Rearview mirror camera with truck cap

[jawsmon]

HOORAY!!!!!  Here is the solution that's working for me.

 

I purchased a complete 3rd brake light with camera on eBay for 169.99 and robbed the camera out of it. This gave me everything I needed to adapt the camera mount to my cap. I'll post pictures once the installation is complete. I tested the system by unplugging the truck camera from the mirror, plugging in the extension cable then plugging in the camera that I robbed out of the replacement 3rd brake light assy. It worked perfectly. I am currently in the process of routing cables and building the camera mount.

 

1. Purchased Male to Female cable on Amazon. This is available in various lengths.

  Bingfu Fakra Z Female to Male Vehicle Antenna Extension Cable.

2. Purchase GM 84486910 camera from eBay, GMpartsdirect or ??? 

 

FYI, my local car stereo shop would build me a cable for ******$.  Gen5diy wants $78 for a 16 ft. cable but will build any length you desire. The cable is not very expensive on Amazon. I didn't want to spend a ton of money on an experiment. I purchased things I could return if it wasn't going to work.

 

 

 

[jawsmon]

PS, I left the original camera and harness in place should I every want the remove the cap. that way It would be really simple the unplug one camera from the mirror and plug in the other one. 

[Jorge007]

Hey @jawsmon, how did this work out for you?

[jawsmon]

The only other parts needed were 2 extension cables. I put a connection in the cap so I could unplug the camera when I remove the cap without having to undo any wire routing. This has worked great.