Has anyone fitted a Dashcam with rear view camera on an estate  ? Any chance of some photos of the install on the hatch glass.  I’d like to fit one but want to keep it tidy. 

I'm also interested. I have always run the cable through the door rubbers and under the bpillar hatch, again under door rubbers to the c pillar, next to the glass, under the d pillar plastic and then under the headliner, through the rubber hose and under the plastic of the boot lid. Of course always avoiding blocking the airbag. This way the connector comes out right at the window. However this skoda is built very nicely and I am having difficulty finding some space to pry the cable in. For example under the b pillar airbag area, also at the c pillar, no way I can remove the door rubbers to go behind the airbag...Everything is so tightly built

I tried running the cable through the rubber hose and into the boot hatch but gave up. I ended up just running it across the rear headliner and using one of these to mount the camera to: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/397328740471 made for a much easier install!

i have had a kenwood front and rear set fitted to my l&k estate - will take some pics at weekend
fitted by the dealer

I recently fitted one to my estate. I didn't take any pics but the installation was fairly straightforward. I was able to hide the cable to the rear camera by pressing it along the top of the windscreen, then into the join on the covering on the pillar. From there it was fairly easy to push the cable into the rubber around the doors. the cable run from front to rear is pretty much invisible.

I then spent a while looking at how I could get the cable through to the rear door and eventually decided it wasn't worth the hassle so I ran the cable to the frame above the door and then made a loop to accommodate the movement of the door and fixed the camera to the door. Perfectionists might not be happy that you can see the loop of cable feeding down to the camera but to be honest I don't really notice it. The cable was a fair bit longer than I needed and I found the easiest way of dealing with that was to push the surplus behind the rear left side plastic panel.

One tip would be to watch where you fit the camera. I fitted mine just after the car had been cleaned, then realised once the rear window had collected a covering of road muck that the camera wasn't looking through the area swept by the rear wiper! Moving it wasn't difficult but it would have been even easier of course if I'd thought of that in the first place.

I used pretty much the same method to install the same type of dash cam in my wife's Ford Kuga, the only difficulty there being was that the car doesn't have a power socket above the rear view mirror, and getting the power to the camera proved to be a much more tricky job!

11 minutes ago, pgfife said:

I recently fitted one to my estate. I didn't take any pics but the installation was fairly straightforward. I was able to hide the cable to the rear camera by pressing it along the top of the windscreen, then into the join on the covering on the pillar. From there it was fairly easy to push the cable into the rubber around the doors. the cable run from front to rear is pretty much invisible.

I then spent a while looking at how I could get the cable through to the rear door and eventually decided it wasn't worth the hassle so I ran the cable to the frame above the door and then made a loop to accommodate the movement of the door and fixed the camera to the door. Perfectionists might not be happy that you can see the loop of cable feeding down to the camera but to be honest I don't really notice it. The cable was a fair bit longer than I needed and I found the easiest way of dealing with that was to push the surplus behind the rear left side plastic panel.

One tip would be to watch where you fit the camera. I fitted mine just after the car had been cleaned, then realised once the rear window had collected a covering of road muck that the camera wasn't looking through the area swept by the rear wiper! Moving it wasn't difficult but it would have been even easier of course if I'd thought of that in the first place.

I used pretty much the same method to install the same type of dash cam in my wife's Ford Kuga, the only difficulty there being was that the car doesn't have a power socket above the rear view mirror, and getting the power to the camera proved to be a much more tricky job!

Hmm, did you run it on the top part of the pillar? This I think is dangerous and blocks the airbags! Actually I don't think it will impair the force of the airbag,but the cable can become a projectile.

For me I am looking for the "perfectionist" wat, with which I mean the safest and cleanest. ( And of course ending without a loose cable). Maybe there is someone on the forum who has a workshop manual, so I can check which panels are removable and in which way

29 minutes ago, Prowling said:

Hmm, did you run it on the top part of the pillar? This I think is dangerous and blocks the airbags! Actually I don't think it will impair the force of the airbag,but the cable can become a projectile.

For me I am looking for the "perfectionist" wat, with which I mean the safest and cleanest. ( And of course ending without a loose cable). Maybe there is someone on the forum who has a workshop manual, so I can check which panels are removable and in which way

I didn't judge that my routing of the cable was likely to have any impact on the operation of the airbag.

For clarity, I did not end up with a "loose" cable. The cable was anchored at each end of the loop, allowing for safe articulation of the cable between the body and the door. Admittedly, running the cable internally along with other cables feeding in to the door might be visually preferable, but in my view the time involved was not worthwhile for the minor benefit, and the risk of damaging panels and fittings was not acceptable.

12 minutes ago, pgfife said:

I didn't judge that my routing of the cable was likely to have any impact on the operation of the airbag.

For clarity, I did not end up with a "loose" cable. The cable was anchored at each end of the loop, allowing for safe articulation of the cable between the body and the door. Admittedly, running the cable internally along with other cables feeding in to the door might be visually preferable, but in my view the time involved was not worthwhile for the minor benefit, and the risk of damaging panels and fittings was not acceptable.

Definitely not worth damaging the car I agree. What I meant about the pillar, look at the pic I attached. Running it there between the roof liner and the pillar cap, is the airbag zone.

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10 hours ago, Prowling said:

What I meant about the pillar, look at the pic I attached.

Thanks for sending that pic, I'll check my cable just to make sure.