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I did this camera relocation to the stock bumper today on my Sahara. Not too bad or overly difficult, but took extra long (about 4.5 hours total) as I didn't want to mess anything up along the way.

Separating the video cable from the others was definitely the most annoying part. After that, I realized I had to pop off the back side panel to get it out of the sleeve that goes into the door.
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One gotcha when trying to place the camera and cable was a cable holder for the park assist sensors right at the exact spot of the hole, as seen here. The holder had to go completely as there was zero room, but a small zip tie to hold it and the camera cable works just fine.
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This is the finished product and closeup. Yay for being able to put my hubcap on spare.
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I've seen a few questions about how it looks on the display. The lines are a bit high but still workable.

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Whatever floats your boat but seems like a lot of work for minimal benefit, plus you 100% wiped out your warranty on it (and no telling what else Mopar might deem was compromised in your modification). Sometimes it’s just best to leave well enough alone.
 
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I did this camera relocation to the stock bumper today on my Sahara. Not too bad or overly difficult, but took extra long (about 4.5 hours total) as I didn't want to mess anything up along the way.

Separating the video cable from the others was definitely the most annoying part. After that, I realized I had to pop off the back side panel to get it out of the sleeve that goes into the door.
9753B224-65DB-4168-85AC-3D17A4F5BE60.jpeg


One gotcha when trying to place the camera and cable was a cable holder for the park assist sensors right at the exact spot of the hole, as seen here. The holder had to go completely as there was zero room, but a small zip tie to hold it and the camera cable works just fine.
329856C0-1EE7-4234-BD7A-B608BDB0E167.jpeg


This is the finished product and closeup. Yay for being able to put my hubcap on spare.
1A1D0ADE-CB14-41ED-87F9-F3F98B455AAD.jpeg


B9CF1BAA-DD3F-4988-82B4-1F725187EBFF.jpeg


I've seen a few questions about how it looks on the display. The lines are a bit high but still workable.

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Good job dude! Looks great.
 

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I did this camera relocation to the stock bumper today on my Sahara. Not too bad or overly difficult, but took extra long (about 4.5 hours total) as I didn't want to mess anything up along the way.

Separating the video cable from the others was definitely the most annoying part. After that, I realized I had to pop off the back side panel to get it out of the sleeve that goes into the door.
9753B224-65DB-4168-85AC-3D17A4F5BE60.jpeg


One gotcha when trying to place the camera and cable was a cable holder for the park assist sensors right at the exact spot of the hole, as seen here. The holder had to go completely as there was zero room, but a small zip tie to hold it and the camera cable works just fine.
329856C0-1EE7-4234-BD7A-B608BDB0E167.jpeg


This is the finished product and closeup. Yay for being able to put my hubcap on spare.
1A1D0ADE-CB14-41ED-87F9-F3F98B455AAD.jpeg


B9CF1BAA-DD3F-4988-82B4-1F725187EBFF.jpeg


I've seen a few questions about how it looks on the display. The lines are a bit high but still workable.

2F783197-4C54-4380-B589-1C904EBE989E.jpeg
it looks like your camera could be rotated 180 degrees and the parking line would be pointing down IMHO
 

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Why is a "hubcap" more important than a correctly functioning rear camera ? Great job and all, but the rationale is lost on me I guess. Plus, the lens will get dirty much faster lower down
 
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Why is a "hubcap" more important than a correctly functioning rear camera ? Great job and all, but the rationale is lost on me I guess. Plus, the lens will get dirty much faster lower down
Not that it matters, but the reason I did it was I had a -44 offset wheel and it was like looking through a paper towel roll. Also I had plans to do rotopax in that location. It works great in that location, never had any issues with it there, I could give 2 shits about the hub cap......:)
 

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Here ya go - sorry to take so long. I was waiting for the sun to hit it. I'm afraid the car is a little dirty... ;-D

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kudos to the knitting work but.....kinda looks like the jeep is wearing an old lady sweater...
 

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I’m brand new to this forum so hopefully this is the right thread for my question
I would like to put a bike rack that mounts to my spare tire on my jeep but I don’t want to use one with a bunch of straps
I would like to mount the camera to the bike rack post. Thoughts on whether that would work similar to mounting to the bumper?
metal versus plastic, longer cables
other issues?
 

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You can also go over the top of the spare and use the wire routing for the third tail light.

Jeep Wrangler JL Backup camera relocated out of spare tire and into rear bumper but-why


Jeep Wrangler JL Backup camera relocated out of spare tire and into rear bumper but-why


Jeep Wrangler JL Backup camera relocated out of spare tire and into rear bumper but-why
What is that and where can I get It? Thats all I want, just up and off the center of the tire.
 

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That would work most of the time but I use my camera to hook up to my boat and it doesn’t look like I can see the hitch from the photo you sent
Thanks for the reply
 

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Hey Roky, thanks for the great idea! Just curious to know how this camera relocation has held up? Anything you'd do different?
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