retrofitting rear view camera

[Golfmk7]

hello guys,

i just bougt a rearview camera oem set for my mk7.
now i want to install them but i cant find any information about it.
does somewone have more information for me? like the radio take out or something else.

thanks!!

[2014GTi]

Hi,

its not an easy job to retro fit the oem reversing camera, also you have to rip all the car apart to install it properly.
My advice would be to return the camera and live without it. 

[Mark V GTD]

Its a big job but not beyond the limits of a determined DIY'er - I agree the messy part is removal of trim to get the camera cable back to the head unit.

Not seen any 'how to' guides for the Mk.7 yet.

[jivemonkey]

Not to mention the coding that's required, there was a user on Mk7 forum who's been trying to retrofit the camera but just can't get it working. I do believe he has it in situ though. If this were doable, without too much effort, I'd be very keen.

Didn't the supplier of the cam offer any advice? Carsystems.pl have advised me they know how to code it, but won't tell me unless I purchase the camera! No ta.

I'm used to reversing without the rear camera now, albeit slower and generally with more care, which can't be a bad thing. Certainly be my first tick for the GTI (would change the GTD now if I could  ) in a few years time.

Good luck!

[JoeGTI]

The hardest part is routing the cable from the headunit back to the tailgate... and even then it isn't as hard as you might think, if you have decent trim removal tools and some patience! Loads of people did it with the MK5 and 6.

However the MK7 headunits are still a bit of an unknown entity, I've not heard or seen of anyone yet who's pulled it out and what's possible to retrofit or not. For one thing, most of the wiring is now in the glovebox with the CD player so it's very likely that's where you'd be routing the camera cable from.

[cebbes30]

Hello GolfMK7,

Can you tell me if you have cruise control installed in your car without ACC.

Left button MFL CNL tekst?

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[mullermn]

I had my GTI in for a camera retrofit at VW's expense using their selected choice of part and third party to do the install. They failed to get it working and reckoned it can never work(!).

At that point I gave up (never had a camera before, can live without it now) and took the compensation they offered.

However if you come back and say you did it in 10 minutes with no bother at all I wouldn't be at all surprised.. VW also told me that 17" wheels won't work on the GTI too, but the car in the driveway says otherwise.

Good luck

[CharlesTheTog]

Well if it's of any use to any one I fitted one on my Seat Leon mk3. I have a golf Match coming and I plan on fitting one on that. It really isn't difficult! The coding is simple as is the wire routing

[stephenwmc]

I fitted one to my MK7 SE a few weeks ago.
It was a fiddly job. The hardest bit was refitting the trims around the inside of the tailgate. It works perfectly though.

[Exonian]

I fitted one to my MK7 SE a few weeks ago.
It was a fiddly job. The hardest bit was refitting the trims around the inside of the tailgate. It works perfectly though.

Did you follow any guides or did you just follow the loom up through the car and wing it? And I'm guessing it had to have VCDS activation?