Front camera install
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Front camera install
I had an extra backup camera meant for another vehicle and decided it would be better used as a front camera to prevent me from running into parking bumps. Used a ghetto method of zip-tying the camera to the front grill which turned out to be surprisingly stable. Purchased the Beat-Sonic front camera interface using the CL discount, and presto!
Bent the mount and ziptied in place.
Camera switch to toggle between front and rear camera.
Front view
Rear view. Can switch to rear view when not in reverse.
Bent the mount and ziptied in place.
Camera switch to toggle between front and rear camera.
Front view
Rear view. Can switch to rear view when not in reverse.
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Ran the power and video from the front along the driver side of the engine bay and inserted into the firewall grommet above the driver footwell. Tapped power and ground from the Beatsonic camera interface. Tucked everything behind the instrument cluster. Pretty much just followed their install video they have posted on Youtube. Having that kit made it so much easier of an install.
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matttev (01-14-18)
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This is very cool. Thanks for posting.
If you have time, could you post the part numbers you used?
Nevermind, it looks like this is the kit used. http://www.beatsonicusa.com/cs5ep.html
About $218 with the button.
If you have time, could you post the part numbers you used?
Nevermind, it looks like this is the kit used. http://www.beatsonicusa.com/cs5ep.html
About $218 with the button.
Last edited by zhieson; 01-16-18 at 07:54 AM.
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Yup, that's it. I would send a PM to Beat-sonic to get a pretty nice ClubLexus member discount. They will then send you an invoice payable through paypal for the items you order.
Here's the camera I used which I had laying around and it works just fine:
Here's the camera I used which I had laying around and it works just fine:
Last edited by tabjohitol; 01-16-18 at 09:03 AM.
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Yup, that's it. I would send a PM to Beat-sonic to get a pretty nice ClubLexus member discount.
Here's the camera I used which I had laying around and it works just fine: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Here's the camera I used which I had laying around and it works just fine: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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I attached a picture of the cable that came with my camera. I cut off the black connector on the cable and the red connector from the camera and soldered the cables together.
Power cable above
Last edited by tabjohitol; 01-30-19 at 10:54 AM.
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If I recall correctly, I ran the video, power and ground cables through the firewall and tapped into the power and ground used by the front camera interface itself. I also had intermittent problems initially, turned out the problem was the power connection right at the camera. The camera had two cables coming from it, one was the video feed and the other was the power. I ended up cutting off the power connectors and soldering the wires (power and ground) together. Provided a more consistent connection, haven't had problems since. The video cable seemed to be fine, so I left that alone.
I attached a picture of the cable that came with my camera. I cut off the black connector on the cable and the red connector from the camera and soldered the cables together.
Power cable above
I attached a picture of the cable that came with my camera. I cut off the black connector on the cable and the red connector from the camera and soldered the cables together.
Power cable above