The head unit of choice (Pioneer AVH-4200DVD) arrived recently so I set to getting it wired up. Straight forward stuff – power, switched power, ground, and emergency brake ground meant to prevent watching video during driving. The vette e-brake breaks ground at the first ‘click’, which really doesn’t engage anything, so it’s not a big deal. I still have to wire up the speakers. Wires are already ran, just need to connect everything when speakers arrive.
With the radio wired up I ran the front camera cable. I drilled another hole in the tunnel rear wall next to the current wiring pass-through hole and then another at the firewall to allow the RCA cable through. This was routed up to the front of the car. The camera’s power/ground cable was routed from the front to the firewall, then wired up to a switched power and ground. Tested everything – good to go. Rear view camera was tested as well, but wiring hasn’t been made permanent yet.
After doing the above I cut the console face out so that the head unit can be fit in from behind. This took quite a while as I cut the hole too small (on purpose) then slowly filed it out for a good tight fit once the vinyl was glued back into place.