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  • 120 Grande Reverse Camera, See towball?

    For the Grande owners with factory reverse camera fitted, can you see the towbar?

    As my Prado is an '08 I have the factory reverse cam prewired but no camera. I was thinking of getting one from spare parts and fitting it to keep the factory look.
    Piggy
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    Last edited by Piggy; 26-08-2011, 02:50 PM.
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  • #2
    I have what I think is a factory reverse camera option but it was put on by the 1st owner after he bought the car. The camera does not take the place of one of the license plate lights, so to me, it doesn't look factory at all.

    The camera that I have is an eclipse model and it pivots. And yes, I can just see the towball.

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    • #3
      Eclipse model and yes can see towball easily, Camera is mounted between both number plate lights.

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      • #4
        you dont have to buy the factory one, actually clintons toyota told me toyota dont have any cameras for 120 series anymore. you would have to check. if you had to have the eclipse BEC??? model (numbers escape me for the moment) i have seen them for sale. there are other models you can use unless you are powering it from the GPS unit.

        i have mine mounted in the centre of the rear bumper as high as it will allow. it is a round type and being the CCD it is a little longer than without the exra circuitry, so it protrudes rather than sitting flush. if i had the other type it would fit flush like the sensors do.

        at the moment the guy that fitted it used the wrong sort - he used a PAL instead of the NTSC. i can still see ok, except screen is split and not as clear as it should be and colours are wrong. hopefully he sorts it out for me on monday night.

        because my screen is split i can only just see the towbar as the bottom section of my view is showing in the top 1 cm of the screen and i have a 1 cm wide black horizontal line between the 2 views. its a bit like the old rolling horizontal lines on tvs except its fixed not rolling. he should have known better, he asked for correct type but was given wrong box and he didnt read the box. lucky for me i still have it. he fits after hours for private jobs or during day for another business, thats why i am waiting till monday night. he finished mine late at night hence the reason we didnt pick up the issues. i/he should have been more diligent!

        from what i have i think, in the bumper will give you a better view of the towbar, and a better view of whats behind you as its centralised view not an offset one. but i think you would get used to either. some with the camera near the number plate have told me they hate it for hooking up a boat or van as it doesnt give a fantastic view, and they cannot see the towball or only just see it. i am guessing it depends on the camera also.

        I seen PEARLIE on here with hers being round type and fitted in the centre of the rear bumper bar too. You are only limited by the space on the inside between the towbar as it goes right up and the inside of the bumper skin - about 20 - 25mm??? i have seen some just screw a square type in centre of bar and if thats the type you can adjust and move up/down, i think they would be good as you can adjust to suit when your needs change. i hope to get some photos organised when i can
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        • #5
          Thanks for the replies, looks like it is a go.
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          • #6
            changed my rear camera over tonight to ntsc and its a perfect picture now. looks as clear as a dvd movie and can see top of towball with my camera mounted in the centre of my bumper rather than up near number plate
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            • #7
              Late post but yes, I can see my towball easily and use the camera to hook up the camper trailer. The hitch sneaks uo very quickly so nice and slow is the way to go
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