Check out these guys. You can build your own wall plates with the "keystone" system. https://www.monoprice.com/search/index?keyword=keystone%20wall%20plate

Late model Subarus have a circuit that drains the battery from the factory!

https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2022/subaru-battery-drain-lawsuit-settlement-reached.shtml

and even easier than taps: plug-and-play mirror dashcam harnesses: https://dongar.tech/products/subaru5pin

I just did this a few week back. Ran cable across top of headliner, down inside front right A-pillar, and then in under the dash to a supply point. Wasn’t eager to mess with the cabling up there. But did remove the sunglass ‘cup’ to check things out.

Wait what? Link?

Probably wouldn't do any good, call the people that did the work and tell them their installation is failing. They probably glued it because it saved them time. I have never seen this before.

Haha my only experience is with the Subaru trim on both this car and my old one. They all came off easily and other than the A pillar, went back on pretty easily as well.

Hack? You mean install?

I consider myself comfortable more than comfortable actually doing electrical stuff and messing with radios and cameras and all that. I hate dealing with the trim pieces though. There should be a special place in hell for the people who design those clips and make it hard to find exact replacements without paying a stealership. .

Oh and Mitsubishi you have an even more special place for the way you setup the dash and what I needed to do to put and aftermarket hu in.

Sent from my 2008 Mitsubishi endeavor with aftermarket radio with Android auto and Apple play auxiliary bt mic and soon to be installed front and rear cameras.

Add more styrofoam. You can pack less ice/food/etc, but every bit of insulation is that much longer everything stays cold.

They make a citric based mastic remover, green scrub pads, spot remove it and absorb as you go, then you could ideally sand the floors....

Edit....any mechanical removal will have disastrous results....

I get that... if shelf is 5" above the vent, then you will basically have an unblocked 5" x 32" vent.

If you can get the bulk up like in the photo and have the 4” scraper as mentioned before, try and turn the blade over to the flat / dull side to get that residual stuff. Sometimes it works better than the sharp side that digs in.

Good news: even if it is asbestos, it’s most likely non-friable, and there is a less likely chance that it’ll become airborne versus cutting with a circular saw, or dry sanding.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/eng/toolbox/haz/haz07b.htm#:~:text=Category%20I%20non%2Dfriable%20ACMs,locked%20securely%20into%20the%20material.

We have used our regular mastic remover after the bulk is up and it will soften. And make it easier to remove, but not sure how much damage the chemical will cause in between the slats.

Good luck.

I'd like to use it with a LiFePO4 dashcam battery but they're too expensive for my needs. I only need the parking mode for a few hours while running errands. At work and at home, my car is well covered by security cameras.

I’m planning on lining the styrofoam with some sort of clear plastic film, I’m not sure of the brand or type - I just found it in my basement. There will be a hole with a stopper at the bottom - still trying to figure out how to seal the plastic to the pvc pipe that will run through the hole.

Why don't they just integrate the camera where the rain/light sensors go already?

I’d be kind of surprised if they do (and advertise it).

I imagine most companies are more than willing to put in a factory dashcam for an extra $2k though, or as part of the safety and technology package that’s $8k.

I usually like to Route it through a battery bank (Rated for higher temp) with a small switch or controller (basically so it can switch to car battery if low). Also allows you to keep loop recording without any worry about draining your battery.

Kinda messed up in some countries they just... have it enabled and it gets basically disabled or unused in the U.S.

How do you figure I'm over complicating this? I offered my input as someone who owned and operated three separate car stereo and accessories installation companies.

I’ve used this one multiple times for Blackvue cameras. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RA38Y8U

Or just run the wires a little longer like in OP. You're way overcomplicating this.

The styrofoam should be fine with water - they make cheap styrofoam coolers that are just foam, nothing else.

Keep in mind that a cooler that starts off full of ice ends up full of water. You’ll need some way to make this cooler you’re building hold water, or it will leak/drip wherever it goes.

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I have not tried it, but you could try baby oil or peanut oil. I don't know if it is because tar and diesel are both petroleum products that it dissolves it or if it is because diesel is a thin oil.