Accessing the panel above the rearview mirror

[Bucko]

I decided to wire it directly to the interior fuse panel. After opening the panel I realized it would be better to run a line around the trim and down to the fuse panel.

Well done!

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[Turambar]

I was thinking about swapping this same harness - does it connect under the headliner somewhere? Did you have to remove the visors and whatnot to drop the front of the headliner?

For what it's worth I'll share my experience on this. My Badlands didn't have an auto-dimming mirror but has Copilot 360+. So I loosened the torx screw holding the mirror in place and removed the plastic cover/panel (I used a plastic spudger). The wiring harness Dark mentions connects to a main harness right there (1 in the photo), also shown in Kachadurian's 3rd photo. No need to remove anything else. I ordered LX6Z-14A411-BD because it was in stock (and cheaper) - it works great (not sure what the differences are). It basically has three additional wires and the extra connector for an auto-dimming mirror (switched 12V, ground, and something else - I read somewhere it was reverse but I couldn't confirm). No need to drop the headliner. The mirror mount is labeled in the photo (2) for perspective. I didn't take pictures of the new harness.

 

[Shumax]

Which wires did you tap into for power and ground that comes on/off with the ignition?

 

[Vinny_D]

Does anyone know how to remove the panel on the windshield above the rearview mirror? I want to see if I can tap into the electronics to power my radar detector.

Amazon has a item that’s plug and play you can pick usb or type C and a trim pry tool and light pulling to remove the rear view mirror and disconnect the wire plug in your accessorie and plug in the out going back to the old plug cover up and boom your wires hidden and a port to plug in your radar detector

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