Reverse camera for the 6R & RNS510?

[benough]

I'd say $50 MAX

[sZcZeWi]

also there bracket moves the badge in about 2mm, dosnt seem like much but it is noticable on the outside.

Hi lunchbox, some time ago I cad designed and made first test model of bracket that doesn't moves badge to inside tailgate. My bracket is a little more complicated (consists of two parts) but I wanted (like U) to not cut or remodel anything in the car. Today by chance I started to look if anyone installed a rvc in badge into polo and I find this topic If can I find some time (in two days I'm going on holiday) I will take off the plastic tailgate cover and take a photo. Nice that here are more such enthusiasts like me and sorry for ma bad english

[LunchboxVRS]

Hi lunchbox, some time ago I cad designed and made first test model of bracket that doesn't moves badge to inside tailgate. My bracket is a little more complicated (consists of two parts) but I wanted (like U) to not cut or remodel anything in the car. Today by chance I started to look if anyone installed a rvc in badge into polo and I find this topic If can I find some time (in two days I'm going on holiday) I will take off the plastic tailgate cover and take a photo. Nice that here are more such enthusiasts like me and sorry for ma bad english

Any chance you could pm me the cad design. i have made a few prototypes that work but im trying to make one that will be easy and cheap to mass produce. any help would be good.

[benough]

Progress...

[LunchboxVRS]

How do you go about that?

[benough]

My old man made a bracket.

I will post better pics when we install it properly. This was just a test fit and connectivity test etc.

Where did you source your 12V from? The fusebox? For our test we just jammed the wire into the horn fuse point.

[LunchboxVRS]

yea my kit had a fuse clip on the power lead so it went to a spare spot with power. did you need to trim any from the badge tunnel for the bolts to clear? remember to seal between the bracket and boot or you will get water in the lid and there is no drain in it.

[benough]

Ah good. We figured as much.

Nah no cutting or trimming at all.

Ok. Can I asked what you used as a seal?

We are keeping the drain on and running the hose down through the bottom of the tail gate where the lock is.

When the boot is shut, the plastic flap on the lock hook is depressed so any water will drip down there and out the bottom on the car.

Cheers

[ill0gitech]

Decided to resurrect this old thread for advice as opposed to starting a new one.

Gavs, I see you were looking into doing this yourself, how did you go?

There's a guy on ebay in Sydney selling genuine,complete Tiguan RVCs which fit under the boot handle. These are about $300 cheaper than the Golf RVC. The seller also fits them for $200 flat rate.
The catch is that I would need to modify the part to fit with the number plate lights. Keep in mind this is the genuine VW part and complete package - not just one of the knock off RCA plug cameras. It's also a little more seamless than the Scirocco part in this thread too.

I've had a look at the positioning with my Go-Pro, and as far as I can see, it's not much of a difference between having being positioned at the badge, or being under the bumper.

Interested in thoughts on this.

[nikon]

for those that want an alternative to installing a reverse camera to a rcd510/rns510 on the cheap ive finished retrofitting a cheap $20 sony ccd left license plate light holder and a $50 3.8" rear view mirror

works pretty good

one issue ive had when installing it last week tuesday was at night time with the license plate light on where the camera is, it just whitewashed the camera so i googled the issue and its pretty common with those type of license plate light/camera combos and the fix is to wire up a 12v relay switch which turns off the license plate light when reverse is engaged

also for those that might not know what a reverse signal wire is for, it connects to the reverse light and when reverse is engaged with 12v it gives the display device like a HU or reverse mirror to activate the reverse mode

checkout my setup at the below link
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oquqdcd28rgl74b/tuUW0jqXan