R50/53 No More Blind Spots...
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No More Blind Spots...
Happy New Year to you TOO: Well I just finished installing a Back-Up camera to my MCSc... The VR3 wireless back-up camera system with color monitor I bought from COSTCO is really nice.. I still have to get used to it a bit. The cost was about $90 and I had a friend help me install it... We didn't need to drill any holes and instead of hooking into the back-up lights system ,we hooked it to the extra continuous source with the outlet(cigarette lighter-like) in the boot... That gives me a continuous picture if I want to see the rear while driving The monitor plugs into the 12V receptacle of the inside cigarette lighter ... So if I don't want the monitor on, I just put the monitor away or don't plug it to the receptacle... We had a some setbacks ,,, 1. the camera lens when mounted sort of block the boot opening handle so I have to go under the camera and push the devise to open the boot... I didn't want to mount the camera on the lower part of the license plate frame. Mounting it on top gives a bit of protection to the camera... 2. We had to solder the wires better because the first time just hooking it up to the outlet blew a fuse because the wires rubbed against one another...3. Running the camera wire to the weather protected rubber was a tight fit and we couldn't make the extra wire turn a 90* corner of the rubber protector so we just decided to puncture the rubber...it's inside the boot so water really cannot get trap there...
It was worth the couple hours of trail and error to see the monitor work so nicely... km
It was worth the couple hours of trail and error to see the monitor work so nicely... km
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At $90 and including its own screen, this could be a useful mod for many convertible owners. My OEM back-up camera requires the OEM Nav and costs over $700. It has been very valuable and I make use of it at some point almost every time I drive the car.
Backing up is only part of the convertible's rear visibility problem. The other part is the large blind spot when the roof is up. This can be remedied with a Multivex mirror on the passenger side. The combination of the Multivex and back-up camera now give me better rear visibility than in previous cars I've owned.
Backing up is only part of the convertible's rear visibility problem. The other part is the large blind spot when the roof is up. This can be remedied with a Multivex mirror on the passenger side. The combination of the Multivex and back-up camera now give me better rear visibility than in previous cars I've owned.
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detector and see if it powers up while your car's off? if it doesn't
then the outlet is switched and you are good to go.
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And here's one w/ a video
http://sewelldirect.com/VRBCS300W-wi...kup-camera.asp
Prices for this thing are all over the map, but nothing lower than your Costco, none around here and not available from them online, apparently.. <closes in on 500, with evil gleam in eye>
http://sewelldirect.com/VRBCS300W-wi...kup-camera.asp
Prices for this thing are all over the map, but nothing lower than your Costco, none around here and not available from them online, apparently.. <closes in on 500, with evil gleam in eye>
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... for about a week. Then I ripped it out and added a second Multivex on the driver's side - twin Multivexes (Multivexi?) are fabulous once you get used to them...
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We had a some setbacks ,,, 1. the camera lens when mounted sort of block the boot opening handle so I have to go under the camera and push the devise to open the boot... I didn't want to mount the camera on the lower part of the license plate frame. Mounting it on top gives a bit of protection to the camera...
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I have one on the passenger side, does the addition of the driver side really make a big difference?
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The Multivex does make a difference on the drivers side and you can see two lanes over without turning your head. However, for me it was too much of a difference and I went back to the original mirror after I spent a couple of weeks trying to get used to it. I had trouble judging distance of cars that are moving relative to me. For example when changing lanes into a faster moving lane to the left and there is a car coming up the lane, you have to decide whether to go ahead and merge or let the car pass first. I had trouble making that judgment with the Multivex because its curvature changes across the width of the mirror and affects the depth perception. On the passenger side I adjusted easily, probably because I'm already used to convex mirrors on that side and the Multivex is just a variation. On the drivers side I've never really had an issue with blind spots and I don't mind using the original mirror.
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If i put such a mirror in my mini, i couldnt see out the windshield. I am 6'4" and even with the seat at its lowest, my viewing angle out the car is at the level of the rear view mirror. Sometimes cars come out of the "blind spot" behind the rear view mirror, so im in the habit of ducking alot to look under the mirror.
On a related note, has anyone tried to mount the origional mirror onto the dash instead of the windshield?
On a related note, has anyone tried to mount the origional mirror onto the dash instead of the windshield?