I watched other install videos: They got the mirror cover off easily by inserting a plastic pry tool in the seam down the middle and pushing sideways towards the side. E.g. the 2 halves press together towards the centre when closing
Thank you for this. Every other video that I could find that showed removal of the mirror shroud made it look ridiculously easy. Many even showed taking it apart in the middle and then prying it down and apart. Doing this I almost destroyed the shroud in my brand new CX-30. I finally managed to get it apart, after watching your video, by getting the trim tool into the bottom left corner and prying to the left, to pop the rear post (I agree it's a stupid design) and the front tab out. After that the left side just separated and popped right off. Then taking the right off just took a pull. For interest's sake, it was a Blackvue DR970X, with additional rear facing camera, that I was installing.
That trim cover is a PITA. I actually broke the one on my daughter's Mazda 3 and needed to go to the dealer to buy a replacement. Now I just bought another Mazda CX-30 for my other daughter so I need to do this all over again... I love the adapter. I ran the wire down the headliner to the side fuse box and tapped into a fuse. This is better.
It's held in with snaps so it's gonna bend til it comes out, I'd recommend using the pry tools as long as can. The mazda is definitely up there with the most annoying shrouds to remove tho
@@VanquishedAgain ty. Just curious, does this car have a forward-sensing camera? The manual says the cam is installed in the trim. I am considering getting my dash cam done but worrying about breaking the sensing cam.
@yhmei2435 this one is fully loaded so it does have the forward sensing camera up there. You won't mess anything up though. My g70 and edge st also had the camera and I've installed a dongar adapter on both of those as well. The requirement for it to work on the cx30 is that it needs an auto dimming mirror I believe
I watched other install videos: They got the mirror cover off easily by inserting a plastic pry tool in the seam down the middle and pushing sideways towards the side. E.g. the 2 halves press together towards the centre when closing
Thank you for this. Every other video that I could find that showed removal of the mirror shroud made it look ridiculously easy. Many even showed taking it apart in the middle and then prying it down and apart. Doing this I almost destroyed the shroud in my brand new CX-30. I finally managed to get it apart, after watching your video, by getting the trim tool into the bottom left corner and prying to the left, to pop the rear post (I agree it's a stupid design) and the front tab out. After that the left side just separated and popped right off. Then taking the right off just took a pull.
For interest's sake, it was a Blackvue DR970X, with additional rear facing camera, that I was installing.
@@morallyambiguousnet awesome! Glad you got it off haha
That trim cover is a PITA. I actually broke the one on my daughter's Mazda 3 and needed to go to the dealer to buy a replacement. Now I just bought another Mazda CX-30 for my other daughter so I need to do this all over again... I love the adapter. I ran the wire down the headliner to the side fuse box and tapped into a fuse. This is better.
It's the worst one if seen.
I still have no idea how you opened the housing. Seem almost impossible when I tried it.
It's held in with snaps so it's gonna bend til it comes out, I'd recommend using the pry tools as long as can. The mazda is definitely up there with the most annoying shrouds to remove tho
May I know the yr of the cx30?
Yep, it's a 2023
@@VanquishedAgain ty. Just curious, does this car have a forward-sensing camera? The manual says the cam is installed in the trim. I am considering getting my dash cam done but worrying about breaking the sensing cam.
@yhmei2435 this one is fully loaded so it does have the forward sensing camera up there. You won't mess anything up though. My g70 and edge st also had the camera and I've installed a dongar adapter on both of those as well. The requirement for it to work on the cx30 is that it needs an auto dimming mirror I believe
@@VanquishedAgain good to know it wont mess up camera. Thank you. I just bought the dongar and will give it a shot
@@VanquishedAgain Ty for sharing! Helps a lot. I just get it done on mine. Perfectly works.