Dash Cam recommendations
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Racer
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From: McKinney, Texas
Dash Cam recommendations
On Thursday on the way home from work had a panel truck take out the car in front of me. I was lucky as there was a huge space behind me and was able to decelerate to safety. As it was the car that seemed so far behind me barely avoided hitting me.
I've been looking at dash cams for the past few days and there are literally MILLIONS of them out there. I'd like something as small as possible without an LCD. I'd prefer an app that lets me review footage via Android. So those requirements cut it down to a few thousand. Front and rear view would also be important, so I am down to a few hundred. Price seems to be all over the place, but I'd like to keep it less than $300 as I'll be buying two of them (one for the other car also).
I'll be upgrading my head unit to one that supports a front and rear camera, so I'll do the install at the same time.
I'd like to tap into the rear camera instead of installing yet another camera. Has anyone done this?
Please let me know what you do for a dash cam.
Thanks everyone!
I've been looking at dash cams for the past few days and there are literally MILLIONS of them out there. I'd like something as small as possible without an LCD. I'd prefer an app that lets me review footage via Android. So those requirements cut it down to a few thousand. Front and rear view would also be important, so I am down to a few hundred. Price seems to be all over the place, but I'd like to keep it less than $300 as I'll be buying two of them (one for the other car also).
I'll be upgrading my head unit to one that supports a front and rear camera, so I'll do the install at the same time.
I'd like to tap into the rear camera instead of installing yet another camera. Has anyone done this?
Please let me know what you do for a dash cam.
Thanks everyone!
Last edited by HobbesTiger; Feb 16, 2019 at 10:16 AM.
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Contact The DashCam Store in Austin Texas. They can point you in the right direction. I have the Blackvue camera system in my Corvette and in my Ford F150 Pickup. Very pleased with both. You can easily install it yourself or they will be glad to do it for you for a price. Corvette is a convertible, so I purchased the one camera system for it. Have dual cameras system in F150. You can view the image live thru the cellphone app or on your computer. Price is pretty good considering this is a quality unit, not something off of Amazon. I installed the one in my Corvette and the F150. I took it back to them to connect the power to the fuse box thru their controller as I didn't feel comfortable doing it. Otherwise it runs off a 12v plug cigarette type. Cameras mount easily out of the way, mine in the Corvette is up behind the rear view mirror. System stays on all the time when car is cranked up. Can be set to turn on when vehicle is bumped or movement is detected like in a parking lot. Check them out. www.thedashcamstore.com
Last edited by Richard F; Feb 16, 2019 at 12:30 PM.
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I’ve got a VAVA dash cam in my truck. Seems to work fine and has an app for your phone where you can see the cameras view.
Fairly inexpensive, records on a loop and will record right away if the vehicle is hit.
Fairly inexpensive, records on a loop and will record right away if the vehicle is hit.
Last edited by slow_zo6; Feb 16, 2019 at 11:34 PM.
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Look At Blackvue. After a lot of research I chose these for my fleet trucks. PM me for the vendor I used that had the lowest prices.
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Look At Blackvue. After a lot of research I chose these for my fleet trucks. PM me for the vendor I used that had the lowest prices.
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