In their wisdom VW thought there wasn't a need to fit any parking aid whatsoever on their passenger carrying LWB Shuttle. Even the SE spec model is devoid of parking sensors as standard. So I've been using this wee Auto Vox camera for a few weeks now, with it simply stuck on top of the rear near side light cluster with gaffer tap just to see if it would be reliable.
Finally got round to mounting it in its intended home, in the rear spoiler.
Locating it here means you can see just about the full height of of the van when you're reversing against bushes and shrubbery. It also allows you see past a towbar mounted bike rack. The image also shows the distance of objects relative to the rear bumper.
Wasn't keen on drilling holes in the van so the cable enters the van through the existing light cluster grommet.
It runs up the tailgate seal and crosses at the tailgate cable gaitor to the tailgate itself. Before bonding the spoiler in place, I'd milled out a slot on the underside, for the cable to run through. The spoilers hollow, so drilling a 17.5 mm hole to give a tight interference fit for the camera, then feeding the cable through to the leading edge of the spoiler was pretty easy.
Although it could be pressed in flush, thought it best to leave the camera sitting just a little proud incase it ever needed replacing. So theres enough to get mole grips on it if need be. I've added an O ring round it just to give a neat finish. The cable is temporarily fixed in place using blobs of hot glue stick but if there's no issues over next couple of weeks I'll run a bead of quality adhesive along the cable and remove the hot glue to tidy it up.
The camera takes its feed and switches on from the reversing light. I'll maybe add a seperate switched feed to, so I can use it to check the security of the bikes on the rack. There is a wireless, bluetooth versions of the camera, but reports in reviews of interference from phones connected to the head unit, made me plump for the hard wired version.
Other than having to buy a big enough drill bit, it cost less than £40 to fit.
Finally got round to mounting it in its intended home, in the rear spoiler.
Locating it here means you can see just about the full height of of the van when you're reversing against bushes and shrubbery. It also allows you see past a towbar mounted bike rack. The image also shows the distance of objects relative to the rear bumper.
Wasn't keen on drilling holes in the van so the cable enters the van through the existing light cluster grommet.
It runs up the tailgate seal and crosses at the tailgate cable gaitor to the tailgate itself. Before bonding the spoiler in place, I'd milled out a slot on the underside, for the cable to run through. The spoilers hollow, so drilling a 17.5 mm hole to give a tight interference fit for the camera, then feeding the cable through to the leading edge of the spoiler was pretty easy.
Although it could be pressed in flush, thought it best to leave the camera sitting just a little proud incase it ever needed replacing. So theres enough to get mole grips on it if need be. I've added an O ring round it just to give a neat finish. The cable is temporarily fixed in place using blobs of hot glue stick but if there's no issues over next couple of weeks I'll run a bead of quality adhesive along the cable and remove the hot glue to tidy it up.
The camera takes its feed and switches on from the reversing light. I'll maybe add a seperate switched feed to, so I can use it to check the security of the bikes on the rack. There is a wireless, bluetooth versions of the camera, but reports in reviews of interference from phones connected to the head unit, made me plump for the hard wired version.
Other than having to buy a big enough drill bit, it cost less than £40 to fit.
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