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tailgate trim removal to fit rear camera

I like the idea of the Fission Mic. The 36338-6 looks the same as mine with the round roof trim and maybe the 36338-2 is the same mic but without the trim and would fit?
Which model did you get and where from?
I got the one with the round plastic holder, as wasn’t sure if I would damage the old casing trying to remove the existing mic ( but they come out fairly easily). I left the old mic in the roof pushed to the side so can be reused in future if necessary. Order details as below:



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I did try to prise the mic out for a look but it's tight and I risked breaking it. Anyway, I've ordered the same one you did. Should be excellent. The Kenwood mic looks fine but this will look just a bit more factory. I'm extremely happy with the upgrade. Thanks for the info :)
 
I did try to prise the mic out for a look but it's tight and I risked breaking it. Anyway, I've ordered the same one you did. Should be excellent. The Kenwood mic looks fine but this will look just a bit more factory. I'm extremely happy with the upgrade. Thanks for the info :)

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Ok all done. Microphone cover was a bugger as it was glued in! So ended up breaking to remove but lucky had ordered kit with replacement so all ok and looks/works perfect now. Kit has OEM cover.

Used foam cover from OEM mic on new mic before inserting into cover/grill. Wrapped old mic in felt to avoid rattles and pushed out of the way. New mic reached to passenger A pillar and back to stereo so could go familiar route without crossing instrument binacle/steering column.

Also fitted some usb sockets in blanks on dash. Could have made up myself but found them for sale on EB using OEM blanks. Good quality and can recommend.

VERY happy with upgrade - got Garmin Nav and Apple CarPlay plus it integrates with MFD, MFSW, Climatronic and the bluetooth phone is way more user-friendly than it was before (although all on head unit and not on MFD).

Hope info helps someone....


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Tailgate trim removal was ok but took ages as I had to drill out most of the rivnuts.

I have ordered OEM replacement nuts and bolts from EB which took a while to arrive (foreign seller) but are now here. Just realised that the nuts are steel (presumably stainless) so my diddy nut-setter won't manage so had to buy a decent rivnut-setter. That's arrived, so next opportunity when I'm free I can re-install the tailgate trim and then will be all done.
 
Tailgate trim removal was ok but took ages as I had to drill out most of the rivnuts.

I have ordered OEM replacement nuts and bolts from EB which took a while to arrive (foreign seller) but are now here. Just realised that the nuts are steel (presumably stainless) so my diddy nut-setter won't manage so had to buy a decent rivnut-setter. That's arrived, so next opportunity when I'm free I can re-install the tailgate trim and then will be all done.

How did it go? Do you have a link to the parts? I’ll be attempting this job shortly.
 
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