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rear view camera mount to go over large spare tire -- fabbed and installed
Got tired of not being able to see out of my review mirror (thanks to the 35" m/t on the rear tire carrier) had rare couple of hours free this weekend , so welded up a quick-and-dirty mount for a review camera to sit on top of the tire, wired into my double-din video in -- works great! (thinking of adding in a third brake light on it):
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Daily drive: 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackHawk; stock (for now) Trail ride: 1988 XJ: Motor/plumbing/electrical: '19 ZZ6 350 sbc, 405HP/405 lb-ft; holly performer EPS, Terminator EFI, headers, novak aluminum radiator; MSD ignition Drive train: d30 front, F8.8 rear, 4.11 gears, np242 transfer case, rusty under-armor; fully locked with detroit lockers; Chevy 700r4 tranny, 35" MT's Last edited by jmg222; November 3rd, 2019 at 17:48. |
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Re: rear view camera mount to go over large spare tire -- fabbed and installed
The video graphics look good. I like.
How do you get a double din in the XJ?
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Patrick ![]() 1996 XJ; 4.0L; AW4; NP231; SYE; D30 and D44; ECTED; 4.10 gears; 30X9.5 -15 BFG/AT/KO; 3" lift; Rusty's LCA; JKS ADJ UCA; Kevins ADJ Track bar; Drawtite Front Receiver; Dual Electric Fans; Dual Battaries. |
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Re: rear view camera mount to go over large spare tire -- fabbed and installed
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If you have a 92 or newer (or whenever they went with the new interior) , it's supposedly far, far easier, basically just modding the plastic bezel.
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Daily drive: 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackHawk; stock (for now) Trail ride: 1988 XJ: Motor/plumbing/electrical: '19 ZZ6 350 sbc, 405HP/405 lb-ft; holly performer EPS, Terminator EFI, headers, novak aluminum radiator; MSD ignition Drive train: d30 front, F8.8 rear, 4.11 gears, np242 transfer case, rusty under-armor; fully locked with detroit lockers; Chevy 700r4 tranny, 35" MT's |
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Re: rear view camera mount to go over large spare tire -- fabbed and installed
heres a better pic of the double din in case you're interested:
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Daily drive: 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackHawk; stock (for now) Trail ride: 1988 XJ: Motor/plumbing/electrical: '19 ZZ6 350 sbc, 405HP/405 lb-ft; holly performer EPS, Terminator EFI, headers, novak aluminum radiator; MSD ignition Drive train: d30 front, F8.8 rear, 4.11 gears, np242 transfer case, rusty under-armor; fully locked with detroit lockers; Chevy 700r4 tranny, 35" MT's |
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Re: rear view camera mount to go over large spare tire -- fabbed and installed
OK. I see wat you did there. Nice project. When I get my DD back on the road I may try that.
My XJ is a 1996. It should not be too difficult.
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Patrick ![]() 1996 XJ; 4.0L; AW4; NP231; SYE; D30 and D44; ECTED; 4.10 gears; 30X9.5 -15 BFG/AT/KO; 3" lift; Rusty's LCA; JKS ADJ UCA; Kevins ADJ Track bar; Drawtite Front Receiver; Dual Electric Fans; Dual Battaries. |
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Re: rear view camera mount to go over large spare tire -- fabbed and installed
Sony makes a single din unit that you don't have to do so much cutting.
Here it is molded into my 01 Pay no attention to the mismatched color. I gotta fix that soon. ![]() |
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you're version interior is super easy to do, I did that for one of my friends, took less than a quarter of the time as my '88. looks good too
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Daily drive: 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackHawk; stock (for now) Trail ride: 1988 XJ: Motor/plumbing/electrical: '19 ZZ6 350 sbc, 405HP/405 lb-ft; holly performer EPS, Terminator EFI, headers, novak aluminum radiator; MSD ignition Drive train: d30 front, F8.8 rear, 4.11 gears, np242 transfer case, rusty under-armor; fully locked with detroit lockers; Chevy 700r4 tranny, 35" MT's |
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Re: rear view camera mount to go over large spare tire -- fabbed and installed
Like you I couldn't see crap behind me with my 37's so I installed a rear view camera as well. My camera was one of the license plate ones - I just cut the license plate mount strip part shorter, drilled two holes , and then mounted mine directly to the spare tire with two bolts. My camera is in my rear view mirror.
Camera mounted to rear tire - I simply have to remove the two bolts if I need to ever use the spare. ![]() Rear view camera in the mirror ![]() Spare and camera ![]() |
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Re: rear view camera mount to go over large spare tire -- fabbed and installed
looks good, I just bought a 12" full screen rearview camera to display the video. I considered putting it in the wheel itself, but have as cover over the wheel with storage/ Molle pouches, I didn't want to dive those up.
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Daily drive: 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackHawk; stock (for now) Trail ride: 1988 XJ: Motor/plumbing/electrical: '19 ZZ6 350 sbc, 405HP/405 lb-ft; holly performer EPS, Terminator EFI, headers, novak aluminum radiator; MSD ignition Drive train: d30 front, F8.8 rear, 4.11 gears, np242 transfer case, rusty under-armor; fully locked with detroit lockers; Chevy 700r4 tranny, 35" MT's |
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Re: rear view camera mount to go over large spare tire -- fabbed and installed
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If that's true, I don't recommend doing it... it's far, far more trouble that it's worth, requires hacking into hvac, and pulling cutting all sorts of crap inside the dash. It was miserable work. when I did it the single din head units with the pull out screens were horrible -- now, the screens are actually just as good as the Double dins. If I were going to do it all over again, I'd keep the dash stock and go with one of those.
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Daily drive: 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackHawk; stock (for now) Trail ride: 1988 XJ: Motor/plumbing/electrical: '19 ZZ6 350 sbc, 405HP/405 lb-ft; holly performer EPS, Terminator EFI, headers, novak aluminum radiator; MSD ignition Drive train: d30 front, F8.8 rear, 4.11 gears, np242 transfer case, rusty under-armor; fully locked with detroit lockers; Chevy 700r4 tranny, 35" MT's |
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The camera is an autovox - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HZM70NU/
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Re: rear view camera mount to go over large spare tire -- fabbed and installed
there are a bunch of high quality, 12" , full screen 1440p (2k) mirrors on amazon.
I went with Karsuite https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I went with this one because it came with cameras that use sony sensors, and also had the highest resolution screen I've seen -- 2560x1440, the screen is big, and the video fills the entire screen. Based on youtube reviews I saw, if you tilt your head in a certain way you can still see the mirror. I figured if this really is going to replace the mirror, I want something pretty big with excellent resolution, and high-quality sony cameras. Most rear cameras I've seen are 760p or worse, 640x480. DMYCO also has a very similar spec'd system-- same sony sensors, same size mirror, same resolution .. and I think same price.
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Daily drive: 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee TrackHawk; stock (for now) Trail ride: 1988 XJ: Motor/plumbing/electrical: '19 ZZ6 350 sbc, 405HP/405 lb-ft; holly performer EPS, Terminator EFI, headers, novak aluminum radiator; MSD ignition Drive train: d30 front, F8.8 rear, 4.11 gears, np242 transfer case, rusty under-armor; fully locked with detroit lockers; Chevy 700r4 tranny, 35" MT's |
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