I was thinking about getting one of these. Mainly because I have a trailer that I won't be able to man handle like my old little trailer. Has anyone used these for lining up tongues & trailer hitches? Can you see much else if you you use it for that?

I was thinking about fabing something to blend the lcd into the top surface of the center console. The top looks like it shold flip up as it is now. A flip up lcd would fit there nicely with a little custom fab work. Any thoughts?

 

I noticed that they have wireless backup cameras at my local Costco for $90. I'm not sure how good they work, but I did notice that one mounting option is to put it on your sunvisor. I thought that was kind of a neat idea, since it would be out of your way when you don't need it. For most conditions I don't think I would need a camera, but I thought it might be kind of nice to have one off-road. That way when backing up I could see if there's a big rock or something behind me.

As far as using it to line up your hitch, I think that would take a little practice. My husband has a backup camera in his Lexus and I do notice that things are way closer in real life than they look like in the camera. I think it would be pretty hard to line up a hitch, but it's probably possible with practice.

 

i have one that was installed on my kenwood deck and can say that it it saved me from bumping into a pole that i did not see in the mirrors. my only problem is when i back up on cold days the exhaust smoke gets in the way at times.....

 

The Dash Flipping Up Sounds Bitchin!!!!! Go For It!!!!. Send Pics Of The Process.

 

Hello, I am new here and let me chime in on this subject.

I should get my JK X in a couple of weeks and one of the first things I will do is adding a back up camera.

CircuitCity sells systems for this purpose. I have a GPS (7 in. screen) to which I can hook a camera.

They cameras they sell are either stand alone water proof or are in bedded in the license plate frame.

 

I have been thinking of this. Some guy over on the FJCURISER forum site installed one of those wireless ones. It looked pretty kewl but i didnt like the way he mounted it. Im thinking of ordering that shroud thing that is used to mount the handheld gps unit but mount my backup screen in there. I ordered the MYGIG, Im pretty sure that there isnt an option for the backup cam for that.

 

Where do you plan to mount it? I want to put mine as close to the centerline as possible, so a license plate mount is out. I was thinking of the third brakelight, but I can't think of a way do a "clean" install.

Also, I'm kicking around the idea of mounting some near the front wheels to help "spot" when rockcrawling - I'm probably nuts, but wouldn't that be cool?

 

they make backup cameras for class-3 hitch receivers...

 

I am not sure yet, according to the descriptions, some have a 120 degree view. I hope the hitch will be visible.

 

UPDATE:

I stumbled across this today, this guy has 5 cameras, including ones on the axles.

I gotta get this for my JK:

http://www.bajataco.com/totalvision/totalvision01.html