The Car Thread ... !

[Huntn]

Something like this?

Maybe, 360 cam, hmm. 🤔 I want a rear camera, I’ve got a convertible, I don’t wires all over, a camera on the rear window is not an option ( cause the top comes down), am going to talk to a local dash cam installer and see how much more they charge for this service. I think it would require a camera on the exterior rear of the car, unless they know something I don’t, would want to run wires hidden, I assume, a hard wire.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Maybe, 360 cam, hmm. 🤔 I want a rear camera, I’ve got a convertible, I don’t wires all over, a camera on the rear window is not an option ( cause the top comes down), am going to talk to a local dash cam installer and see how much more they charge for this service. I think it would require a camera on the exterior rear of the car, unless they know something I don’t, would want to run wires hidden, I assume, a hard wire.

So I paid someone to install my dashcam in my Golf. But there was already one installed in my BMW. Hiding the wires doesn’t look all that difficult. Maybe ask on a forum for your specific car?

 

[avro707]

It was quite interesting watching yesterday a Mercedes S450 4matic (long wheelbase version) do a very sharp turn. It had four wheel steer (think 10.5° rear wheel steering) and did the turn with no drama at all.

Very impressive.

 

[diamond.g]

It was quite interesting watching yesterday a Mercedes S450 4matic (long wheelbase version) do a very sharp turn. It had four wheel steer (think 10.5° rear wheel steering) and did the turn with no drama at all.

Very impressive.

on 1 hand 4 wheel steer is cool, on the other it is something that is probably very expensive to fix when it breaks.

 

[cyb3rdud3]

It was quite interesting watching yesterday a Mercedes S450 4matic (long wheelbase version) do a very sharp turn. It had four wheel steer (think 10.5° rear wheel steering) and did the turn with no drama at all.

Very impressive.

The perfect London Taxi Cab Seriously though it is very nice.

 

[cyb3rdud3]

Maybe, 360 cam, hmm. 🤔 I want a rear camera, I’ve got a convertible, I don’t wires all over, a camera on the rear window is not an option ( cause the top comes down), am going to talk to a local dash cam installer and see how much more they charge for this service. I think it would require a camera on the exterior rear of the car, unless they know something I don’t, would want to run wires hidden, I assume, a hard wire.

Typically you'd put one by the rear numberplate. That is where I've fitted one for my 911, there are little converters to pop in your license plate lighting and the wiring is then neatly following the same route in the car as the original so no drilling. Then tap the power into the reversing light, and feed the video cable through the interior under the carpet (just tuck it in) to the front of the vehicle.

 

[avro707]

Typically you'd put one by the rear numberplate. That is where I've fitted one for my 911, there are little converters to pop in your license plate lighting and the wiring is then neatly following the same route in the car as the original so no drilling

I wish I’d known about those, it would have been very useful. My vehicle is from before the time of CarPlay - cameras did exist but weren’t on mine, even so back then they were really bad quality.

 

[rb2112]

Maybe, 360 cam, hmm. 🤔 I want a rear camera, I’ve got a convertible, I don’t wires all over, a camera on the rear window is not an option ( cause the top comes down), am going to talk to a local dash cam installer and see how much more they charge for this service. I think it would require a camera on the exterior rear of the car, unless they know something I don’t, would want to run wires hidden, I assume, a hard wire.

Are you going to install it yourself, or pay a shop to? I always hate the price charged for something that would take 1/2 day. But so often, the 1/2 day turns into a weekend. And the back pain...

 

[cyb3rdud3]

Are you going to install it yourself, or pay a shop to? I always hate the price charged for something that would take 1/2 day. But so often, the 1/2 day turns into a weekend. And the back pain...

It’s all in the preparation. Should take five minutes to unscrew a number plate light, and take the insight trim off. If that. And to splice into a reversing wire another five minutes if that. Then bring the wire(s) through to the front. Typically half an hour unless you have a 911 where the firewall is in the back. And running it behind the screen in the dash perhaps another hour or two depending on the type of vehicle.

But if you don’t know the head unit and how to include it, or the wire colours and don’t have a tester then it could be a bit more 😂

 

[rb2112]

It’s all in the preparation. Should take five minutes to unscrew a number plate light, and take the insight trim off. If that. And to splice into a reversing wire another five minutes if that. Then bring the wire(s) through to the front. Typically half an hour unless you have a 911 where the firewall is in the back. And running it behind the screen in the dash perhaps another hour or two depending on the type of vehicle.

But if you don’t know the head unit and how to include it, or the wire colours and don’t have a tester then it could be a bit more 😂

That's what gets me. I've been through my head unit so many times. But never seen or messed with reversing wire, so something like that may take 2 minutes or 2 hours. :/

 

[avro707]

Ferrari has a talk online on their Youtube channel on the F80 with some of the technical folks. Italian language with subtitles.

To their credit they went into interesting technical detail. Very informative, the F80 seems very clever.

It also covers a bit on the 499P, but in less detail.