Highline Reversing Camera for R36 wagon - Is it worth it?

[damo_t]

Ok, So I have fitted an RVC to my R36 wagon. Purchased from Vincent off ebay and installed by Greg at Volks Muller at Annangrove. Just as an aside on the install – because I have a power tailgate it was almost impossible to pull the wire/cable through the left hand rubber plug. It had to be cut and sikaflexed up.

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I'm so glad that you have raised this thread.

Can I ask, is the actual boot handle with the lowline camera integrated any different to the original boot handle considering you have a power tail gate? I have a power tail gate and was wondering if it is any different. I.e. there is a sort of button feel in the handle for it to engage the boot to open.

Cheers,
Damo

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[Passat R36]

I'm so glad that you have raised this thread.

Can I ask, is the actual boot handle with the lowline camera integrated any different to the original boot handle considering you have a power tail gate? I have a power tail gate and was wondering if it is any different. I.e. there is a sort of button feel in the handle for it to engage the boot to open.

Cheers,
Damo

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Just fingers touch part is narrower, same click feeling as original.

[prn31]

I'm so glad that you have raised this thread.

Can I ask, is the actual boot handle with the lowline camera integrated any different to the original boot handle considering you have a power tail gate? I have a power tail gate and was wondering if it is any different. I.e. there is a sort of button feel in the handle for it to engage the boot to open.

Cheers,
Damo

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The integrated camera boot handle works in exactly the same way as before - it has a similar grip.

I emailed JKU who advised that the cameras are different between highline and lowline. JKU quotes the part number for the highline camera as 5NO827566D. Not sure what the part number is for the lowline version.

It looks like going highline would cost at least twice as much as doing a lowline camera retrofit. I wouldn't mind seeing how a highline camera works in real life though. However I'm beginning to realise that it probably isn't really worth the effort, especially if I need to buy another camera...

[snerlo]

probably the better choice mate considering you already have the camera. Do you really wanna muck around near that hinge area again? Me thinks not!!

[damo_t]

Thanks to both Passat R36 and prn31!

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[Jakeys]

On a related subject, my camera occasionally doesn't come on when I select reverse and at other times the camera comes on for a few seconds and then it goes to the OPS screen. Any idea what could be going on?

Mine was a dealer fit not an original VW part and it comes on when I select reverse, but if I select drive and then reverse again (ie. three point turn) the camera won't come back on again unless I hit the parking sensor button to turn OPS off and then go drive reverse again. It seems like OPS overrides the camera. It also throws codes in VCDS but it all works fine other than that so I have to either ignore the codes or remove the camera. I put up with the codes.

If I were the original owner I'd have made the dealer fix the install or undo/refund but as I'm the second owner I deal with it.