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Advice for back-up cameras?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Tector, Oct 28, 2013.

  1. Oct 28, 2013 at 6:31 PM
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    Tector

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    Earlier this year I got what I thought was a good deal on a 2005 Tacoma. I love it, and my wife likes it, but although she is a good driver (really, she is), she backed into someone else's car 2 days in a row with this truck. And before we bought it she had said how much she liked the idea of a back-up camera on a vehicle like this. So I want to add a back-up camera to this truck for her. Camera House seems to have a good one, only a little over $200, and there's a youtube video showing how easy it is to put it in. But that price does not include a monitor, and I don't necessarily want to go to the expense of one of those rear-view mirrors that doubles as a monitor for the camera. Does anyone have any experience and/or advice on this topic? Is there a good place/way to mount a small monitor on the dash? (The truck has the original Toyota AM/FM/in-dash 6-disc changer, and it works fine, so I don't necessarily want to change it just so I have a stereo with a larger screen that can accommodate a monitor.) Any help will be appreciated.
     
  2. Oct 28, 2013 at 6:37 PM
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    Get a rear view mirror with the monitor built in. Makes it so that she will still be looking at the mirror and not the dash.
     
  3. Jan 23, 2014 at 2:39 AM
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    jaymoussy

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    Bump, for other ideas than in-mirror?
     
  4. Jan 23, 2014 at 5:32 AM
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    speedjunkie13

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    I think the cleanest, best option would be the full OEM setup using the camera in the tailgate handle and rearview mirror monitor. I used to have an aftermarket camera mounted right above the hitch, and it sucked. you have no depth perception when the camera is looking straight back. the downward angle of the oem camera in the tailgate handle is much nicer and you can back within an inch of the bumper.

    If you absolutely dont want it in the mirror, then get a small aftermarket stand alone monitor and mount it up by the rear view mirror. I like my stuff clean looking, so i would probably try to hide it in the sunglass holder or something. Also, the OEM camera uses 6 volts and most aftermarket screens would be 12 volts. so they wont work together.
     
    Last edited: Jan 23, 2014

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