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Thanks to... ...for the inspiration. That method is by far the more professional and proper way to add wiring. I just want another power point that is only live when the vehicle is on for a dash cam, along with it being in a more convenient spot for plugging in a dash cam. My half-ass lame way cuts a lot of corners. First, I have a 2015 XL LWB wagon with virtually no options (just backup sensors and trailer towing package) so I got a lot of blank space where more fancy-pants TCs have useful accessories. Most important for this application is I just have an AM/FM radio with a storage bin above it where others might have a display for camera or SYNC or whatever else comes with XLT or optioning one out. So I decided for a dash cam I want to use that small bin space for a power point and ran wires down from the removable cover that is towards the front of the wagon from that bin. I removed that cover and moved the radio out of the way ala... I removed the glove box ala DonShockey's intructions above. I then found a hole that wasn't being used by the radio or cover clips on the right side to drop wires down to where I could grab from the glove box opening. I routed them semi-professionally using ties around to the right side of the vehicle. I then removed the front (right) door sill trim. FYI http://www.chiltondiy.com/ for I think $29 for a year subscription has a lot of info on how to remove things like this. I moved (but not removed) the little trim piece between the door sill and the glove box and fished the wire to the door sill, and just taped it down out of the way of the rivets and such. I think so far I am on roughly the same page as DonShockey's methods. I then remembered I had a cable fish tool, and was able to only move the weatherstripping of the sliding door out of the way and got lucky and "fished" to the front door, so I didn't have to remove the pillar trim piece or the sliding door sill trim piece. I just ran the wire where the weatherstripping would keep it all nice and snug. Instead of removing the load area side trim piece, I was able to pry and squish and weasel the wires behind the bottom of this large piece, and then ran it up to the Aux Junction Box. So everything is perfectly hidden and I think relatively safe and secure. I am waiting on the connection thingys talked about at... ... to finish putting this new circuit on a switched power fuse I identified (#43 I think). It looks like there is a Ground point right next to the AJB that I should be able to access without having to remove the big trim piece (I hope). For the power point, I just got one of those crappy cheap auto part store ones and used Velcro to attach it to the inside of the storage bin above the radio, drilled a hole on the top of the storage bin to run its wires to the ones I added. I might make something more permanent/professional later in conjunction with a stealth dash cam holder to discourage prying hands. 20 feet of wire covers the distance from this spot on top of the dash to the AJB with a little bit to spare.