Back up camera as rear view
Drifting
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For one wanting to look thorugh the car behind to see the others behind that one, then yes, the license plate location is too low. Otherwise, the camera has a field of view adjustment (by remote control - bluetooth) allowing one to see far left and far right to the rear.
Looks like a good way to get a rear-view system that is nearly the same as that at the 2LT level (using the rear-view mirror as a monitor) without having to pay the 2LT price (as I mentioned elsewhere here, there is nothing else in the 2LT level I would even consider).
Looks like a good way to get a rear-view system that is nearly the same as that at the 2LT level (using the rear-view mirror as a monitor) without having to pay the 2LT price (as I mentioned elsewhere here, there is nothing else in the 2LT level I would even consider).
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For one wanting to look thorugh the car behind to see the others behind that one, then yes, the license plate location is too low. Otherwise, the camera has a field of view adjustment (by remote control - bluetooth) allowing one to see far left and far right to the rear.
Looks like a good way to get a rear-view system that is nearly the same as that at the 2LT level (using the rear-view mirror as a monitor) without having to pay the 2LT price (as I mentioned elsewhere here, there is nothing else in the 2LT level I would even consider).
Looks like a good way to get a rear-view system that is nearly the same as that at the 2LT level (using the rear-view mirror as a monitor) without having to pay the 2LT price (as I mentioned elsewhere here, there is nothing else in the 2LT level I would even consider).
Drifting
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Actually, you may be able to mount it within the engine compartment facing through the rear window, or possible use a 3D printer to design a curved "shell" to house the camera at the very top edge outside of the rear window (similar height to the 2LT/3LT camera but ON the window rather than on the body structure) . Would be an interesting experiment.
Drifting
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You missed a critical point. The system I am looking at is more or less a C8 clone ... drive forward and the mirror is a monitor for a camera pointing backwards from the license plate.
Racer
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The rear view camera on the 2020 Jeep Wrangler shows up on the information screen - not the rear view mirror. It has a switch that allows it to be switched on at any speed going forward, not just 8 mph. The camera is mounted on the center of the spare tire, so it is maybe 2 feet higher than the license plate on the C8. Since back up cameras all have a wide angle lens, they always display much more than the grill of the car behind, even on a C8.
Maybe someone will figure out how to make this work on the C8.
Maybe someone will figure out how to make this work on the C8.
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