"MrCheerful" wrote in message
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Out of your eyeline and high, left of the mirror and in a swept area is
the most usual place. Run the lead up the pillar tucked behind the cover.

Yes, make sure it's in a part of the screen that the wipers keep clear of
water.

Check that it doesn't obscure any modern gadgetry. We have a Honda CRV with
auto high/dip beam. After installing the camera, immediately to the right of
the mirror housing, we found that the auto dip/beam wasn't working. Then I
checked and found that the housing contains a camera that looks for the
presence of oncoming headlights - and the dashcam was obscuring its view :-)
Changing the dashcam to the corresponding position on the other side of the
housing cured that one.

Sadly on my Peugeot 308 the best out-of-the eyeline position is not swept by
the wipers, and I'd need to put the camera surprisingly low on the screen if
it is to go near the mirror, to get it in a swept area.

Lower down near where the tax disc used to go is out of eyeline and is
usually in a swept area, but the bonnet can obscure the road close to the
car.