*mods: feel free to move/ sticky this

The following instructions outline how to install a camera in the trunk keyhole:

Tools required:
-Panel removing fork
-10mm socket wrench
-Screwgun/ Drill
-(2) self tapping screws
-Lipstick camera
-RCA wires

*NOTE: after this mod the trunk can only be opened with the keypad.

Start by opening the trunk and removing the liner/ cover.


After the liner is removed you will expose the plastic cover over the lock assembly.


Pop this cover off and take note of the (2) 10mm nuts securing the lock assembly to the trunk lid.

 

*sorry for switching cars

Remove these nuts and detach release cable.


Now the lock assembly is out of the way you can see how the camera will look installed.


Lipstick camera (ignore the silicone from previous install)


Fit the camera into the hole (should line up perfectly).


Now use a backplate of some sort (I used a piece of plastic) to secure the camera in place.


Once everything is lined up you can put the screw into the back of the camera to hold it in place.


Now you need to wire up the system. Run an RCA input into the monitor you are using and power up the camera (if you are using it just for reverse operations you can tap into the reverse light)

 

Nice!

Where's the pic of the final product?!

 

wow this is amazing dude, i love it! maybe i should do that some time and hook it up to the nav for my wife

 

I have a question for you. How do you remove those fasteners that hold the inner trunk liner up? I was told by Lexus of Eugene that that is the way I had to go to replace my license plate lights....



Single shot

 

Get a panel fork from auto zone or just pull it off.

 

Thanks for the info. I replaced the license plate lights with PIAA LED push'in's this evening. I don't think they produce as much lighting for the plate as the OEM ones, but the are better than the yellowish incandescent bulb.


single shot
'04 IS300

 

yeah, that's what you need, available at almost all local auto shops

 

can't you mount the original latch somewhere else so that the pull system still works from inside the car?

 

OUTSTANDING!!

 

yup,

I didn't bacause I have a few grand of ICE in my trunk, if someone gets in my car I dont want them in the trunk too.

 

good idea.

what if the popper mechanism on your trunk breaks?

 

then, you are as they say

SCREWED,,,royally...and must pay stealership large amount of paper to compensate.....ot ask some1 who may kno the answer,,,,,unlike me

lol

 

Reach through the ski pass and pull the emergency release with a coathanger.

 

Hey LCA, what brand of lipstick cam did you use? Did it fit in the hole snugly? I assume so because all you had to do was secure it with that piece of plastic.