firewall - help! right-hand drive 2009 Gen 3

I want to route a yellow RCA plug (from a front camera) through the firewall. I see two options, but both are difficult:

1. From the engine bay, I can see and easily access a big grommet on the passenger side (left side, in Australia) ... (as per the photo attached to this message) but unfortunately, I can't see it at all on the inside. Do I need to remove the glove boxes? After lying on my back, It looks like there will still be a big white plastic assembly in the way, I imagine it's for the air conditioning.

2. From the inside, up above the accelerator pedal, I can see and access another big grommet. But from the engine bay that side is all inaccessible - there is no grommet to be seen, and no room to reach around and feel for anything.

any advice for me? thanks very much!

 

Thanks for all the help for anyone else struggling with the same problem -- it is not so bad when you remove the two glove boxes, then you will see the other side of the grommet. From the engine bay you just carefully poke a coat hanger through the side of it. You need someone down inside the car to help you guide the coathanger correctly all the way through. Then you make a hook and use tape to securely wrap your video RCA plug to the coat hanger, lube it all up, and draw it back into the engine bay.
Probably would have been easier and better if I had made a bigger slit in the grommet with a knife.

 

Hi Soh,
I don't know anything about an EGR clean. What is it? I've been getting the car regularly serviced ... is this something I can do myself, or I should ask them to do?

My 2009 generation III has 100,000km's on it. I drive a lot, around 1000km per week. Great car, just had it a few months, I love it.

The camera I bought from ebay, cheap (around $20) but supposedly waterproof, and CCD. It is working great so far. This forum isn't letting me post a link to it, sorry. i wired it up as the front camera, and I have another I'll connect as the rear camera this weekend. I have them going into the Pioneer DMH z53550bt, which is a great unit with the dual camera inputs etc.
cheers

 

Thanks Ed. i had no idea. Something to look forward to :-/ I'll imagine I'll probably wait until the rough idle and engine warning signal appear. Then try this job, possibly put in a oil catch can at same time. I'm not very experienced DIY'er, the most i've done is changing oil and audio head unit. But, i suppose anything is doable. cheers

 

100000 miles? Ok then I will plan for it around then. Ive read about the struggle people have clearing it, may be better to just replace with a fresh unit. I saw one guy went to all the trouble, put it back together, and then his trouble started (must have damaged it I'm the cleaning process)

 

When I fill up, the computer predicts I will do around 829km's, iirc.

Say did you put in an aftermarket head unit? I've just done that, but found the Aerpro wiring harness doesn't actually have a plug for the steering wheel controls :-(