Illuminated Bowtie with Front Camera

[Roy2895]

Has anyone here installed an illuminated bowtie on a truck with a front facing camera? I saw someone say removing the grille might force you to re-calibrate the camera. I don't want to go through that.  Any chance I could get away with installing the illuminated bowtie without removing the grille?

 

Any info would be appreciated, thanks. 

[OnTheReel]

Yeah, I did and didn’t remove the grill. If you pull off the plastic radiator shroud above the grill there’s plenty of room to reach down there, fish the wire through the hole behind the emblem and then route the harness to the driver’s side headlight. Just have to be mindful of where you secure the wires so they don’t show through from behind the grill, not that they probably would anyway.

I have the front camera, but don’t have the active grill shutters. If you do have the shutters, that might affect your room to work and route the harness. Either way it’s worth a try to pull that top piece off and see if you can.
 

[Troyz71z28]

55 minutes ago, OnTheReel said:

Yeah, I did and didn’t remove the grill. If you pull off the plastic radiator shroud above the grill there’s plenty of room to reach down there, fish the wire through the hole behind the emblem and then route the harness to the driver’s side headlight. Just have to be mindful of where you secure the wires so they don’t show through from behind the grill, not that they probably would anyway.

I have the front camera, but don’t have the active grill shutters. If you do have the shutters, that might affect your room to work and route the harness. Either way it’s worth a try to pull that top piece off and see if you can.
 

Hey would you be willing to follow that camera wire and tell me where it’s going/where it meets another group of wires?

[Roy2895]

On 1/31/2020 at 7:46 PM, OnTheReel said:

Yeah, I did and didn’t remove the grill. If you pull off the plastic radiator shroud above the grill there’s plenty of room to reach down there, fish the wire through the hole behind the emblem and then route the harness to the driver’s side headlight. Just have to be mindful of where you secure the wires so they don’t show through from behind the grill, not that they probably would anyway.

I have the front camera, but don’t have the active grill shutters. If you do have the shutters, that might affect your room to work and route the harness. Either way it’s worth a try to pull that top piece off and see if you can.
 

Thanks! I didn't realize someone had responded. I just received my bow tie and hope to install it when I install Roto-Fab CAI.  I appreciate the help.