did you guys have to take off the rear bumper to get the camera through?

 

ya i had to take mine off to run the wires through to the trunk

 

Alright, I got around to installing my camera today. I just wanted to share my experience and hopefully help new people out and tell them issues I encountered so they won't. First of all, I really didn't want to drill any holes in my bumper, I didn't want to cut and splice any wires off the Evo, at the end of the day I wanted to leave the car unscratched.

That's the camera I bought.
I started by cutting the video wire to expose the signal and ground wires. I attached female d-sub crimps on the ends, you can get them here, I got mine at frys, really cheap. Make sure you crimp the connectors properly or they will come out.




Going behind the touch screen display, insert into pin 3 and 7



Push them in as far as you can to get a good connection, I had it come out a couple times. the photo shows it half way. Go until you can see the crimps. If you want to do a check, the cigarette lighter supplies 12V, connect the camera to power from the cigarette lighter. Make sure your car is in reverse, I thought something was wrong when it didn't come on the first time I tried. Pin 2 in the 8P grey connector is the reverse sensor, it will only power up when its in reverse.

I fished the wire down through the opening that was exposed when I took the display out, it leads to under the steering wheel. Tucking the wire is extremely easy. I was honestly nervous about it at first, but again, really easy. Keep tucking through under the side sills. There's a small opening to the trunk through the back seat. It's going to be near the top corner.



It's going to pop up here.



I ended up having to remove the sub woofer, it's a little hard to un-clip, I ended up just sliding the connector off and used a flat head screw driver to disconnect. Wiring tapping easier and fishing the wires to the outside will be easier with the sub gone.

You'll find a bunch of wires in the corner. The white wire is the reverse light power, I used this to power my camera. Not wanting to cut the wires and splice them I decided to just wire tap. There are many ways to do wire taps, but i found the easiest and most relible way is to use posi-taps.





Again, really easy to use these and the camera will only have power when the reverse lights go on, perfect.

I fished the video and power wire through the opening on the side, its right behind where the sub woofer was.






Now in the back, I was able to remove the center nut behind the license plate and get the camera wires under it.



I used the posi-lock connectors to connect the power wires.


Here is the wires connected and zip tied to the diffuser


I just used electrical tape to wrap them, I'm going to go back with silicone or just use a glue gun to cover the connection to protect it from the weather.

Not wanting to drill holes, I just used 3m double sided outdoor tape




This stuff is strong and the camera isn't that heavy, I expect this to stay for a while, months, maybe years.



Finished.

 

that awesome good job. do you hvae a picture of the rear camera on the touch screen when you put in reverse or a video . i want o have a look if you dont mind thank you

 

not the best camera. i will eventually upgrade this.

 

I did it without drilling any holes. Mount the camera with heavy duty 3m tape and run wire up through grommet in trunk.

 

Thank God! The OEM camera I bought used for my Lancer ES is now working. I used the http://axxessinterfaces.com/index.ph...roducts_id=407, it is designed for our OEM touchscreen. Then I bought the OEM camera wiring harness for Lancer. The audioshop guy installed for me. Now it's working perfectly! The Axxess AX-MITSUCAM is a big help.

 

do you have clear image of the connection ? bac of the touch screen i mean

 

I will take the radio off tonight and take a picture of it. Honestly, I'm not into this stuffs but I hope it would help alot to all that wanted to install camera to their Lancers.

 

That is the worst spot for a camera I have ever seen on any car. I put mine right on top of the license plate. Can't even see it. But to each his own. Glad you got it working.

 

To be honest, I just want to follow the factory camera location, that's all. That's why I bought a used OEM camera instead of better aftermarket one. I ordered a wicked white camera cover from the dealer cos this black really stands out. This Lancer is only the base model ES, just for me to get from point A to point B so I'm not too particular about it.

 

Has anybody connected a dvd player or another video device besides the camera to the input?

 

You probably wouldn't want to. There's built in lines on the backup screen

 

damn, thanks. saved me a bunch of time

 

Thanks a lot for this write-up. I'm planning to do this soon. There's only one thing that doesn't make sense. You bought a camera with guidelines? Everyone before was saying to get a camera without guidelines, otherwise you'll have two sets of guidelines? So which one is it? I'm jw because I'm planning to buy a camera soon.