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After putting on my Method wheels I, like I’m sure many others, was left with a void around the camera from the aftermarket wheels having a larger hub size. I went looking online to find see if a product existed to solve my issue. I came up empty handed, so I began trying to figure out how I could utilize the spare center cap from my 5th wheel. I found a company called boomerang that made really nice soft and hard spare tire covers that are made in the USA. I noticed on their soft covers they had a piece that surrounded the rear camera very nicely. Upon further investigating they had images of what they called their ”patent pending molded rear camera port” and it looked like it would work perfect. I called them up and ordered over the phone.
www.boomco.com
I originally thought the port was 1 piece and was completely molded. When I received the port in the mail I realized it was three pieces. Two pieces are hard plastic and make up the frame and there is a rubber liner that seals it all up nicely.
I used a router to cut a somewhat round hole in the cap. Drilled three holes for the stubs on the faceplate. Then had to grind down some of the leftover logo from the center cap so the faceplate would sit flat. It required some grinding on the front and back. I wanted to use a flapper wheel, but they were not accessible at the time so I made do with a cutoff wheel.
The rubber liner has ridges on the back that hold tightly on the camera housing so the boomerang covers do not flap in the wind. The camera housing starts to get larger the further you go back, so I was left with a choice. I could either cut the ridges off the rubber liner so it didn’t fit as tightly. Or I could cut part of the rear plastic housing off allowing the rubber to flare out at the ridged section. I actually chose to do neither option currently and tried it out with no rubber liner installed. I wanted to see how it fit and once I snapped the cover into place I didn’t want to take it back off until I removed the spare. I may revisit the rubber option in the future, so I will hold onto it for now. The picture below shows the ridges inside the rubber liner. And the final result.
www.boomco.com
I originally thought the port was 1 piece and was completely molded. When I received the port in the mail I realized it was three pieces. Two pieces are hard plastic and make up the frame and there is a rubber liner that seals it all up nicely.
I used a router to cut a somewhat round hole in the cap. Drilled three holes for the stubs on the faceplate. Then had to grind down some of the leftover logo from the center cap so the faceplate would sit flat. It required some grinding on the front and back. I wanted to use a flapper wheel, but they were not accessible at the time so I made do with a cutoff wheel.
The rubber liner has ridges on the back that hold tightly on the camera housing so the boomerang covers do not flap in the wind. The camera housing starts to get larger the further you go back, so I was left with a choice. I could either cut the ridges off the rubber liner so it didn’t fit as tightly. Or I could cut part of the rear plastic housing off allowing the rubber to flare out at the ridged section. I actually chose to do neither option currently and tried it out with no rubber liner installed. I wanted to see how it fit and once I snapped the cover into place I didn’t want to take it back off until I removed the spare. I may revisit the rubber option in the future, so I will hold onto it for now. The picture below shows the ridges inside the rubber liner. And the final result.
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