Hi everyone, I thought I'd share some latest "improvements" on making our GT4 last a long time: Fact is, the car has great visibility for a mid-engine four-seater. However, I still managed to ding it while backing up in an industrial site thanks to a horizontal protruding bar. So, to prevent this from happening too often, I went ahead and tried to install one of those rear-view cameras and wire it to an LCD mirror. I'll let you be the judge of whether it's acceptable or not, but it's entirely reversible, so no long-term harm done! I drilled a small hole in the metal just between the two licence plate lights to hold the camera and ran the wires along the same route as the lights. Image Unavailable, Please Login Then, I 3D-printed an exact replica of the light holder, but with a recess for the camera: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login In the tunnel, I connected the reversing lights to the same fuse as the rear defrost (the lights are now LEDs) and ran a wire from the reverse switch on the shifter to the mirror, along with the signal from the camera. The camera and mirror automatically switch on when engaging reverse and provide a better view of what's below the trunk line: Image Unavailable, Please Login It all works pretty well and, appart from running the wiring, not too difficult to install!
Very cool on the 3D print - I am just getting into scanning and printing. They will honestly be the main technologies to keep our cars going for decades. Super cool work!
