New way to mount rear view camera
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Sandy Ego Ca.
New way to mount rear view camera
Ive just had my DD GPS unit installed a couple of weeks ago....but I didn't have the rear view camera installed because no one had a good idea of how to mount the camera with out drilling holes in the cars body..Something I wanted to avoid if possible.
My wife has an Infinity with a rear view camera mounted just above the license plate..
So looking at the vette I discovered hat it has just enough space to accommodate a camera and its mounting base just like the Infinity.
So next was to figure out how to hold it in place.
So as I was disassembling things today looking into the problem I noticed that the back of the license plate base had two nubs, where the license plate ...So....I came up with this....
The plate holder. notice the nubs
The bracket
Mating the bracket to the back of the plate..
The whole assembly in its final location
Now with the camera in place....Ill paint the bracket black so it disappears
My wife has an Infinity with a rear view camera mounted just above the license plate..
So looking at the vette I discovered hat it has just enough space to accommodate a camera and its mounting base just like the Infinity.
So next was to figure out how to hold it in place.
So as I was disassembling things today looking into the problem I noticed that the back of the license plate base had two nubs, where the license plate ...So....I came up with this....
The plate holder. notice the nubs
The bracket
Mating the bracket to the back of the plate..
The whole assembly in its final location
Now with the camera in place....Ill paint the bracket black so it disappears
Last edited by BitViper; Dec 20, 2008 at 06:29 PM.
Thread Starter
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,107
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From: Sandy Ego Ca.
but a lot of work
yea I saw thoes..just didnt like the look
Pro
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Temecula California
nice install, what brand camera are you using? didnt look too large
Ive just had my DD GPS unit installed a couple of weeks ago....but I didn't have the rear view camera installed because no one had a good idea of how to mount the camera with out drilling holes in the cars body..Something I wanted to avoid if possible.
My wife has an Infinity with a rear view camera mounted just above the license plate..
So looking at the vette I discovered hat it has just enough space to accommodate a camera and its mounting base just like the Infinity.
So next was to figure out how to hold it in place.
So as I was disassembling things today looking into the problem I noticed that the back of the license plate base had two nubs, where the license plate ...So....I came up with this....
The plate holder. notice the nubs
The bracket
Mating the bracket to the back of the plate..
The whole assembly in its final location
Now with the camera in place....Ill paint the bracket black so it disappears
My wife has an Infinity with a rear view camera mounted just above the license plate..
So looking at the vette I discovered hat it has just enough space to accommodate a camera and its mounting base just like the Infinity.
So next was to figure out how to hold it in place.
So as I was disassembling things today looking into the problem I noticed that the back of the license plate base had two nubs, where the license plate ...So....I came up with this....
The plate holder. notice the nubs
The bracket
Mating the bracket to the back of the plate..
The whole assembly in its final location
Now with the camera in place....Ill paint the bracket black so it disappears
Racer
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 486
Likes: 3
From: el cajon ca
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Drifting
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From: Torrance Calif
I got it off Ebay (actually 2 as I put one in front).
http://cgi.ebay.com/CCD-LICENSE-PLAT...3A1%7C294%3A50
I had to modify the housing a bit (Dremel) to get the right angle, but that was pretty easy.
Used the existing screws that hold the license plate lights so I didn't have to drill any holes.
http://cgi.ebay.com/CCD-LICENSE-PLAT...3A1%7C294%3A50
I had to modify the housing a bit (Dremel) to get the right angle, but that was pretty easy.
Used the existing screws that hold the license plate lights so I didn't have to drill any holes.
Last edited by heavymetals; Feb 15, 2009 at 02:52 PM.
Racer
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 486
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From: el cajon ca
I got it off Ebay (actually 2 as I put one in front).
http://cgi.ebay.com/CCD-LICENSE-PLAT...3A1%7C294%3A50
I had to modify the housing a bit (Dremel) to get the right angle, but that was pretty easy.
Used the existing screws that hold the license plate lights so I didn't have to drill any holes.
http://cgi.ebay.com/CCD-LICENSE-PLAT...3A1%7C294%3A50
I had to modify the housing a bit (Dremel) to get the right angle, but that was pretty easy.
Used the existing screws that hold the license plate lights so I didn't have to drill any holes.
Racer
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 486
Likes: 3
From: el cajon ca
finaly i got th same camera as yours a week ago, the seller was amazing with the shipping, i've been speanding hours on my computer since then trying to find this fourm 
, just to ask u how to conect the wires to my gps, and how to make it work when i shift to the reverse, i have an auto 91 by the way
Racer
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 486
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From: el cajon ca
yah i know about those but what about how to make it work when u shift to R? thanks for getting back to me so fast
Racer
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 486
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From: el cajon ca
lol... i didn't know that i had the installation manual in the unit's box!! u see what happened is that i i bought the unit from a local shop and i had them install it for me, i didnt like their installation because it felt like they didnt use the oem radio harness to get the power to the unit because it would be powered with engine on only! and the unit would shut down right after i turn off the car even though the doors were closed!! and when i tried to have them fix that they said thats how its supose to be!! but i didnt quit and i kept searching in the forum till i found the section about the after market stereo installation so i re wired it by my self using the oem harness this time and when i did that i didnt find any wire conected to the shifter or to the back up lights to let the unit detect the back up movement of the car so it would switch to the camera when u start reversing, now i see in the manuel which wire i have to conect to the back up lights!! so thanks for the help friend and i think i 'll start the istallation tomorrow morning and i 'll post some pics here to show u how it did work