so ive been looking for a backup camera for my 01 f150. i found one on ebay that is a camera on the license plate frame does anyone have any suggestions the one i found is $120 http://cgi.ebay.com/CCD-LICENSE-PLAT...item3ca8152d6d

 

I bought mine on E-Bay, but it was the OEM Ford camera with the emblem. I then bought the wiring harness and hooked it all up. Well worth it. Don't know how a license plate camera would work. If it were me, I would go OEM Ford. Just my $.02.

 

Yea i know what you mean about factory you cant go wrong with factory parts but mine is an 01 so the emblem cam wouldnt work i dont think this is what the back of my truck looks like any suggestions are appreciated

 

Im partial to this camera. The mounting is behind the plate, and only the camera hangs over the the top. It also has tilt to get your desired view.

 

I bought a similar license plate camera off ebay, wired it to my Kenwood HU and it works perfectly! I pull an enclosed 6x10 utility trailer fairly often and live alone, so I always have to hook-up by myself. With the camera I back right up to the hitch, drop it on the ball and I'm off. No more getting in and out of the truck 5 or 6 times to see how I'm lined up.

I can also monitor the hook-up while driving to be sure nothing - lights - shakes loose. Plus it's great in crowded parking lots and so on.

Could not be happier.

 

nice do you happen to know what kind it is or any info about it also how is it at night i got 20% tint over factory so its like looking into a mirrior at night

 

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Car-Reversing-Bac...item2304246b71


i bought this one and don't be fooled by its price I have had it for a year now through all 4 seasons and its held up great I can see everything behind me night or day....can't beat the price

 

Here's a current link to the seller I bought from:
http://cgi.ebay.com/7-COLOR-LCD-REAR...item3a53dc9609

I bought this 7" monitor with the license plate mount camera shown in this auction (you'll have to scroll down to see it). I think he sells the camera separately for about $99 in other ebay auctions. He is great on customer service - I actually first purchased the camera with a rear view mirror monitor that clips over the OEM mirror. Problem was the mirror/monitor would not fit properly over my F150 mirror so he allowed me to exchange for the 7" monitor and was very easy to deal with.

The camera, as I said, has been excellent. Here's a pic of it at work when I had it hooked up to the 7" monitor:



The picture is color it's just a very black and white scene

The view at night is pretty good too even with just stock back-up lights. Certainly would be better than looking out of your tinted window.

FYI - I later sold the 7" monitor and now have the camera wired into my Kenwood HU.

Hope this helps and good luck.

 

i finally bought a cam i ended up going with this one it was 105 dollars with a 2 week retrun policy the other one only had a 3 day retrun policy so i stayed away i will post pics and let you know how it works out when it gets here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

I recently purchased a 2007 Lariat with factory installed in-dash Navigatoin system. Any recommendations on adding a backup camera?

 

i think you can get an oem camera behind the emblem the new body style guys will know better but i will post some kind of review when i get mine anyways i like the idea of the hidden oem camera but i couldnt do it

 

ive never really liked the idea of the license plate cam since it could be easily stolen.

cool thing i saw once was some one put it in the hole for the spare tire and it looked sweet.

hope the one you got works out. let us know

 

originally i was going to get a cam that went into that hole then i was thinking about cutting a hole in the tailgate and mounting it so it was flush but couldnt bring myself to cut my tailgate but im gonna get some kind of screws to make it harder maybe rivets ill hafta wait and figure it out when it gets here

 

very true. im interested in seeing how it turns out. do you already have a screen for it?

 

yea i got the pioneer AVIC D3