Nice work clutchfan... My next mod I think... Hey did the heat issue ever improve?

 

nope. still gets very hot.

 

That's a little disappointing to hear. Does it get so hot that you might be concerned with heavy usage?

 

no issues with it so far. but most of the failures i've read about is in the summer using parking mode.

an alternative is the thinkware f750. front and rear cam goes for 360

the f750 has way more tech. speed warning, red light cameras warning, lane departure warning... man, if my cam fails, i would get this.

 

Looks like amazon has a coupon for the thinkware you mentioned. Not sure if its a good deal, but $220.

Can you post a pic of how you placed the rear camera?

 

$220 is just for the front.

For the rear cam, I put it on top / middle. Lining up the lens with the center defroster line.

Although mine was slapped on a little off centered. Didn't bother to fix it cause of the tint and didn't want to damage the tint.

 

Thanks for this heads up.. This may be the way to go for me

 

Which fuse do you connect to? See image below. As for the grounding wires, you just need to find a small bolt behind the kick panel, loosen it and connect the ground wires to that bolt.

Pic on the right shows the right way to do it with a fuse tap kit. Found here: http://amzn.to/28Z6HLn

 

#6 - Connect to Dash Cam!
#3 - Red Wire connects to the socket fuse (acc)
#4 - Yellow Wire connects to the Meter fuse (bat)
#5 - Ground wires. Find a tiny bolt behind the kick panel (remove the kick panel to make your life easier) loosen the bolt, use a plier to make the metal loop bigger. Slide the loop behind the bolt you loosened, tighten bolt and ur done with that part.



Have fun tucking in the wires. If you have OCD, Zip ties are your friend.

 

I mounted the power magic pro with double sided tape under the dash. Makes it easier to turn parking mode on or off.

Excess wires (tons of it) were tucked inside the side-sill area.

 

Just to add some more info to this, I have a 2014 Q60 6-MT and my fuse box compared to the one picture above was different (see below). I ended up using the "ELEC PARTS (BAT)" for my batt+ and the "SOCKET" as the acc. Also its worth noting that mine wasn't working initially because I had the controller set at 12V but upon dialing it down to 11.8V, the controller worked! Again as stated above, zip ties are your friends. I kind of wished I got the 2-channel, perhaps on my new 2017 Coupe next year

 

Do you guys have pictures of where you mounted your dash cams?
Trying to figure out where to mount mine where it's unobtrusive, but still easily accessible.

 

i would recommend looking at this vid on fusetaps and installing them correctly