Super cool mod to a 2008 King Ranch

[sredmyer]

Several months back I completed designing and building a custom harness to allow the nearly plug-n-play install of the newer Ford OEM navigation with Sync in my 2008 Super Duty. As a continuation of this project I added a custom camera system which originally just added a front camera and a custom steering wheel switch to allow turning the video on (regardless of what gear the truck is in) and switching the display between the two cameras.

Well I have now completed what I believe (and my wife hopes) is the final part of this project. This final part just adds a couple more cameras to the system and some pretty cool (at least I think they are cool ) features for controlling the cameras/display. With this new four camera ability it is now possible to have a standard backup camera on the tailgate of the truck, a front camera to aid in nose in parking, a camera inside a trailer and finally a camera on the rear of the trailer. The camera inside the trailer will allow you to see your load while driving to be sure nothing has shifted or if you are hauling livestock (ie. horses) you can check on their well being. The trailer's back camera provides the same features as a normal backup camera on the truck (displays automatically when the truck is shifted into reverse) but it shows the view behind the trailer since the view behind the truck itself is of little value when backing a trailer.

So how does it all work you ask...well, anticipating that some would be curious, I created a short video demonstrating the camera system.

Custom backup camera - YouTube

Steve

 

[DaveBen]

Great Demo!

Dave

 

[Stroked68]

Wow great job! Very slick system. I wish I had that sync system! I'd love to hook up a camera system on my truck and trailer.

 

[sredmyer]

Wow great job! Very slick system. I wish I had that sync system! I'd love to hook up a camera system on my truck and trailer.

You do not need Sync for the camera portion...any head unit capable of displaying external video can be adapted to work. In fact it does not even need to be a head unit any monitor will work.

Steve

 

[Stroked68]

You do not need Sync for the camera portion...any head unit capable of displaying external video can be adapted to work. In fact it does not even need to be a head unit any monitor will work.

Steve

Yea, i just need to get a in dash dvd player which is what i have wanted a long time. Who makes a good camera? I'd like to do the rear cam, rear trailer cam and possibly the in trailer cam since I pull a trailer a lot. Are the Ford cameras good or should I just get an aftermarket one?

 

[powerboatr]

first
I like Blondie nice music

second VERY COOL for the front camera
I love my 150s setup for hooking up a trailer and now i have a reason to make it selectable so i can check on it whilst be-bopping down the road

Thanks

 

[sredmyer]

Yea, i just need to get a in dash dvd player which is what i have wanted a long time. Who makes a good camera? I'd like to do the rear cam, rear trailer cam and possibly the in trailer cam since I pull a trailer a lot. Are the Ford cameras good or should I just get an aftermarket one?

I have found that the Ford OEM cameras are indeed good cameras...they are expensive but I have also found that with cameras you get what you pay for. I have found that the inexpensive (~$25) cameras on Ebay have a sh!ty image. There may be good ones but the few I tried sucked.

Steve

 

[WD40]

Hello Steve and Welcome to SSD.com Glad you found us.
Doug

 

[Deerjager]

Welcome to SDD. That is a great video demo. Cool set up.

 

[lone_star_dsl]

Absolutely freakin amazing!! Very clean install. If only electronics weren't a mystery to me...