Adding 09 backup camera & emblem on 04-08
 

Ok guys well a few have asked and I finally finished the install. Im putting it here cause I do not know if its good enough for the How To's. This is not an exact science but its the way I did it. So play at your own risk.:thumbsup:

This is the 09 emblem and backup camera add on to a 04-08 tailgate. My work is on my 06 but I assume the other years are the same. The pictures are from a camera phone and (yes it has some crazy line in each picture) because I broke my camera. Sorry:(

First remove the original emblem. The best way is to use a heat gun and melting the double sided tape. There are two holes underneath were pins fit in but nothing is screwed or bolted. So once its heated good use fishing string and run it from one side to the other. You will hit the two pins so just work around them. Or you can do what I did but I would not recommend it:

Thanks to Buck Knives test knife:thumbsup:
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I used the piece of cardboard to protect against scratches and slid the knife straight up from the bottom and after a little prying it comes right off.
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This is what you will be left with.

Next, you will have to do a little cutting to make the camera assembly fit and the emblem sit flush. I am old school and used sheet metal cutters and a metal file to create my opening (and I don't have any other tools to cut metal:D). Once you have the opening it should look something like this. Some of you on here can probably make a prettier hole.
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Next post will be wiring.

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I cut the harness off here.


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With the harness facing you like this. Use this number order


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The coloring is a little different because I think this is an 08.
The harness I have is
1- red/ 12v + voltage
2- black/ shield I did not use
3- blue/ not used I think for audio
4- white/ video +
5- green/ video -
6- black/ -ground


Run the #1 12v and #6 ground to wherever you want power from. I spliced into the reverse bulb so when it receives power the camera comes on.
With the video I used a yellow video cable and ran it too my head unit. When you cut open the video cable you will see a bare wire and a smaller covers wire. The bare wire is negative to wire it too #5 green video negative and the covered wire is spliced to #4 white video +. You will only need #1#6#4#5 wires.

TO fish the wiring through the tailgate is just dumb luck. I used and old antenna and wrapped the video, 12v and negative around it and ran it straight down from the hole in front of the inner steel beam going across the tailgate and there is a small hole on the bottom of the tailgate where they come out. From there I ran it across under the truck to my taillight and this is were I did the power splice.

So I have a 12v and ground wired to my reverse taillight a yellow video cable running down my chassis and into the truck behind my dash and into my head unit. I ran this female video connector because my clarion has a male on the other side. But both are wired up the same way.
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Once that is all done I had to make the hole for the camera a little bit bigger at the bottom to make the camera barrell fit. But once that was done it fit nice and snug. Back on with some double sided tape and a little black RTV gasket sealant and its nice and cozy and ready to work.


Here is the finished product and one of it as seen on my screen.
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The picture will probably be better if the wiring is soldered but I did not do that. Just basic splicing and electrical tape. I have probably missed some stuff so if I did just ask and Ill do my best to answer.

Looks great! Nice work.

very nice mod!

to remove the emblem, you can use fishing line to cut through the adhesive tape instead of prying. Nice mod. Thanks for the writeup.

nice. i actually bought the 09 emblem and camera, went to install and didnt because of the cutting, so i sold it. now i might have to buy another. this is worthy of a how to article. i couldnt figure it out..... how to it mods

very nice:thumbsup:

Will this work with a 07 oem navi unit?

Very cool... Great location...

Great write-up! I'm gonna have to do this, anyone know the part numbers?

whats the price on that camera

I have that same Clarion headunit, this would be a cool mod. As asked above, how much is the camera?

Great Job!

Sweet!

I paid $130 for the camera and emblem.

where did you order it from and whats the part number

whoa thats a great price brother. im also interested to see where u got it from.im installing another 10'' screen wheremy cd player n ac controls are n this would make a nice addition. imglad u had the cojones to go thru with cuttin up ur baby. it turned out good :thumbsup:

That turned out nice! I think a back up camera could be useful.

I bought it from the classifieds on here. Ill try and find a part number.

Great job! Takes some real cajone's to cut and splice on your nice truck like that!! I'm betting a lot of folks will be making that mod now that you've done it!

When you cut the hole in the tailgate, did you prime or somehow coat the freshly cut area in some form or fashion? Seems like a prime cadidate to quickly begin to rust if you did not...

Yes its bare metal allright. I put a bead of the black silicon over the edge before I finished. Great point by the way.

back up camera and emblem for 06
 

where can I find one of the emblem/back up cameras for a decent price? I'm thrilled to know this can be done.

thenewbreed can you measure the length and height of the emblem?? I've been thinking about doing this to the expy on the tailgate

F150 Backup
 

I am in the process of adding the emblem camera also, and was wondering if you know if I am going to use the backup camera, but also the 09' rearview mirror would I have to splice any wires still like the Video, power, etc??

Or will the harneses pretty much be plug and play?

OR will the video harness run straight to the screen, but i will have to find power, etc??

Any help from anyone would be great....

Totally missed this. Do you still need the info.

The 09 mirror should plug and play with the 09 camera, but you will probably have to splice into one of the sides to make the cable longer to reach.

Awesome. I want to get either the new logo cam or handle cam for mine.

Reverse camera
 

So there is no module that the harness would have to run into or anything?? i would basically just have to supply the mirror and camera with a reverse signal, power, and ground as well as just extend the wires??

Camera
 

Hey guys just thought i would update that i bought the camera and mirror combo Brand new for $220 on ebay. The sellers name is nailsandsales and they also have just the camera emblem for $130, but i made an offer on it for $100 and they accepted.

Thanks I received my camera today and gonna install ASAP! This is gonna help a ton when I hook up the boat solo!!

Do you know the store name I searched nailsandsales and nothing came up? Thanks

I bought a cheap flush mount and installed it in my lisence plate, most people wouldnt notice it at all and it has night vision led's

If I had an aftermarket headunit, the backup camera would be on my truck already. Looks like I have to get the built-in screen review mirror in order for this to work.

Thanks for this write-up. I got my emblem camera from the ebay seller listed above in the spring time. My wires were different colors but I found a diagram with my colors. After the install, I plugged my video out cable to my Edge CTS tuner. Works great. I never realized how much I used it till I took the CTS out to download some software and never put it back in.

^ Do you have a link with those colors? She seems to have some good deals on the Emblem camera/harness and I'm interested in adding this to my Pioneer headunit

Yes,Yes I do!

Awesome. Keeping sub'd to this for when I have money again lol

Does anyone have a ford part number for the emblem backup camera?