EmperorJJ1

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rain x ftw

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I mounted my Kenwood reverse cam above my license plate. There was already a hole there so no drilling was needed. The view while reversing is amazing, even at night, and I haven't had any issues with the rain.

Here's a pic https://www.cobaltss.net/gallery/sho...=3&userid=8630

purplehaze03

The over all idea came from having a black car and not liking the silver key hole on the back of my trunk i thought about painting it and was at the same time looking at reverse cams for my pioneer z2 when i saw the round one on ebay......... i know its been done but thought it would be a cool concept vs. having the key hole shaved or painted make use of the hole.

no drilling required*

purplehaze03

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Stubri51

can you post a link to which camera you ordered and a pic of what the night vision looks like on the screen.

knoxbox

nice i to would like to see what it looks like with the nightvision.

ZeeBee

well purple it finally came in!


Well i just finished this about 15mins ago so here it is! I put a backup camera in place of my key hole on the trunk( now i know some of you are thinking "hey what happens if your solenoid goes bad?" well easy i re-routed one of the seat pulls to the little baby seat latch opening on the rear deck, so when that day comes i can pop the little door and pull the release!), its pluged into my panosonic head unit, it has night vision and i was only able to take these pics at night so the grains in the headunit is due to its auto nightvision mode, but ealier when i test fitted it and powered it up, the day time vision is perfectly clear, heres the pics!!!

EmperorJJ1

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damn that i like pics of the re route

purplehaze03

lovein it! zeebee your cameras a little different than mine but still looks just as good!!!!!!!!!!!!! theres 2 of us now and my buddy who has a supercharged ss just ordered one too!!!

EmperorJJ1

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now we need pics of what the video looks like on urs purp

purplehaze03

video? you mean image?

EmperorJJ1

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ya u know what i mean, image quality video quality same ****

purplehaze03

Here are some day shots full screen is while in reverse and then on the z2 theres a hauling mode where you can watch what your are toeing or just see who your are beating

EmperorJJ1

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damn thats nice. makes me miss my car

purplehaze03

emp whats goin on with your car are you getting a new balt or what?

EmperorJJ1

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no its still in the shop a billion years later. they told the insurance it would be done before x-mas then told me they would have it by today.

purplehaze03

damn i saw the pics that sux man, i gotta question i know there are how tos on how to paint the headlights i got paint and am going to buy sealant but have never taken headlights apart to paint them is it hard?

EmperorJJ1

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painting them? i woudlnt know but taking them apart isn't too hard. just be slow and use a heat gun

purplehaze03

didnt you paint the inside of your projector headlights when you did the ccfl

EmperorJJ1

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i had them painted yes but i dont **** with paint... i usually mess up spray paint projects so i pay my friend that has done a few cars before to paint them. the LBM paint was expensive thou. 75 for a pint

knoxbox

was it just me but that one pictures was black and white and kinda grainy or was that the night vision mode?

cobaltss86

a guy i traded trunks with (hi wing 4 low wing) had it installed but he drilled the hole a little bigger for the camera

purplehaze03

i didnt post night vision pics i will later, the camera i purchased fit the keyhole exactly!

and if you think the day shots look grainy remember its a tv screen for a car not a 1080p television or anything spectacular

knoxbox

the other picture was perfectly clear... so ya i still feel its grainy.

EmperorJJ1

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ya i think it looked like the best fit... just those uv leds get to me