Anytime Camera Mod. Another Variation. Front and Rear view camera.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(theforce @ Oct 24 2006, 01:35 PM) [snapback]337470[/snapback]</div>

I have not penetrated the firewall on a Prius but I have on other cars in the past.
Get a wire coat hanger (strong wire) and bend it over in such a way that you can hammer the bend flat. Now place the end of the wire to go through the firewall in the bend and hammer it flat so as to trap the wire. Push this through the rubber boot next to existing cables. If it does not trap the wire firmly enough solder it onto the coathanger. Having a bend in the coathanger stops any sharp edges damaging other cables in the rubber boot. Thead the coathanger all the way through.
If the cable already has a connector attached, thread though a piece of spare wire with the coathanger. Tie this wire behind the connector and while someone pulls the loose end from inside the car gently thread the connector into the the rubber boot. The connector should be long enough so that it will emerge on the inside before it disappears from the outside. A small tug on the spare wire should see the connector all the way through.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(theforce @ Oct 25 2006, 07:52 PM) [snapback]338351[/snapback]</div>

Sounds like a good idea.
I presume you have already tried the camera with the box and it is working correctly.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(theforce @ Oct 24 2006, 01:35 PM) [snapback]337470[/snapback]</div>

hello , yes I did it to install an electric bell.
go there to see some pictures : http://prius-touring-club.com/vbf/showthre...=190&page=2
nothing to cut:
I just used a long & thin screwdriver to make a small hole in the rubber , after that , I just pushed a rigid wire through the hole and it was ok.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(frenchie @ Oct 26 2006, 03:26 AM) [snapback]338471[/snapback]</div>

Two things.
1. I wish I could read French.
2. I did not know Windstrings spoke French.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(theforce @ Oct 26 2006, 11:10 AM) [snapback]338623[/snapback]</div>

If I puke after only 78 spins do I have to start over?

 

If you can do so much with cameras and you want something really unique, why dont you put a camera where your side view mirrors are. Get some of that police special sided mirrors and put a camera behind there. If it looked like cameras were on the outside then some punk would probably steal it, so you have to be stealthy. I am not kidding or anything...I mean why wouldn't it work? I have seen prototype cars that use cameras instead of mirror, so why can't we add our own. You could empty out the side mirrors and attach the camera in there and wire it to the MFD or another display in the cockpit. I would then put the police mirror thing to hide the camera but I dont know if that would hurt how the camera displays the view. I mean how cool would it be to have a backup camera, a forward camera, and side view cameras. Ohhh! and for those of us that wish the Prius had a moon roof, a moon camera. A little camera right in the roof pointing up so we can see the stars on the MFD at night. Maybe the antenna area could be replaced by a camera. :lol: I can't wait to try this when my Prius arrives.....although maybe I shouldn't post this cause then everyone will have a very unique Prius....I must run and hide now with my schematics h34r:

 

The Force is slowly working on a four camera system with full time digital recording. Also, he or I or both may one day put a cam in the shark fin antenna. I want to completely remove my rearview mirrors and put two 7"wide pop up screens on my dash with cameras going to the base of the old review mirrors. That base will still be able to aim the cameras like you can the mirrors now. There are pin holes cameras so they will be stealthy. I will install turn indicators on the small stumps of my own design. I may consider putting in a digital recorder too, but before that, like the force, I want to put in a “carputer†with a pop up screen in the glass shelf below the radio. If I can one day I would also like to put air bags on my car so I can raise it for getting in and our and lower 4 inches on freeways like the land speed recorded Prius. Not that I speed but I would like to tweak this car to see what mpg this thing can get. I know I will put on rear skirts and a full belly pan early next year for testing. I may make my rear spoiler extendable at high speeds longer than the touring’s spoiler. But that will depend on many other factors. Right now this is just a hobby and I’m having fun.

 

As always... looking good!

 

Fantastic!

Now up date your sig.

Please post how to picks too.

Thanks

 

Great work! Are you worried about rocks and the like, in the front?

 

Could you take some pictures and give a description of running the wire from the front? I would like to hook mine up now. B)

 

Well I got my "Front View" camera working today, but I think I may have something backwards.



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Thanks Force