GM Backup Camera On 5th Wheel Tailgate
Wanted to share my project of mounting an OEM GM backup camera onto my Husky Liner tailgate. I hated the fact that I had to go without a backup camera when using a 5th wheel tailage. Husky Liner use to have a mounting kit for an OEM camera but discontinued the kit years back and you can no longer find them. But it was not to difficult to fabricate a few pieces to do the job.
First I bought an OEM camera from Ebay for $50. That way I didn't need to take my factory camera on and off my GM tailgate. I started off by bending a piece of aluminum angle iron so it created a horizontal shelf when mounted to the tailgate, then the camera bracket bolts to the angle iron. After that I took a piece of thin sheet metal and hammered a channel into it in order to protect the wiring as the wiring ran down the face of the tailgate. I bolted the sheet metal twice to the face of the camera mounting bracket and twice to the bottom of the tailgate. And that's all it took. WELL WELL worth it!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/r56i44rozby676m/2020-06-04%2012.51.50.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/87e2yvou8be7sgc/2020-06-04%2012.52.10.jpg?dl=0
First I bought an OEM camera from Ebay for $50. That way I didn't need to take my factory camera on and off my GM tailgate. I started off by bending a piece of aluminum angle iron so it created a horizontal shelf when mounted to the tailgate, then the camera bracket bolts to the angle iron. After that I took a piece of thin sheet metal and hammered a channel into it in order to protect the wiring as the wiring ran down the face of the tailgate. I bolted the sheet metal twice to the face of the camera mounting bracket and twice to the bottom of the tailgate. And that's all it took. WELL WELL worth it!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/r56i44rozby676m/2020-06-04%2012.51.50.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/87e2yvou8be7sgc/2020-06-04%2012.52.10.jpg?dl=0
