Recent content by blhfla

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blhfla's 96 LC80 and its modifications

Tested the camera today and hitching the trailer has never been easier! Piece of cake, got it the first time. Lining it up. Almost there. Just a little bit more. Bingo!

Now I heat shrunk the camera power cable connection and zip tied them to the trailer hitch. Now the camera will work when activated from the head unit "Camera" menu selection while the vehicle is in reverse. Once the reverse signal wire is connected to the reverse light circuit under the dash...

Here is the slotted end cap around the reverse light circuit positive wire. And with the barrel tightened down piercing the power cable. Slipping the open endcap onto the new wire. With the new wire spliced in and the gorund wire prepared to splice. After the power cables were...

Then I pulled the wires through and spliced them into the reverse light circuit power and ground wires. The reverse power (positive) wire is red with a blue stripe and the ground is white with a black stripe. I tied into the harness between the grommet below and a joint connector above near...

With the patch cable extended under the truck I ran it over to the camera's yellow RCA video cable and connected the two. I then sealed the joint with heat shrink tubing to protect it from the elements but I left a small space at each end to provide access for scissors should it ever need to...

Next I installed the camera on the back bumper. There were two sets of 1/2 inch bolt holes in the center of the bumper so I used the bottom two as a mount point. The are a bit overkill but the are perfectly placed to mount the camera at the hitch ball height. I made a bracket out of 2 inch angle...

The reverse camera needs the RCA video cable run from the head unit to the camera in the back of the vehicle. I already ran the RCA cable out from the radio and down the passenger side of the dashboard console behind the glovebox when I installed the head unit so now I just connected the RCA...

I used some flexible bailing wire to reach in behind the dash from the footwell area and tape the wires to it so I could pull them back through. I then routed the microphone up to the top of the top steering wheel cowling where I mounted it with the double sided tape. The reverse wire I...

Now for the driver's side. The microphone RCA cable and the reverse signal wire have to come out on the driver's side so the mic can be positioned in a prime location for picking up the driver's voice and the reverse wire can go to the driver's kick panel area. First I had to run them from the...

Thanks for the reply, that is what I was referring to when I said "This will work on most systems sold now, although some may actually require special devices, code entries, or maybe just grounding the wire as in the past." Just depends on which system you get. I went with the relay because...