I just got a 23 CX-30 and want to install dashcams for the new car.

Normally I see people putting the wires inside the gap between the roof and the A pillar. This works if there is no airbags nearby. However, from the collision test video here https://www.iihs.org/ratings/vehicle/mazda/cx-30-4-door-suv/2020, it seems like that the covering panel of A pillar will pop out when a collision happens. If the cable is put inside the panel, the cable itself may pop out also and hurt driver/passengers.

Another headache is for the rear camera that usually requires a wire put into the top side panels. But CX30 has curtain airbags also.

So the only way for CX30 to have a dashcam is to buy those integrated ones? Amazon sells one at above $200 and it takes power from the electric port of the sunroof I believe. How is everyone dealing with this issue?

  • YIZZURR@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I wrote a guide for running dashcam cables on my CX-9 and posted it to a Mazda forum. Quick Google search should get you the link.

      • YIZZURR@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Because I already went through the labour of taking panels apart and figuring out how to run the wires myself. Then I sat down to write it, while including the pictures I took during the process. I’m not making anyone do anything, I just posted so that they would be able to find it if they wanted to look.

        I could provide the link, I suppose. But you could also get off your ass to do a 3 second search and find it yourself.

        • pina_koala@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          You didn’t consider that there are probably several dozen, so if we want to find YOURS specifically then YOU should point US to it.

          Try not being a dickhead? It will work wonders IRL. Cheers.

          • YIZZURR@alien.topBEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Try following your own advice re: being a dickhead. You’re being a prick just because I didn’t hold your hand during a Google search.

            • pina_koala@alien.topBEnglish
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              1 year ago

              OK weird so I searched “YIZZURR guide for running dashcam cables CX-9” and it was just tasteless nudes of men? What?

              • YIZZURR@alien.topBEnglish
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                1 year ago

                So now you’re reverted to an immature attempt at crude humour. Seems I was at least partly right about the hand-holding, but hey, at least you know how to do a Google search! Good try little buddy, maybe you’ll get it right next time.

                For anyone else who might actually be serious, my Reddit username is not the same as my forum username, but that shouldn’t matter much as there are dozens of guides available according to pina_koala.

                • pina_koala@alien.topBEnglish
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                  1 year ago

                  Message unclear, user still pressed about it and writing me love letters deep in the comments