Its4kito
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A wireless-Bluetooth camera would be more desirable for me when towing my camping trailer.Cheap and cheerful solution.
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I used the online service manual to work out how to remove the interior trim panels, the window seals and rear wheel arch liner. In summary, you don’t need any tools to do this at all. Everything just pulls off. Power is ran from the front USB-C outlet in the center console through a usb-c to 12v cigarette lighter adaptor
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I had to get an extension cable as it didn’t quite reach with the original cable.
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Both cables (power and rear camera) run along the headlining then down the pillar trim. The power cable keeps going down to the floor then goes under the kickplate and under the front seat to the center console. The camera cable goes along the window tops by removing the window seal, then putting it back in on top of the cable. The cable then goes down the rear of the back door, under the rear fender and round inside the wheel arch trim. At the back of the rear fender I pulled the fender liner off and routed the cable through there to the tow bar, then put the fender liner back. The camera itself is stuck then zip tied to the tow bar bracket.
Small details
The usb-c does power off when the car shuts off (usually about 20 minutes after you leave it, assuming sentry mode is off)
There is a wire on the camera loom that you are supposed to connect to the reversing lights to trigger the rear camera. You don’t need to connect this to anything. Instead you can just select the rear view on the mirror and it stays like that (even through power cycles)
As the cybertruck mirror is really small, I needed to use a piece of foam between it and the digital mirror, otherwise the straps that are used to attach the digital mirror are too loose and the mirror rattles around.
This mirror has a gps attachment, used to give positional info to the dash cam it has built in. I didn’t connect this because I’m not interested in the dashcam feature for this application.
The front camera is 4k, the rear camera is 1080p. Image is still clear enough though.
PROs
It works.
Image is clear and field of view feels right.
Cheap (less than $250 all in).
Only took a few hours to fit.
Completely reversible if needed (I didn’t drill or cut anything, or tap into any wiring).
You still have a rear view mirror even when the tailgate is down (unlike the native camera).
No wiring visible on the outside of the truck and I didnt need to work out how to route a wire from the cab into the bed.
GOTCHAS
You can see wires inside the cabin at the top of the mirror for a few inches until they tuck into the headliner. I tried but failed to route the wires underneath the roof console (the thing with the hazzard button and drive selectors). I took it off but it is really packed inside there and I couldn't get the wires ran and get the roof console to clip back in.
You need to run with your tow bar cover off (We do anyway because we do tow with the truck)
It won’t work if you are towing, meaning you get an excellent view of the front of your trailer and nothing else (when towing we used the full camera view on the main touchscreen and that was fine)
I’m not sure how the camera will fare down there with regards to getting dirty. Maybe it’ll be ok because it’s kind of sheltered, maybe not. Time will tell.
The mirror shape is kind of rounded. A Cybertruck no-no ? Maybe someone will make a nice angular Cybertruck version at some point!
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