TP C5

Has anyone installed a backup camera in their C5? If so what camera did you use and how did you install it in the back license plate area.
Thanks in advance!

Gitusum

i am in the process of installing my backup camera and i purchased a boyo . it bolts to the top bolts of the plate

doggman

I'm interested in doing this also.

c5vetteguy

I went with the Boyo 420C camera tied to a Mito GENK352 Auto-dimming mirror with integrated 3.5" display. Ordinarily the Boyo mounts to your license plate and/or frame, but I found that it doesn't fit flush with the stock frame and also covered part of the license plate, obliterating our state motto. Not wanting to hack up the frame, nor cover our brazen motto, I found an easy way to mount the Boyo.



At Home Depot, or thereabouts, you can find a steel plate/strap (about 1/8"x 1.5"x9" roughly) that already has holes drilled the same distance apart as the mounting holes on the Boyo. I placed the plate between the license plate lamps (after temporarily removing them) and hung the Boyo from the upper part of the license plate recession. Because the camera is mounted upside down from its norm, I simply removed the camera from its housing and flipped it over. Took 2 minutes.



The result is a camera that is virtually invisible and doesn't infringe on any original equipment or legalities.



I found the Mito mirror on that ubiquitous auction site as a new take-out from a Tacoma pickup at half the retail price of a new one.
With the camera wired into the backup lights and run up to the mirror, the display is only visible when the tranny is put into reverse. Bonus - the mirror is also self-dimming, which the stock one wasn't.

_zebra

^^ dude, that's pretty sick! awesome job

wcdaniel

How'd I get my backup camera on my '03 C5, it came on the Vette when I bought it. Priceless..............

wcdaniel

Ohh yea, I forgot, very impressive installation.

0Double D Mods

I have the option for a mirror

you can not only add a back up cam
but you wil also get NAv and Bluetooth
329.99 shipped

here is the pics and info on the install
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...ll-review.html

Patches

Here's my install.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1572701634-post23.html

flaagan

The song "God is watching us" came to mind.

eldudereno

It's nice to see a real life picture instead of one that's simply been copied onto one of those mirrors/screens.

I've been thinking of fitting a camera and screen in my car as it's a right PITA when pulling up to a roundabout in a LH drive car when driving on the left here in the UK. The only way to see if it's clear is to make some slack in the seatbelt and lean forward as much as I can when pulling up to a roundabout. I cannot see at all if I've got a passenger in the car so I have to ask them if it's clear.

mschamberger

That's a fantastic setup. I've been wanting one because I have my back window tinted (supposedly only 35%), but I can't see ****e out of it at night.

gizmominou

great post

jbondfl

That's pretty clever, but now you have CA plates.....

BitViper

Here's how i did mine.. the camera mounts up out of teh way and didnt need to have any visible holes drilled.. you do need one thru the trunk

Metal mount made from some strap I had lying around


Back side of the reverse lights


I drilled holes to match up with the pegs in the back


The brace in place w/o the camera mounted



Then mounted teh camera to teh bracket....

Patches

Not yet - but soon. I will figure out an alternative. It's what I do.

c5vetteguy

In this picture, the backup display appears semi-transparent, but it actually isn't. Must be the camera and/or light angle. As far as night vision goes, I also beefed up my reverse lamps with the brightest LEDs I could find. No problem seeing at all whilst backing.

Ricbear

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Does the mirror have map lights built in? or what did you do about the map lights.

heavymetals

I did backup and front (I was always hitting parking blocks!).

c5vetteguy

Map Lights? We don't need no stinking map lights!

I never used the ones I had, so I'm not missing them. This mirror doesn't have them.