![]() ![]() The look is not as clean and good looking as Cameron's install from Oliver but I'm happy with it and it seems plenty secure. Finally, I used a few stick-on plastic retainer clips to hold the cable around the outside of the spare tire cover. Since the camera is mounted on a horizontal surface, this seems plenty adequate. I will only need to remove it if I need to access the spare or, alternatively, I can leave the camera secured and pull the excess cable up through from the bumper storage space. This allows me to remove the camera if needed and replace it easily yet it has a very secure hold. To scure the camera, I elected to use this high-strength plastic Alfa-Lock Velcro product that utilizes 3M tape. Then it is easily routed into the chanel where the propane line is to run all the way to the front. The plug-end of the cable that plugs into the truck bumper port can be unscrewed to make it smaller and now it fits easily through the gap at the back of the diamondplate bumper and fiberglass to route the cable into the storage area in the bumper. The cable is well protected and tied in with several zipties along the way. This is where the propane line is located and runs all the way from front to back. There is plenty of room to run the cable in the channel between the aluminum crossbars and the fiberglass under the trailer on the curb-side. The other challenge is that you must still be able to remove the spare tire cover if needed, so I needed a plan for either easy removal of the camera or lots of slack cable inside. I decided I didn't want to drill holes in the spare tire cover as the camera is not compatable with non-GM trucks and I might move to another TV someday even though I love my Silverado 3.0L deisel. a photo above of the camera installation that Oliver did for him, and it looks great. The "transparent trailer" view feature requires that the camera be placed within a certain zone at the back of the trailer and on the Oliver, the only plausible location is to mount on top of the spare tire cover. ![]() Might be helpful if anyone else has a 2020-2022 GM vehicle with the advanced trailering feature and is considering this accessory.Įverything went well and it was easier than expected. ![]() I thought I would follow-up on this after my install. For these two reasons I added another camera located in the usual spot on the roof of the Ollie. Obviously another disadvantage is that the view is somewhat limited in the event there is another vehicle right behind you. One disadvantage to this mounting location is that there is more "road spray" given that the camera is located closer to the road. If you do not wish to drill a hole in the cover for the camera wires like I did I guess that you could always place them in something like THIS in order to better hide them and to protect them. My camera is mounted with a 4 degree offset thus allowing for less of a setting sun to blind it. This is important in that the spare tire cover is mounted such that it is 6 degrees off from being perpendicular to the ground. Probably your camera from GM has a mount that allows for the camera to be "tilted". ![]() Given that I had asked Oliver to wire this area for a camera the actual install was basically a no brainer.
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