What did you do to your TJ today?
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Got my dash cam today and when out to figure out how I was going to run the wire. The windshield seal was pretty easy to peal back and I just ran the wire around that down to the bottom and was going to just temporarily let the remaining wire go over the dash, till I had time to take the dash apart again and do it right. I went to plug it in and then discovered my bright idea of taking out the dead cig lighter outlet and replacing it with USB ports instead, was a bad idea. LOL I can't plug it in. So now I am waiting till hubby gets home to see if he may have a power outlet around somewhere, if not I have to buy one.
I read on the reviews for the cam that some people hard wired it in. I originally thought of doing that but the instructions say to only use their power wire. I'm not sure, maybe it has a reduction thing in it or something to prevent it from burning up the camera? Sure would like to just hardwire it in though.
I also discovered that it is pretty big. I should have known that but I wasn't thinking on how small the windshield is. LOL I just liked how big the screen was on the camera. Here it is down to where I can see it pretty good. Takes up to much of the visual in my opinion.
So I think I will put it like this. I can still see it for the most part.
The other option is to just switch it out with the smaller one I bought for my VW a long time ago. It is much smaller, but it doesn't have the rear view camera, and that is the reason I bought the new one is because I wanted one to record both directions. Here is my other one for size comparison.
The other thing I didn't think much about when I got it, was theft. Again, with it being so big, it will be easier to see and so easy for someone to just reach in and grab it. The only thing I can do is unhook the power and remove the whole unit each time a park. Kind of a pain, but I don't know what else to do to keep it secure while away from the Jeep.
I read on the reviews for the cam that some people hard wired it in. I originally thought of doing that but the instructions say to only use their power wire. I'm not sure, maybe it has a reduction thing in it or something to prevent it from burning up the camera? Sure would like to just hardwire it in though.
I also discovered that it is pretty big. I should have known that but I wasn't thinking on how small the windshield is. LOL I just liked how big the screen was on the camera. Here it is down to where I can see it pretty good. Takes up to much of the visual in my opinion.
So I think I will put it like this. I can still see it for the most part.
The other option is to just switch it out with the smaller one I bought for my VW a long time ago. It is much smaller, but it doesn't have the rear view camera, and that is the reason I bought the new one is because I wanted one to record both directions. Here is my other one for size comparison.
The other thing I didn't think much about when I got it, was theft. Again, with it being so big, it will be easier to see and so easy for someone to just reach in and grab it. The only thing I can do is unhook the power and remove the whole unit each time a park. Kind of a pain, but I don't know what else to do to keep it secure while away from the Jeep.
I like the little jeeps in the big jeep. Must mean you can keep jeepin during a lunch break.
@KimsJeep I'm supprised the mini jeeps don't have any purple on them 
@KimsJeep I'm supprised the mini jeeps don't have any purple on them
One is pink! LOL Yah, haven't got that good at painting in small detail.
Just an update on the hardwire thing. I went back and reread the reviews and one person said it is a kit you buy. So I ordered the hardwire kit and it will be here tomorrow. So should be able to do what I want to do. After I get that figured out, I have to figure out how I want to run my wire for the back camera. I think I will go under the jeep and come up through the cowl, if the wire is long enough. I haven't even began to look at that yet. LOL
You are saying no, but not why. What is your perception of lockers in the front? Is it the lockrite by brand or all of the lunchbox locker? Tim
You could run the wire up behind the driver's rear tire and follow the taillight wiring. The less wire exposed to the elements the better.One is pink! LOL Yah, haven't got that good at painting in small detail.
Just an update on the hardwire thing. I went back and reread the reviews and one person said it is a kit you buy. So I ordered the hardwire kit and it will be here tomorrow. So should be able to do what I want to do. After I get that figured out, I have to figure out how I want to run my wire for the back camera. I think I will go under the jeep and come up through the cowl, if the wire is long enough. I haven't even began to look at that yet. LOL
I just happened to have that area exposed.
I really enjoy the off-road performance of the locker in the front. I just wish I would have saved for a selectable. The lunchbox for me is not well behaved and has generally caused me a fair amount of trouble. Overheating my power steering, clicking and banging in tight turns even in 2WD and tearing up the front u-joints. Just one of those things I should have saved up for a full case locker. It really is nice on the trail but I wouldn't do a luchbox again.
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Ok thanks. I will look into doing that. I also need to tie it into the reverse lights postive, so when I put it in reverse, it will actually activate that camera just like the high tech Jeeps. LOL
Dig it. Like your hulu girlBruiser finally passed the legal inspection.. (new rear sway bar bushings and stabilizer links, New ball joints and track bar.)so I'm back behind the wheel and its feels much better to drive...allot more sure footed and not wandering about as much as it did...
So I took it for spin down an older coast road ....the sun was out....but a cold southerly wind, let me know its still Winter here.
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Kiwi TJ
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Thanks ...Talula has been my silent co-pilot for a few years now. Never complains about my driving or being too cold either lol
Working on brake lines for my LJ: https://wranglertjforum.com/threads...e-adventure-lj-story.9956/page-27#post-419895
Tiffany has been with me a few years now. She's rode around in a Nissan Titan, Chrysler mini-van, Mrs Willy's Volvo crossover and now has taken up residence in the LJ. Lately she's been turning blue with the increased sun since I dropped the top down. I figure as long as she'll hold together, the LJ is a good place for her. She has a younger sister with a ukulele who moved into the Volvo.
(named for a friend of our daughter's who bears a passing resemblence to her)
That would be the PURPLE wire! LOL. Are you mounting the camera in/on the spare or at the license plate?
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Are you going to give the frame and engine bay a good clean or paint while its out ?
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They are the MOPAR rock rails. Mates right up to the existing holes for the Rubicon Rockers.