Just a little project nothing fancy.
So the back story is my van dash cam packed in and thought id stick the old nextbase 312 gw from the a7 into van and upgrade for the A7
Got a kinda good limited time deal at £85 on a decent 2.5k rear view mirror camera that i done a little research on .
Well it can add a nice rear view parking camera if you want to install it that way too yada yada yada.
Looked a bit clunky and stupid wrapped over the thick oe mirror so ive decided to try a neater install.
Im just awaiting a ball socket adaptor and should report back during the week if i can get it to fit nicely.
One small caveat may be the wiring (blue plug) for the ambient air temp sensor has to be left out of circuit because its feeds come from the mirror itself that has been removed. this may cause something to not work right on the climate control???
Pin removal from plugs required to unthread wiring through mirror ball but can revert all back to original at any time.
i have rear camera inside car behind tinted window and the images are reduced to a poor quality to enable upload to page, so its a lot clearer to the eye than the pictures suggest but ive still to try at night
some pics see thumbnail images
So the back story is my van dash cam packed in and thought id stick the old nextbase 312 gw from the a7 into van and upgrade for the A7
Got a kinda good limited time deal at £85 on a decent 2.5k rear view mirror camera that i done a little research on .
Well it can add a nice rear view parking camera if you want to install it that way too yada yada yada.
Looked a bit clunky and stupid wrapped over the thick oe mirror so ive decided to try a neater install.
Im just awaiting a ball socket adaptor and should report back during the week if i can get it to fit nicely.
One small caveat may be the wiring (blue plug) for the ambient air temp sensor has to be left out of circuit because its feeds come from the mirror itself that has been removed. this may cause something to not work right on the climate control???
Pin removal from plugs required to unthread wiring through mirror ball but can revert all back to original at any time.
i have rear camera inside car behind tinted window and the images are reduced to a poor quality to enable upload to page, so its a lot clearer to the eye than the pictures suggest but ive still to try at night
some pics see thumbnail images
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