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Installed a rear view camera the other week and finally got around to the rear camera part. Same one that @wahoowa2009 installed.
wires go up in the headliner at the edge and then I pulled just the panel at the top of the rear door and snaked it down by the cubby, through the wire cover into the rear door and just drilled a hole in the plastic handle cover. There was already a hole in the door so no sheet metal cutting. Mounts to a license plate bracket (sold separately. One of the screws didn’t work so I bought some #4-40 screw at lowes to mount the camera bracket to the license plate bracket.
great picture. Cheap and quality device it looks like. It’s wide enough of a view I can see past the rear tire so no rear blind spots unless yours right up against the car.
great way to have a backup camera without doing a big screen on the dash with a new headunit
Not much other than drive both discos like we stole them..however I do have the new iKamper Skycamp 3.0 sitting in my garage and just waiting on a custom Voyager rack to be delivered (hopefully end of this month) and then we will be out every weekend we can camping and wheeling this summer.
I didn't plan on buying a rack but I will say that I was very pleased with Andrew from Voyager. Prompt responses and very willing to build me exactly what I want. With the tent I need a flat surface from front to back of the rack so no roof contour like standard SD or voyager racks (I have no sunroofs so keep it as low and tight as possible) and no upper railing. It will still have the light guard hoop just braced differently as well as lighting tabs around the rack but on the bottom of the tubing to not interfere with the tent. Very excited to receive this!
I had picked up a voyager rack last summer that was in a rollover accident for peanuts basically and had hopes to create what I wanted but the front portion was just too mangled once I got into working on it last month and was essentially going to mean building a rack from scratch...which while that would be a fun project I just don't have the time right now.
Actually took it for a decent drive and it hardly misbehaved. No random stalling, no lights, not so much as a CEL. Treated it to some liquid dinosaur and had an observation of temperatures.
Before the drive I let it idle for half an hour while doing yardwork with the occasional check, using an OBD dongle and Torque. After a spke to 195 it settled down to 185 or so, during the drive it ran nicely from 177 to 185, as long as I was moving-then took it home and watched the temps at idle again, after a few minutes it went up to the 230 range suddenly, like straight up, shut it down, checked the new fan clutch and it freewheeled by hand. Hmmm. Maybe buying the cheap GMB from Ormizon wasn't the best move.
So I'm thinking I still have that fan from the LR3. It was replaced because it would often stay engaged when it didn't need to and the bride complained about the noise and sluggishness....it's sort of a thing with that Jag motor. I've heard Rangies roaring along the street of our local town-that fan moves some air. They engage electrically, ordinarily the PCM sends a modulated signal that allows it to engage at various speeds as needed. I'm thinking of hooking it through a relay triggered from the AC fan and letting her rip.
I have also requested a replacement fan clutch.
I am fairly pleased just to have it rolling under it's own power. I needed it for that dirty job taking the recyclables to the tip and it delivered.
Replaced all 4 door cards with much nicer ones I procured from the local salvage yard. Also test fit my Tuff Rok plug inserts. Just need to wire up the first pair and decide what to put in the other piece.
Next on the list is replacing all the rear cargo trim with an almost perfect set I procured at the same salvage yard. Also in the process of repainting some junked up tail light guards.
Been doing quite a few projects on my new to me D2 the last few months, but one of my favorites so far is the head unit from Joying. Easy to wire with a lil forum research, didn't even need to modify any stock wiring, was able do all the wiring on the pigtail that came with the head unit, then just plug and play. Has a DSP with 30 band EQ, so it sounds great even with stock speakers and amp. I think it looks great, although I'm sure that's subjective, but I like the size, easy to see navigation and split screen modes. Voice control, steering wheel controls, phone calls, apps, navigation, front and rear cameras, etc... cheapest way I've seen yet to get all those features, with a reliable unit.
Been doing quite a few projects on my new to me D2 the last few months, but one of my favorites so far is the head unit from Joying. Easy to wire with a lil forum research, didn't even need to modify any stock wiring, was able do all the wiring on the pigtail that came with the head unit, then just plug and play. Has a DSP with 30 band EQ, so it sounds great even with stock speakers and amp. I think it looks great, although I'm sure that's subjective, but I like the size, easy to see navigation and split screen modes. Voice control, steering wheel controls, phone calls, apps, navigation, front and rear cameras, etc... cheapest way I've seen yet to get all those features, with a reliable unit.
