davidparker Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 I bought my 2018 LWB Cargo without the sliding door glass and soon realized it was going to be a problem. My neighborhood has a lot of angled parking spaces and even with a passenger looking through the front door window AND me looking at the factory backup camera, I have a total blind spot. So I thought I would try a camera on the side before I spent the money to have a slider glass installed. I have had the side view camera for a couple of weeks now and thought I would share the results. Overall I am happy with it. However, the wide angle lens really distorts the distances. So basically, I would not recommend it as a total replacement for the slider glass. However, it is a whole lot better than nothing and I would probably add it even with the glass. It took several days to figure what I wanted and how I was going to install it. Now that I know whats involved it would take about a day to install. Total cost was a little over $200 : Camera 48.99 Monitor 69.99 Taxi Panel 21.89 Taxi Switch 23.71 Shipping costs 25.00 Wire, Terminals, Etc 20.00 I could have done for about $60 less if I had just drilled a hole in the "coin holder" panel and installed a $6 dollar toggle switch, but its a new vehicle so at this point I'm already broke ? I added a photo album if anyone is interested in the details and below are some pics that will give you an idea. View of Jeep beside me with door open View with door closed and Jeep in camera View of the camera ( blurry because I holding my phone with one hand while getting it close enough to simulate my view) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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