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inc55

inc55

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tmiw said:
Got mine installed tonight. Man, that took a while. (I still need to install/source a drain tube and reinstall most of the trim; I'll do those tomorrow.)

Question, though. Is the horizontal banding here normal? Is it because it was dark out when I took the picture? I'm pretty sure everything's plugged in at the hatch and at the head unit, or else it wouldn't work at all, right?

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Everything looks good. It's a wide angle lens so the horizontal band looks curved.
 
tmiw

tmiw

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inc55 said:
Everything looks good. It's a wide angle lens so the horizontal band looks curved.
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Was referring to the presence of the bands at all, actually. My gut feeling is that it's normal when it's dark out and that when I get in the car tomorrow there won't be any. :)
 
flyguy27

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That looks fine to me. I temporarily installed a random drain tube and ordered the tube from ECS. I couldn't find it anywhere else. It was an easy install once the tube came in and now it looks Oem.
 
tmiw

tmiw

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Yep, no banding when I left for work this morning :) Need to figure out how to remove the clips that got stuck in the door area though :(
 
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jg167

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ECS's rearview camera kit

I didn't find much mention of this (not actually available yet I take it from their site). But its clearly not the VW Europe part and due to being much bigger you have to cut off a wiper motor bracket and cut out some of the body panel around the inside of the camera mount, at least if doing it to a MKV (as the instructions say, the banner page for the kit says V or VI, still it seems huge compared to the VW part, doesn't it?). In any case sawing off bits here and there seems like a bad idea if a stock part will drop in.

Looks like good instructions though: http://www.ecstuning.com/stage/edoc/MK5RearViewCameraInstall.pdf

the image didn't paste in, but you can go here to see this thing.
 
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tmiw

tmiw

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jg167 said:
I didn't find much mention of this (not actually available yet I take it from their site). But its clearly not the VW Europe part and due to being much bigger you have to cut off a wiper motor bracket and cut out some of the body panel around the inside of the camera mount, at least if doing it to a MKV (as the instructions say, the banner page for the kit says V or VI, still it seems huge compared to the VW part, doesn't it?). In any case sawing off bits here and there seems like a bad idea if a stock part will drop in.

Looks like good instructions though: http://www.ecstuning.com/stage/edoc/MK5RearViewCameraInstall.pdf

the image didn't paste in, but you can go here to see this thing.
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The sawing is only for MkV. MkVI cars don't need any metal/plastic cutting :)
 
AlfaMikeF0xtr0t

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Other than Ebay, where are you guys buying the RVC kits from? I just got back from the dealership and had them try to find the 2 listed part numbers and they couldn't come up with anything saying they are for a RVC.

They said they were just for the rear latch without a camera, and an antenna cable, not a harness for the RCV.:iono:
 
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Smoky_Llama1

Passed Driver's Ed
AlfaMikeF0xtr0t said:
Other than Ebay, where are you guys buying the RVC kits from? I just got back from the dealership and had them try to find the 2 listed part numbers and they couldn't come up with anything saying they are for a RVC.

They said they were just for the rear latch without a camera, and an antenna cable, not a harness for the RCV.:iono:
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This part is euro only, so us dealers most likely won't carry it. Try here...

http://forums.vwvortex.com/member.php?706803-Peter-ExtremeNetwork

carsystems.pl
 
AlfaMikeF0xtr0t

AlfaMikeF0xtr0t

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Smoky_Llama said:
This part is euro only, so us dealers most likely won't carry it.
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Yeah, I knew it was euro only, figured it would be worth a shot though. Even told them that when I gave 'em the part #'s and they were having trouble finding them.

Smoky_Llama said:
Try here...
http://forums.vwvortex.com/member.php?706803-Peter-ExtremeNetwork

carsystems.pl
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Oh, didn't realize Peter could get other OEM stuff as well. I got my LED tails from him. Thanks, I'll PM him and see what he says.
 
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poissonish

New member
Would love to have this installed on my 2011, but don't feel comfortable doing the install myself.

Anyone in Toronto area know where this can be done? I asked my dealer when I originally purchased the car, they had no idea what I was talking about.
 
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Cal2000

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New to the forum here :thumbup:
I am considering purchasing a 2013 GTI w/ NAV 4DR. Would the DYI install of a rear camera adversely affect the warranty?
 
tmiw

tmiw

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Cal2000 said:
New to the forum here :thumbup:
I am considering purchasing a 2013 GTI w/ NAV 4DR. Would the DYI install of a rear camera adversely affect the warranty?
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Any mod could adversely affect the warranty, but the camera is unlikely to break anything else if installed correctly. :thumbsup:
 
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