Just bought a used Tailgate with the step and camera in the handle. Got it for only $350. It will have to be painted. It's the same color as my truck but there are some scratches in the paint. But overall it's in good condition. The camera is in the handle and the harness is flat with 8 or 10 pins in it. Anyone know how to hook this up to an aftermarket unit such as Edge(example) Insight? Came out of a wrecked truck. I'm installing it on my 07 F350. I already know about the left side hinge.

 

Nice find.

I know you can hook them up to the various nav systems, probably need an adapter harness. Not sure about the Edge display.

 

Just got back from the Dealer. They have a guy who is pretty good at removing light scratches. He looked at it and said he could buff most of the marks out. He said they are dog nail scratches. I'll have it back by Thursday.

 

post a picture of the wire harness. I might be able to give you the wire pinout once I see which connection it is

 

I will as soon as I get it back from the detail shop. Hopefully Thursday. Thanks very much.

 

no problem man. I just did this install on my 2006. I used a 2011 camera with a 2009 lcd screen mirror.

all OEM parts from different year F-150's.


I need to know what year truck that tailgate came off of. 2008-2010 cameras have a different harness from 2011+ cameras

 

Here is the plug.

 

didn't forget about you man. just had to find where I put the DVD'sHere is the plug for the camera itself up inside the tailgate. Notice the wire colors and sizes.
The next connector in-line is the 6 pin you pictured above. This is the wiring diagram for it. It doesn't say what wire is what, but if you cross reference the above picture I posted, you can see what each wire does.and here is the entire wiring setup for a 2008/2009 F-250.

 

there are 2 styles of rearview LCD mirrors right now (same with cameras as well BTW).If you decide to build your own plug

 

Thanks for all that info. I've ordered an Edge Insight CTS and I plan to hook the camera to that. It will be a lot easier that way.

 

wuss

I'd really suggest a rearview mirror. I got mine for I think $170 of eBay...brand new. It's not really that hard to setup.

Backing up with it is really intuitive. Both my truck and Expy have this system and I don't know if I could ever go back to not having it anymore. The split vision of looking out mirror and seeing directly behind bumper is great

 

not trying to hijack this thread but what is the deal about the left side hinge on the newer tailgates?

 

You got a heck of a deal on that tailgate. When my tailgate was stolen it was over $1,000 to replace it and that was just a normal 2000 model. It was stolen on company property where I worked and they replaced it, so I wasn't too worried about what it cost.

 

Is there any update to this? How did the camera look on the cts screen?

 

ford part number for the rear harness is DC3Z-14A412-A - it will help...

about $10