Backup Camera
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From: Lake Greenwood, SC
You can get most any day/night weatherproof camera and make your own setup. I got a camera for $16, 30' of camera/power cable and plugged it into my Pioneer DVD player. Works great. There's a ton of LCD displays out there but finding a decent place to mount one is the challenge. I got a 10.2" LCD/RearView Mirror thing that worked great but ended up replacing my factory radio with the DVD unit, mostly because I'm a bit OCD about factory look. Still have the mirror monitor if anyone is looking...
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From: Lake Greenwood, SC
3.6mm Wide Angle Car Rear View Reversing Backup Camera - eBay (item 250704298536 end time Oct-29-10 21:58:35 PDT)
And Wally World has the 33' cable for about $9:
Walmart.com: SVAT 33' Shielded Extension Power/Video Wire: Computers
I ended up coiling a few feet up with my short bed crew cab.
A few notes about my installation... I put the camera into the bumper, just left of the license plate and below the spare tire hole. This gives me a good rear view but I can't see the top of my hitch. I guess I got a little ahead of myself and drilled the hole while I had a chance to borrow a 1 1/4" step bit and a 1/2" drill. After a little bit of testing I found the best location to be between the hitch and the 7/4-way plug. I want to fab a bracket to fit to the right of the plug arrangement, with about 10 degrees of back tilt to mount the camera in. This would give a perfect hitch ball view but does take away a bit of the overall rear view. It's all in what you need to see. Even where mine is I can hook up trailers soooo much easier now. The camera listed above has a couple angled mounting rings so you can adjust it's perspective from a flat hole.
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From: Prosper, TX
This is awesome thanks Ken, How long have you had it installed? No problems I am assuming. I guess it is not biggie if you did have a problem, just buy a new camera. That is cheap. I am going to order right now. I was going to buy one for 50 bucks and I thought that was cheap. Boy was I wrong, my wife tells me that all time I just never listen. Maybe I should listen. NAAAAA
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From: Lake Greenwood, SC
This is awesome thanks Ken, How long have you had it installed? No problems I am assuming. I guess it is not biggie if you did have a problem, just buy a new camera. That is cheap. I am going to order right now. I was going to buy one for 50 bucks and I thought that was cheap. Boy was I wrong, my wife tells me that all time I just never listen. Maybe I should listen. NAAAAA
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