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Dashcam Installation - Baton Rouge
Posted on 8/19/25 at 11:33 am
Posted on 8/19/25 at 11:33 am
Looking for suggestions for a place I get dashcam professionally installed in Baton Rouge. I purchased the dashcam online and between running the wire for rear cam through the car and hooking up the power source to the fuse box, it's not something I feel comfortable doing on my own. Just wondering if there is somewhere in town I could take it to have it installed. I was thinking one of the car stereo places, but it has to be a place that would be willing to install a dashcam that wasn't purchased through them.
Let me know if you have any recommendations on a place that might do this and that also does quality work. TIA
Let me know if you have any recommendations on a place that might do this and that also does quality work. TIA
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Posted on 8/19/25 at 1:13 pm to jfw3535
I understand this isn't the response you were looking for (maybe someone else can chime in with that), but I would really recommend looking at some youtube videos and doing it yourself. All you have to do is get something to push/tuck it behind some panels and weatherstripping with virtually 0 risk of damaging anything. A very quick/easy job. Save you a lot of money, and the professional really won't do anything more than this. Just my 2 cents.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 1:28 pm to Tadey
Understood, but I'm not a very handy guy and don't want to take the chance of screwing something up in my car or end up having things look jury rigged. If I can pay somebody a couple hundred dollars to do the job right, I'd much rather do that.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 2:23 pm to jfw3535
What model car?
I dabbled in car audio for years. I've put in multiple car audio systems over the years, for simple to complex. But I haven't done this in years. I can honestly say, installing a dash cam was the easiest job of this type I've ever done. I installed two cameras (front and rear) and connected power (both switched and continuous for parking monitoring) in my wife's car in under 30 mins. The only tools needed were a few plastic levers, two fuse taps, black electrical tape and a multi-meter (optional).
Seriously, you can do this.
I dabbled in car audio for years. I've put in multiple car audio systems over the years, for simple to complex. But I haven't done this in years. I can honestly say, installing a dash cam was the easiest job of this type I've ever done. I installed two cameras (front and rear) and connected power (both switched and continuous for parking monitoring) in my wife's car in under 30 mins. The only tools needed were a few plastic levers, two fuse taps, black electrical tape and a multi-meter (optional).
Seriously, you can do this.
This post was edited on 8/19/25 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:26 pm to Lonnie Utah
Good luck getting a car audio business interested. I want to change out all of the speakers and upgrade my amp in my truck, but I can't get anyone to call me back. I don't want to go the Crutchfield route, but I'm about to. I guess they're just too busy or don't think it's worth their time.
Posted on 8/20/25 at 12:24 pm to jfw3535
I am sure you can get it done at Best Buy.
Posted on 8/20/25 at 1:24 pm to Tadey
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I understand this isn't the response you were looking for (maybe someone else can chime in with that), but I would really recommend looking at some youtube videos and doing it yourself.
This.
I was worried about it too, and while it's still challenging it's nowhere near as hard as I was expecting.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 3:28 pm to jfw3535
Best Buy on Millerville does it. I'm not a big fan of dealing with electricity and tend to be a bit heavy-handed when prying stuff up (ie: I often break it) so I am having them install mine.
If you try to schedule it online, you're going to end up needing to call their auto-tech center as the Best Buy website inexplicably says there are no auto-installers at any of their stores in the BR/Hammond region.
If you try to schedule it online, you're going to end up needing to call their auto-tech center as the Best Buy website inexplicably says there are no auto-installers at any of their stores in the BR/Hammond region.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 7:56 pm to Bard
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I'm not a big fan of dealing with electricity
It's 12v.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 5:01 pm to Lonnie Utah
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It's 12v
It's also just plugging in a USB-c cable, or at least mine was. No qualifications required. Just start at whichever end of it you don't want to tie up the slack near.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 6:21 pm to calcotron
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It's also just plugging in a USB-c cable, or at least mine was.
For my wife's subaru, I bought a dash cam installation kit for under $30. I tapped off the fuse block both switched and continuous power. I used very simple fuse block taps. Since hers has continuous power it has a parking monitor. It 12v drops too low, it switches off.
For my truck it was even easier. They make an adapter that plugs into the back of the powered rear view mirror. I was as simple as unplugging the mirror, putting the adapter in line and plugging a usb-c plug into the dash cam. It doesn't have parking monitoring.
Running the cable to the rear cams wasn't hard either, but I've had a long hot day and I'm too tired to type anymore.
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