here is a closer view of the fuses
As you can see, the fuse tap I ordered was too big. So I drove to Autozone and picked up the right one. I used the fuse puller from the fusebox under the hood to remove the AC fuse. Then I crimped the fuse tap to the red wire from the kit, put the 10 amp fuse I pulled from AC slot into the slot that will be closer to the fusebox and 7.5 amp fuse into the outside one. A 5 amp fuse might have been preferable, but this should be ok.
Then I tucked the rest of the wire and the kit to the left where there was plenty of space.
I then pushed the dashcam into the mount, attached the wires, and clipped the wire cover on. Here's how it looks.
As you can see, it's quite small and discreet. Here's how it looks from the outside
and in the day light it's almost impossible to see.
Finally, here is the video of the drive back from autozone. It picked up the GPS signal right away and showed the speed. The audio got cut off by youtube because I had music playing in the background.
Here is a daylight video under various lighting conditions
Bonus: Accident on Rt. 4 just after 4:00 min
https://www.amazon.com/Shipping-CIRCUIT-BLADE-PROFILE-FUSETAP/dp/B00K17A2E6/
I also ordered some spade terminals so I could ground it to a bolt more easily.
First step is to clean the windshield and then stick on the mounting bracket. I plugged the dashcam into the 12v adapter so I could see the video as I mounted it. I mounted it just low enough for the lens to clear the black dots.
Then I attached the mount for the cable hider.
I then started with the wire for the gps receiver. I don't have pictures, but I just tucked into the headliner with the included pry tool and down the driver side pillar. I attached the GPS receiver to the lower left:
For the power cable I also tucked that into the headliner and then down the driver's side pillar, but this time I pulled the rubber door seal out and tucked it behind there. Once I got down to the dash, I pulled out the lower area so that I could get to a bolt easier for grounding.
After prying it off I had to unplug the wires going to the switches. You will see a bolt above the wiring that you can loosen to insert the spade terminal. The spade terminal gets crimped to the black wire from the 12v-5v kit. I tried to take a picture of the area from below
Here is where I grounded it
You will want to identify a fuse to tap. I used the AC fuse. Here is a picture of the fuse diagram.
Here is a closer view of the fuses
As you can see, the fuse tap I ordered was too big. So I drove to Autozone and picked up the right one. I used the fuse puller from the fusebox under the hood to remove the AC fuse. Then I crimped the fuse tap to the red wire from the kit, put the 10 amp fuse I pulled from AC slot into the slot that will be closer to the fusebox and 7.5 amp fuse into the outside one. A 5 amp fuse might have been preferable, but this should be ok.
Then I tucked the rest of the wire and the kit to the left where there was plenty of space.
I then pushed the dashcam into the mount, attached the wires, and clipped the wire cover on. Here's how it looks.
As you can see, it's quite small and discreet. Here's how it looks from the outside
and in the day light it's almost impossible to see.
Finally, here is the video of the drive back from autozone. It picked up the GPS signal right away and showed the speed. The audio got cut off by youtube because I had music playing in the background.
Here is a daylight video under various lighting conditions
Bonus: Accident on Rt. 4 just after 4:00 min
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