Another dash board Q

[gideon]

The sun visor is another place you could put a screen for a back-up camera.  It's relatively inconspicuous too.

[Runningwild]

I was thinking of the one that attaches to the rear license plate and requires no wires.  I’ll have a toggle switch to turn it on and off

[Europa73]

I agree with Tom.

I would not want to add any additional holes in the wood.

Found a great magnetic mount on the interweb. It uses 3m tape

Allowing me to add a bluetooth amp controller and phone mount where the radio went.

There are plenty of bluetooth enabled rear cameras out there that will pair with most smartphones.

[andy harwood]

Have you considered a small dash cam with back up cam? there are some with 1080p, and about the size of a pack of smokes.

[surfguitar58]

One source I read recommended wiring the back-up camera power to your reverse lights. Another source said not to do that because it takes a few seconds to power up and you would have to wait before backing up.

BTW, I love your leather work with the red stitching Europa73! Did you fab that shift boot yourself or can one buy that out of a catalog somewhere?

Tom

[BDA]

I have a JVC radio with bluetooth and a backup camera (I actually can here the music!). The backup camera is triggered by the reverse tail light and is pretty instantaneous. It takes a little while for the radio to boot up but the camera seems to be independent of that so it will work before the radio is up. Just a guess - you might have to wait a bit for a wireless camera to find it's screen and establish communications so it can give you a picture. Judging from how mine works, I would think that any decent wired screen/camera setup would be pretty much instantaneous, too. The camera was just one I got from Amazon. There are lots of them in all sizes.

[Grumblebuns]

I don't know about you guys but 50 years of driving without a backup camera and with my first new car in 20 years equipped with a backup camera, I find out that I still am not fully comfortable using it exclusively in backing up. I still find myself using the mirrors more than trusting the camera. If I do invest in a camera, it will be a supplement to my passenger side mirror for the blind side. In my opinion, more useful.

Joji Tokumoto
Fallbrook, Ca

[jbcollier]

Yup, the back up camera only supplements the normal complement of three mirrors.  I fit wide-angle, racing mirrors to mine and have virtually no blind-spots now.