Reverse camera and water droplets

It is Friday, right?

I’m asking as I don’t have access to a 3D printer to experiment.

I wanted to add a “visor” around the reverse camera lens so that water droplets fall off instead of sliding onto the center of the lens and obscuring the view.

I figured there’s a lot of accessories that can be deemed as unnecessary, but they exist and they sell so why not. I really need an excuse to spam the what have done to your… thread.

 

Yep, it’s Friday!
This is totally normal, jk. RainX is your friend.

 

Nice idea but...
It's a wide-angle lens on the camera.
Will a cover/visor obscure a portion of its field of view?
If you cut it back so you can't see the edges of the visor. will it really be as effective as Rain-X?
Inquiring minds want to know.

 

It's a great Friday thread, but...do you back up that much or drive in reverse for long periods of time for this to be a real issue?

 

Any time reverse camera mod

I’m trying to create a permanent solution to something that’s really not a problem.

 

I keep an old t-shirt in the cab. I wipe the lens when I know I need to back up after heavy rain. It seems like the lens collects water when parked in heavy rain. I don’t notice it looking like the picture in post #2 after driving in heavy rain.

 

This right here. It's been a rainy spring, and after realizing the back up camera has essentially 0 protection (my genesis was shielded and rarely had anything on it). I just keep a microfiber in the door. If I shift to reverse and can't see, I just get out and clean it off.

I'm trying the rain-x idea though.

 

Put a piece of electrical tape over the lens.

You won't see the water any more, although you will have to back up 'old school', by turning your head and using the 3 mirrors.

 

Mirrors?

 

Sounds archaic! Maybe if toyota gave us swing out or folding tow mirrors like a Ram we wouldn't need that reverse camera! Visibility is near 0! Anyways, it's been handy for lining up to a trailer although the pointed down angle does make it a little harder to see farther back, hence using your mirrors lol. I almost fell in to the grand canyon because of the downward aiming! Glad I checked my mirrors!

Also, rear view mirrors with a topper or OL rack, those become useless lol.

 

I have Rain-x on a shelf in my garage and will give it a try too. I am just too lazy to even get around to applying it to the windshield let alone the backup camera.

 

Ziggy says this is the root cause of 92.78% of unfinished projects.

 

...I had all the motivation in the world to do stuffs to the Taco when I first purchased. Now parts lay around for a few weeks and go 'it gets done when it gets done'

 

Do you work for the government by chance?