Does anyone know what the internal dimensions are of the tailgate lock barrel? I'm considering fitting a reverse cam in there.

I do have a link to a camera which I know another owner has installed successfully but unfortunately the listing doesn't mention it's dimensions. I'm hoping to find one with Night Vision and perhaps HD too.

I have no idea, but that is a genius idea!

I fitted a camera instead of the lock barrel. It fitted perfectly, then I refitted the centre pannel and it was like looking through a toilet roll. Had to bodge a spacer to Make it work

3 minutes ago, ianl said:

I fitted a camera instead of the lock barrel. It fitted perfectly, then I refitted the centre pannel and it was like looking through a toilet roll. Had to bodge a spacer to Make it work

Did you know what dimension the camera had to be or was it trial and error / luck?

I think some luck was involved

On 06/07/2023 at 19:26, sumshiftyguy said:

Does anyone know what the internal dimensions are of the tailgate lock barrel? I'm considering fitting a reverse cam in there.

I do have a link to a camera which I know another owner has installed successfully but unfortunately the listing doesn't mention it's dimensions. I'm hoping to find one with Night Vision and perhaps HD too.

The external opening in the reverse light panel is a fraction over 12mm.

So you’ll need it to enter through this/sit flush or else the degrees of sight will be compromised.

1 hour ago, phutumsch said:

The external opening in the reverse light panel is a fraction over 12mm.

So you’ll need it to enter through this/sit flush or else the degrees of sight will be compromised.

Thanks. Having not taken the panel apart / off yet my assumption was that I would present the camera from behind the panel and have it sit flush with the outside edge. I'm going to be ordering a couple of different cameras and will need to trial and error fit them.

 

Edited July 11, 20232 yr by sumshiftyguy

I have thought of putting a reversing camera there too - inspired by a conversation I had with Ian some some time ago......!

It's either in the tailgate lock hole or find a way to insert it into one of the reversing lamps. Tailgate hole seems the easiest - even if it's like looking through a toilet roll 😄

I have a camera which came with my Kenwood sat-nav head unit, wiring looks simple, but out of laziness, I just never fitted it at the time 😉 

The annoying thing I'm finding is that all the bullet style cameras claim to be HD / night vision capable / etc but the reviews suggest otherwise. It looks a lot like pot luck.

So far I've not been able to find a HD camera that will fit so may need to go with a low-res one for the time being. Unless I can figure out another place to mount a larger camera. I don't really want to put holes in the bumper!