Backup camera thoughts and suggestions!

[MadScience]

Here's a picture of mine, which is mounted in the stock license plate cubby at the top:



The point of view is a compromise between seeing the hitch and being useful for backing down a trail.

The camera is super tiny and at this point 4 years old. It seems the glare issue is just getting worse and worse. I in fact have a larger, newer, though also generic camera with the same field of view on order.

The lines are generated by the camera, I'm skipping them now that I'm doing this over. They add nothing. The text is generated by the head unit and is on this one non-configurable. Also something I'd change in the future if I swap out that head unit.

Edit: Here's a picture of how the camera is mounted:



I feel like I can see the element that's yellowing in that picture. Sigh.

[Blowby]

Greg or Glider any pics of how you wired your rear camera.
I received my camera and monitor yesterday and was able to mount the monitor today,but am now trying to figure out how to bring the wire from the rear camera to the front.
Looks like I will mount the camera the same as Scalf(Greg) has done it and then I am figuring that I drill a hole just below the rear brake light feeding the wire through that and either running it along the outside of the top canvas toward the passenger B pillar or bring it directly it in at the rear brake light under the canvas as they have done with the brake light wiring and then head towards the B pillar on the inside.
Any thoughts?
Thanks Roger

[Scalf77]

I ran the camera wire along the same path as the brake light, under the canvas and into the Van and down the conduit for the brake light. I then hide it behind the upper side trim and ran it to the front.






-greg

[Blowby]

Thanks Greg,much appreciated.I figure I will do the same thing!

[Glider]

Originally Posted by Scalf77

I ran the camera wire along the same path as the brake light, under the canvas and into the Van and down the conduit for the brake light. I then hide it behind the upper side trim and ran it to the front.

-greg

Yup. That's almost exactly what I did.

• Under the canvas, into the van.
• Down the conduit for the brake light.
• Then through the van's original metal roof (I drilled the hole between the lower line of attachment for the canvas, and the channel for the penthouse lift spring)
• This got me into a void under the roof, outboard of the springs.
• I ran the wire forward in that void up as far as the barn doors.
• From there, I dropped it down, keeping it above the headliner, and ran it, tucked above the headliner, up to the A pillar.
• Then down the A pillar, and home free.

I can probably get some pics this weekend if that is helpful.

[Blowby]

Glider thanks for your input ,makes a lot more sense now that I have had a closer look to how all the parts fit together.Now it is a matter of doing the install and getting it up and running.

[Beasty Boy]

Ya know I have a backup camera too. All I ever see is my gas cans on top of my storage box. WORTHLESS I guess I'm just old school(or just old) but when I was truckin we had a sticker on our mirror that said-G.O.A.L. If I can look behind a 70 ft vehicle why is it so hard to GET OUT AND LOOK behind a 22ft van? Doesn't take any high tec at all,just a little effort

[lily]

Recently I installed a wireless rear view camera.It has high image effect,strong lens and long transmission distance,wide viewing angle of 120 degrees which eliminates all the blind spots.It's a great experience.

[86Scotty]

Originally Posted by lily

Recently I installed a wireless rear view camera.It has high image effect,strong lens and long transmission distance,wide viewing angle of 120 degrees which eliminates all the blind spots.It's a great experience.

I'd love see pics of the quality. I'm sure technology is catching up but the wireless ones I've seen have been pretty useless. I stopped looking at them several years ago though.

Of the 4 or 5 combinations I've tried the tiny Esky camera and BOYO monitors I found on Amazon have been the most crisp. Like HD crisp, better than TV, better than 3D, better than bacon. Kinda makes me want to live in the past.

[mikracer]

Originally Posted by 86Scotty

... better than bacon...

Damn, that's good!