Project No Blind Spots (Page 2 of 2)

Some notes on hardware.

Cameras:
These are the first ones I bought. Cameras are fine, but because of the form factor causing them to naturally aim down, they're tricky for using under mirrors. I ended up giving up on them because I couldn't aim them high enough.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XN … &psc=1

These I bought second, and I like them because the bracket makes them really easy to aim. However, they don't have the ability to turn off the distance grids, which is annoying.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005Q … &psc=1

These are the third ones I bought, and I really hoped they'd be the ones I'd use. But for some reason the video kept cutting out on both of the ones I bought. Unsure if I got two bad ones, or if they just don't play nice with my custom wiring.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074P … &psc=1

I ended up using the second ones and just dealing with the distance marker lines for now. I may change them in the future.

For the rear camera, I just grabbed this unit that bolts to your licence plate bracket. The lights are always on, but I'm chalking that up to extra rain visibility.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0793 … &psc=1

On screens. Turns out they are not all the same.

This is the first screen I bought.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074P … &psc=1

And then I bought two of these
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E3 … &psc=1

They look like they should be about identical, however the physical screen on the second one is not centered in the bezzle, so the new cases I made didn't work right. Not a big deal, I just printed new cases with the new dimensions, but it was annoying to discover. If you don't plan to rip the screens from the cases it will never matter.

Yea, there's a dozen or more cameras around the same price point. I assume almost all of them work just fine. I was looking for mounting style more than anything and missed the fact that I can't turn off the backup grid on the ones I used.

7" screen is nice, but it wouldn't have fit between the existing mirror and roll bar, and 3 of them next to each other would have been a bit long. But if you're using just one, it looks like it works well.

I mean, that's the kind of thing we're trying to avoid.

The system is more for seeing cars in those side blind spots, we've never had an issue with seeing who was right behind us. It's the cars that dive bomb up your inside that we sometimes miss in the blind spots of the large C-pillars that we're trying to catch. But having 3 cameras gives that 180° view.

I get it. I'm just going to chalk it up as not a big enough risk to care. In over 20 races we've never had the mirrors hit. And if we ever do, well I suspect we'll need to replace more than the camera, which costs like $12 so i'm not really that worried.

What do the Hopes, Dreams and Anti-BBQ Spray buttons do?