It’s a little over an inch in height so it barely gets in the way. Sometimes I don’t even notice it’s there.
I’ve seen a couple of your videos! For content creation I say splurge on the 4k. Use the points on something else.
Damit! You're supposed to talk me out of it!
Haha I went ahead and used the Ford Pass points on it. I know nothing about dash cams either, and figured it would be "good enough." We would like to occasionally drop some of the footage in our YouTube videos as well. If the footage turns out junk though, well at least we didn't spend and real money on it
There are plenty of front cams that have a a cabin facing cam on them.Agreed, thanks for the heads up on mounting locations. Front is pretty standard but we do have a unique situation for the rear camera. For those that don't think the rear camera is important, I would think about that again. Lots of rear end fender benders and with many the bad guy drives off. This is especially true in a parking lot. In a parking lot you have about a good a chance of getting hit in the rear as you do the front, maybe more if you back into spots near cars that pull forward opposite you.
I also have another reason for adding a rear camera. I may sometimes opt to monitor the cabin area when parking with top down (or up for that matter). With cloud based systems, you can even get alerts that someone is triggering it on your phone in real time. Thus, I am thinking about having that rear camera setup to record more of the cabin area, sort of like the OP has it partially here. Another solution is to mount it in the back but then rotate it when parking with top down (if around a lot of foot traffic vs cars). You almost need a third camera, one for the front, one for the rear, and one for the passenger compartment
Bummer, I was under the impression the Ford kitted one powered from a harness behind the rear view somewhere. If it powers from the OBD, there's no reason for paying a premium just to say it came from Ford.
Thank you for this. I will however admit the footage of the school drop off/pick up gave me a little PTSD. I hated school pu/do.Installed a front and rear dash cam last night. Went with the Thinkware F200 Pro. Also got the OBD cable for constant power to enable the parking surveillance mode and for ease of install. Got a CPL filter for the camera too, but found out you can’t use it in combination with windshield tint or else you’ll get a rainbow effect in your videos. Overall it was a pretty easy install. Hardest part was just concealing the wires. For the rear camera, I totally forgot I pretty much don’t have a rear window to install it on because every time I decide to fold the soft top down I have to remove the rear window! Installing it on the underside of the crossbar was the only place that made sense for me while still keeping the camera centered. The spare and the third brake light take up most of the view, but at least the cargo area is in viewI haven’t tested out the video quality through the plastic rear window yet, but I should be able to soon. I’ll post pics of that as well.
Hidden behind the rear view mirror. Can hardly see it from the driving position.
Angled view from outside.
View from the front.
Rear camera from inside.
Rear camera from outside.
View from the rear.
Sample shot from the front camera.
Sample shot from the rear camera.
Some video from my trip to the beach catching some people stopping and asking about the Bronco.
Sample rear camera footage through the soft top rear window.
How do you redeem the points on the store? Am I dumb or do you have to go through a dealer? I scoured the page yesterday in the accessories store trying to figure it out.Haha I went ahead and used the Ford Pass points on it. I know nothing about dash cams either, and figured it would be "good enough." We would like to occasionally drop some of the footage in our YouTube videos as well. If the footage turns out junk though, well at least we didn't spend and real money on it
The same harness can be had through Thinkware. No need to buy it from Ford. Doesn't matter much if the device doesn't work anyways! Go with the Garmin.
Points can only be redeemed at the dealer. They talked about setting up the ability to use points via the online store but it was more trouble than it was worth as I recall.
I like Garmin. Their products work well on my boat snd they’re American. Trying to figure out the vault feature.
