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Overhead Flip Down Monitors Installation, Vehicle with Sunroof
Overhead flip down monitors installation - Vehicle with sunroof - Learn how to install an overhead flip down monitor with or without DVD player in a vehicle with a sunroof.
Overhead flip down monitors are not that hard to install. However you must have a certain level of expertise to carry the installation out properly. At Qualitymobilevideo.com all of our sales people are professionally trained installers that can help you through an install.
We have put together a set of resources that will help you to install your overhead car video system. We have also partnered with InstallerNet to offer nationwide prepaid installation services if you feel that self installation is too much for you.
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Installing a overhead flip down monitor in a vehicle with sunroof
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In many vehicles with sunroofs they have a dome light where you will want to place the monitor. Make sure that you have an area that is flat. Make sure to check for a roof support that will carry the weight of the monitor by placing your hand in between the sun roof slider and the headliner. Check to see if you can feel a metal support. It usually looks and feels like corrugated card board with ridges and valleys.
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Another easy way to check for a reinforcement plate is to remove the dome light To remove the dome light, you will need to use a pick or a small screwdriver to remove the lens. The lens is market with a small square cutout that indicates a place to pry against. You can also check your instruction manual for dome light bulb replacement for better removal instructions.
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Some dome light covers have a plastic retain clip that holds them in. Using your pick, just unclip the lens clip to remove the dome light lens cover.
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Use your pick to carefully pry the dome light from the headliner. Once the dome light is removed you will want to check for a metal reinforcement plate. The metal sunroof reinforcement plate is where you will attach the monitor mounting bracket to the vehicle.
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Looking through the dome light hole should expose the sunroof support bracket. This is the bracket you will screw the monitor bracket to. As you can see in this picture, the metal plate is a reinforced with a series of bends. The bends make the metal plate roughly 1/4 of an inch thick. When mounting the monitor bracket you will want to use screws that are shorter than the height of the reinforcement plate.
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Place the mounting bracket on the ceiling of your vehicle in a location that will firmly attach it to the sun roof reinforcement bracket. You will want at least a 2 - 3 inch overlap so that you can install at least 4 to 6 screws to firmly attach the mounting bracket.
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When doing installations locally, we always cut the headliner, this ensures the monitor mounting bracket attaches firmly to the sunroof support bracket. Many people have just attached the monitor mounting bracket sandwiching the headliner only to discover that the monitor will bounce as the vehicle moves down the road.
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This picture clearly shows the sunroof support bracket. As you can see, we have left two to three inches exposed to ensure the monitor bracket will attach firmly to the factory sunroof support bracket.
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Before drilling or tapping anything, make sure to check behind the surface you are drilling. Make sure you are not drilling or screwing into factory wiring or plumbing. To prevent damage to the vehicle roof we place the monitor mounting bracket above the surface you are drilling to prevent accidental damage to the vehicle roof. Make sure to use a drill bit that is the appropriate pre-drill size for the tap you are using. We generally use a 10-24 machine screw tap and drill.
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Screw in the monitor mounting bracket with 10-24 machine screws that do not exceed the height of the sunroof reinforcement bracket. We use loctite on all installations to prevent accidental backing out of the machine screws.
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Complete all your final wiring and mount the monitor. Enjoy your road trips!
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