Well no clearly they're not. Just wondering how those with bigger cars get around this?
So the other day I wired in my VIOFO A119v3 (so my username is dated now :-/), today I wired in a permanent charger cable for my phone (on switched live, not perm - I just mean permanently fixed).
Another job was to wire in the Mio Mivue cam I had up front to the rear of the car. Put it in place, started routing the cable down the rubber seal near the doors. Started getting towards the A-pillar & it was pretty obvious I was going to be short. Another 1mtr should've done it, maybe 0.5mtr for it to be a little tight.
That was the original 12v male cable that came with the cam itself. Measured this against a HW kit I got off Amazon - the Amazon one was mildly longer but not by enough. Got the tape measure & had a see and they'd be sold as 4mtr.
Now I suppose one way of doing it since the cam is bang centre of the rear window is to rip out the headlining & go in a straight line right to the map lights, but then I wouldn't have a clue what I'm doing there PLUS there's no way I'd be getting that headlining back in place.
Had a gander on Amazon and everything I'm seeing seems to be 3mtr or 4mtr.
Now clearly those with bigger cars get it done because I've seen them. Just how do they get around this issue?
For reference - my car is a MK3 (2006year) Ford Mondeo hatchback. I suppose estate version would be even more trouble.
Which raises another point - are rear windows more curved than the front windscreen?
I had my Mio Mivue on the front no problem. Suction mount. During super hot weather it would fall off but that's about it. I've stuck it on the rear & I don't know if it's because the suction base is quite large (a much smaller suction one for the VIOFO mostly worked - but did have trouble at times) or because it's quite old (had this cam since maybe 2018? 2019?) but it's falling off for fun on the rear window.
So the other day I wired in my VIOFO A119v3 (so my username is dated now :-/), today I wired in a permanent charger cable for my phone (on switched live, not perm - I just mean permanently fixed).
Another job was to wire in the Mio Mivue cam I had up front to the rear of the car. Put it in place, started routing the cable down the rubber seal near the doors. Started getting towards the A-pillar & it was pretty obvious I was going to be short. Another 1mtr should've done it, maybe 0.5mtr for it to be a little tight.
That was the original 12v male cable that came with the cam itself. Measured this against a HW kit I got off Amazon - the Amazon one was mildly longer but not by enough. Got the tape measure & had a see and they'd be sold as 4mtr.
Now I suppose one way of doing it since the cam is bang centre of the rear window is to rip out the headlining & go in a straight line right to the map lights, but then I wouldn't have a clue what I'm doing there PLUS there's no way I'd be getting that headlining back in place.
Had a gander on Amazon and everything I'm seeing seems to be 3mtr or 4mtr.
Now clearly those with bigger cars get it done because I've seen them. Just how do they get around this issue?
For reference - my car is a MK3 (2006year) Ford Mondeo hatchback. I suppose estate version would be even more trouble.
Which raises another point - are rear windows more curved than the front windscreen?
I had my Mio Mivue on the front no problem. Suction mount. During super hot weather it would fall off but that's about it. I've stuck it on the rear & I don't know if it's because the suction base is quite large (a much smaller suction one for the VIOFO mostly worked - but did have trouble at times) or because it's quite old (had this cam since maybe 2018? 2019?) but it's falling off for fun on the rear window.