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Punderhead
23rd June 2012, 06:55 PM
Hi all. Just wanting people opinion.

My Uncle recently sold his 80 series and bought another landcrab, only newer with more gear. (It's ok, he has 4" lift and 35" muddies and i still beat him up a couple of hills :bananarock: )

However he also has one of those big fancy double din touch screen stereo thingamyjigs that doubles as a GPS and also a reversing camera.

He has also realised that he is able to wire a second camera into this thing, and is thinking of placing it on a switch so he can turn it on/off at will, and mounting it underneath his truck (with protection) so that he can see both his front wheels and the track where he is immediately driving.

Now the problems I see with this idea (although it is a good idea) are as follows.

1. MUD!!! it wouldn't be hard to cover the lens of the camera in mud, effectivly creating a blur on the screen.

2. the image in these things is often squashed, so while he may be able to see large rocks/holes that he may fall into, they will not be clear how deep/ big they are, and it may be easier to pick a dodgy line.

welcoming any thought or input into this idea. Landcrab owners need all the help that they can get LMAO!

Cheers!

MudRunnerTD
23rd June 2012, 07:00 PM
Tell him to do a driving course and learn to understand where his wheels are ;)

Id be more inclined to fit it to the passenger side of the bull bar facing 45degrees to show how close to the car you are when trying to park the big hunk of metal! I know my wife would love that! so would the bloke in the brand new SS wagon that she scraped down the side when parking the GU a few years ago! Damn!

megatexture
23rd June 2012, 08:23 PM
i have one fitted to the snorkel so the wife can see down the left hand side of the front of the car but i cant see how you will mount it under the car without the camera needing a cleaning every 2 mins even the reverse camera on my car needs a wipe every now and then not even just mud but dust also.

Punderhead
23rd June 2012, 08:46 PM
Trust me my uncle can drive! In fact he has taught me alot! Its just that he likes to try a fair few of the more extreme tracks, (as do I) and well, he not really got anyone to navi for him!

plus parking not an issue for him, he lives out in the country.

the mud/dust issue is the pressing one though, if anyone has a good solution I'm all ears

Cheers!

04OFF
24th June 2012, 04:45 PM
You could run a "headlight" washer pump system, with the nozzle directed at the correct angle to wash the camera lens clean at the push if a button, some of these systems are designed to clean headlights without wipers, a closer concentrated blast (dont need distance/spread for a small lens) would rip mud off no problem (especially if wet mud)

The camera would have to be sealed pretty good tho :wink: