12v accessory help!

[Matthew LaCava]

Hi everyone, 

 

Let me start off by saying I HAVE NEVER posted in a forum before so go easy on me lol.

 

I have a 2024 Silverado 1500 RST as a lot of you know it does not have a 12v plug. That being said i have a new born and was just gifted a back seat camera. I am looking for a way to use this camera only when i have the baby in my car. 

 

I cannot stand the look of wires ALL OVER so i really wanted to hide the wires somewhere inside the cup above the infotainment system. Please help me out here, do i need to drop all this money on upfitter switches or can i get away with a simple rocker switch IDK. 

 

Side not i would also love to some how hide my wireless chargers usb cable in dash as well... Let me know if you have experience in that as well lol

 

I greatly appreciate any help you can provide! 

[Bikerjon]

9 hours ago, Matthew LaCava said:

Hi everyone, 

 

Let me start off by saying I HAVE NEVER posted in a forum before so go easy on me lol.

 

I have a 2024 Silverado 1500 RST as a lot of you know it does not have a 12v plug. That being said i have a new born and was just gifted a back seat camera. I am looking for a way to use this camera only when i have the baby in my car. 

 

I cannot stand the look of wires ALL OVER so i really wanted to hide the wires somewhere inside the cup above the infotainment system. Please help me out here, do i need to drop all this money on upfitter switches or can i get away with a simple rocker switch IDK. 

 

Side not i would also love to some how hide my wireless chargers usb cable in dash as well... Let me know if you have experience in that as well lol

 

I greatly appreciate any help you can provide! 

Do you have the full center console in your RST or do you have the front row center seat w/armrest? What kind of wireless charger do you have?

[kickass audio]

If you have long enough of a cord you can do like I did with my dash cam where I have it plugged into the USB port on the dash and snuck the cable between where the bottom area of the dash is just below the HVAC controls and the top right edge of the center console. I then routed the cable behind the glovebox in the dash (had to remove the right panel on the center console to help feed the USB down and through the area and I used a flexible grabbing tool to push it through) and routed it up through the A pillar and across the windshield at the top and then have the cable coming out the plastic shroud around the forward facing collision avoidance camera.

 

Are you mounting your phone down on the dash or are you considering mounting it up by your rearview mirror?

[Delson0]

Sell the camera, do a cheap headrest mirror to view the kiddo. Works fine

Edited January 22, 2025 by Delson0