| Jackson |
| Nubee here. My wife has a 2003 Murano and is the proud owner of a yet to be installed aftermarket rear view camera. The camera portion needs to be connected to the back-up lights for power. The manual says that to replace the back-up lights - "see dealer". I'm more of a do-it-yourself if at all possible type of person and imagine there is some all knowing person out there that can explain to me how to get to the wiring and how to identify the correct wires to attach to the camera wiring. If the entire hatch panel needs to be removed, I could use some direction on that part too. Any guidance would be much appreciated. |
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| njjoe |
Jackson-
Welcome to the forum
My recommendation is to invest $20 in a Nissan Service Manual. You can buy and download it online. It has the info you are looking for.
You can also search this forum for info on the very same project you are planning.
Good luck.
-njjoe |
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| Lawrencectam |
| Where did our purchased your kit? How did the install go? I am looking to do thins in my '07, any help would be great. |
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| BikerJohn |
I just did that to my '03 two weeks ago. I purchase the wireless rearview camera at a local Canadian Tire for $99. The camera gets mounted on the rear licence plate screws and is powered by the back-up lights.
You will have to drill a small hole behind the licence plate into your hatch to run the wiring inside. The rear hatch portion behind the plate is made of a composite plastic so drilling is easy and don't have to worry about rust. Just use some 100% silicone to seal around the hole after.
The rear hatch covering is removed by first removing the plastic rivet-looking pins. Use a small flat-head screw driver and push in the center of the pins to remove. You'll see how they work once you have them off.
Then remove the grip handle using the flat-head and pop off. The rest of the panel is anchored by the use of stratigically located "mushroom-pins" into the hatch. Start at the bottom and slowly pull the panel away from the hatch until they start popping off.
Be careful when you get to the anchoring points close to the rear window area. There are two anchors(one on either side) that are not the mushroom-pin types and the panel has to be pulled more straight out away from the window. You will see them as the panel starts to come off. I made the mistake of pulling too hard and ended up cracking that area of my panel:(
Once you remove the panel; the back-up lights and wiring's all there.
The monitor that I have is kept in my arm-rest compartment and just plugs into the 12v socket. I use it for backing up my MO to hook up my new trailer so I didn't need it mounted anywhere. I just pull it out when needed. The actual picture quality is surprisingly very good for wireless:D |
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| Lawrencectam |
Thanks for the feeback BikerJohn. I was hoping to get a camea that would display on my exsiting in-dash LCD screen.
Any ideas on where I can find a kit? |
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| BikerJohn |
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Originally posted by Lawrencectam
Thanks for the feeback BikerJohn. I was hoping to get a camea that would display on my exsiting in-dash LCD screen.
Any ideas on where I can find a kit?
I think others have done so on this site. If you do a search on the threads; you may come accross that info. |
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