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I have just fitted the Sinosmart reverse camera and the info in this thread was invaluable. notes:- 1) make sure you check which camera you order, I was sure I had ordered the correct one and it was only when i checked tracking that i found i had ordered cam C !! for me it should have been Cam B Contacted Sinosmart and they asked me to fit the quadblock and the camera that they had sent when it arrived to check everything worked ( only the camera shapes are different) Did this and they said they would send me a replacement camera only for £10 but the del date ws 26th may , however it actually arrived on 17th may. 2) Fitting : ( sorry no pics). I had already fitted the quad lock by this point and left the camera and cable in the glove box (hardest bit of this was getting the removal tool out of the right hand side of the media unit, but follow instruction earlier in this thread - need a bit of jiggery pokery to get it out ). Pop the lower trim off the tail gate and remove the slow close mechanism ( 3 off quarter turn locks) the most difficult part of this was getting the old boot handle out , not a lot of room and in hindsight really needs a right angled pick to press the tabs in . once out easy enough . Pop out the rubber gaiter at the top of the tailgate ( make sure you get the hard plastic parts out with the gaiter as it is impossible to get the rubber back on while in place , i did get them out after feeding the wire through and reattached before popping back in on completion. make sure you have a curtain rod before you start ----- ( 89p from B&M !!) to feed through the tailgate up to the first hole. gently pull cable through spray rubber gaiter with silicon spray ( tip from earlier this thread) so much easier to get it through the rubber. push curtain rod through hole and into cabin behind quarter panel ( quarter panel pops off very easily and draw cable through again use curtain rod to fish down to bottom of door channel ( just prise up slightly with trim tools. and pull camera cable through . the curtain rod can be used from here to feed right along the channel under the trim bypassing the B piller and beyond to the Front passenger door trim pull cable though to here . Again use curtain rod but this time feed down from behind glove box and in to channel below passenger door , tape camera cable to it and gently pull through . connect cables and bingo working camera . This was when i found that the gaiter at the tailgate would not slip back on to the plastic clips in the holes . I had to prise them both out and then refit the rubber to them before they could be popped back in easily . Check all your connections and trim is secured and you should be good to go. probably took me about 2-2 1/2 hrs to complete including the hassle of getting the handle out and the gaiter back in so a small price in time and cost to get a working camera Thank you to every before me on this thread as it made me confident that i could get this done and i hope that my small contribution helps someone else One other thing , i was impressed by the service from Sinosmart as i did not expect any real assistance when i had the issue with the wrong camera ( MY FAULT) and fully expected to have to buy a whole new set up , so 5 stars to them for their assistance.

hi all , just bought a 68 plate superb sel exec in white, smallest engine 1.5 in largest car I have had in 30 years. also 1st petrol in 15 years. so far so good and so quiet compared to my 2.0 tdi exeo. back seat legroom and boot are ENORMOUS. looking forward to the help and advice that owners forums always have on hand just by reading through various parts of the site