I've been troubled for the past couple of months wondering how I was going to mount my reverse camera on my Patriot. My largest concern was how to get voltage from the tail light ass'y up to and into the hatch. After over-thinking this many times, the solution was to remove the LH taillight ass'y, pull the wiring grommet from the body, and do the same with the short flexible grommet that connects the hatch with the body. A simple pull wire allowed me to snake the wires thru all their appointed locations, and pulling down the inside of the hatch to gain access wasn't too difficult either--just remove those two torx screws in the hand-hold and gently pry. Now having he voltage where I needed it, I found a convenient location for my Garmin wireless camera. This comes with a special cable for the GPS (I have a Garmin Drive 60) itself with a wireless receiver built in to the cable. The map view on the GPS auto-magically changes to a vehicle rear view upon placing the car in reverse, maybe a little clunky, but effective. I mounted the camera, using the bracket that came with it designed to fit over one of the bolts holding the license plate on, however, there wasn't enough space to mount it on the upper bolts, and I didn't want it hanging down where it could be easily bumped, so mounted it to the license plate lamp lens, just using the bracket as is, no modification needed, and it can be reused should I decide to place this on another vehicle. I had to circumvent the lens latch in order to run the camera data feed into the hatch, but held the lens in place with a couple of #8 self drilling screws, and then sealed the opening with silicone. I think it looks pretty good, almost difficult to see unless you're looking for it. Total time to install--less several months thinking about it, and I have an excuse--had knee surgery in March, which had serious complications, so have been "crutch-bound" for the interim and couldn't stand up very long at a time--was less than two hours. All leads used existing grommets.
Finally! Reverse camera mounted!
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I've been troubled for the past couple of months wondering how I was going to mount my reverse camera on my Patriot. My largest concern was how to get voltage from the tail light ass'y up to and into the hatch. After over-thinking this many times, the solution was to remove the LH taillight ass'y, pull the wiring grommet from the body, and do the same with the short flexible grommet that connects the hatch with the body. A simple pull wire allowed me to snake the wires thru all their appointed locations, and pulling down the inside of the hatch to gain access wasn't too difficult either--just remove those two torx screws in the hand-hold and gently pry. Now having he voltage where I needed it, I found a convenient location for my Garmin wireless camera. This comes with a special cable for the GPS (I have a Garmin Drive 60) itself with a wireless receiver built in to the cable. The map view on the GPS auto-magically changes to a vehicle rear view upon placing the car in reverse, maybe a little clunky, but effective. I mounted the camera, using the bracket that came with it designed to fit over one of the bolts holding the license plate on, however, there wasn't enough space to mount it on the upper bolts, and I didn't want it hanging down where it could be easily bumped, so mounted it to the license plate lamp lens, just using the bracket as is, no modification needed, and it can be reused should I decide to place this on another vehicle. I had to circumvent the lens latch in order to run the camera data feed into the hatch, but held the lens in place with a couple of #8 self drilling screws, and then sealed the opening with silicone. I think it looks pretty good, almost difficult to see unless you're looking for it. Total time to install--less several months thinking about it, and I have an excuse--had knee surgery in March, which had serious complications, so have been "crutch-bound" for the interim and couldn't stand up very long at a time--was less than two hours. All leads used existing grommets.
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