« Reply #10 on: 07 April 2023, 22:32 »
Meant to post up a couple days ago, I checked the headlining and A pillar trims a few afternoons ago.
I’d hazard a guess that once the cable is unplugged from the camera you’ll be able to tease it out from under the headlining easily enough as there is a few mm gap between it and the windscreen, and the same for the A pillars. The A pillar trims are hard plastic not cloth covered as in the mk7 but are basically the same part.
With a trim removal tool you’ll probably be able to prise the pillar trim slightly proud enough to easily remove the cable (pulling the cable towards the windscreen and downwards). In earlier cars there’s an airbag in the region of the top of the A pillar trim but there’s no airbag badge on the mk8 A pillar trim so I don’t know if it’s sat behind the trim or in the headlining above it. The cable should be well clear of any airbags anyway.
The only tight bit is between the bottom of the A pillar and where the cable would be routed into the top of the dashboard before dropping into the fuse box. Again, with the A pillar trim lifted very slightly I’d imagine access will be much easier.
Once you’ve removed it from the Golf you’ll see exactly how to fit it into the Audi.
If you can restore older Audis, removing a dashcam from a Golf will be a doddle.
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