Posted a few weeks ago asking questions about the wiring to complete this job. Got some feedback, but wanted to share my experience in case anyone else is interested in doing this. I HIGHLY recommend this modification. It gives you all the benefits of Apple CarPlay/Android Auto, Plus a back-up camera so you can now see without that huge spare blocking your view, and a front camera to help with tire placement when off roading. I picked up the Alpine ILX-W650 and installation kit from Crutchfield. Just under $400 with tax (free shipping). I chose the Alpine ILX-W650 first because it's only 3 inches deep and figured it's less like to break the mounting brackets when off roading. A full Double DIN would place a lot more rearward force on the mounting brackets up front. Besides, I don't need DVD. Second, I chose it because it can run two cameras. The backup camera comes on automatically when going into reverse and the front camera comes on from the touch screen with only two touches Camera>Front, done. The cameras I purchased were Rayoo bullet type cameras off Amazon for $24 each. I chose these because they were waterproof, and all you have to do is clip wires to change the "mirror" image and remove guidelines if you want. I actually chose to keep the guidelines up front and they ended up matching perfectly to my tire tracks...definately helpful when you have no spotter off reading. I'm going snip the wire to remove the Backup camera's guides from the camera as the Alpine superimposes it's own guidelines and they are adjustable. This will provide just one set of guidelines and can be precisely adjusted. I mounted the front camera on my winch fairlead and the rear one on my spare tire mount using a piece of metal strapping from Home Depot. Bonus - the holes in the strapping were the same size required for the camera to slip through! I just painted it back, bolted to the spare tire mount, and bent it forward to peek through the spare tire at the angle I wanted.
The Backup camera wiring goes like this: At the receiver plug the RCA into "Rear" RCA, red bobtail wire on RCA cable connects to the Orange/White (Alpine) reverse wire. At the back camera the red bobtail wire on the RCA gets combined with the red power wire from the camera and they attach to the Reverse wire off one of your tail lights. Usually this us a Purple wire, but because I have a trailer harness already set up, I just tapped into it. The ground goes to the chassis.
The Front camera wiring goes like this: At the Receiver plug the RCA into "Front" RCA, red bobtail wire combined into the Red "Accessory Wire for power. At the front camera, the red bobtail wire on the RCA connects to the red power wire from the camera and the ground goes tot he chassis.
Hope you consider this mod. $450 all in. PM me if you need any more details.
The Backup camera wiring goes like this: At the receiver plug the RCA into "Rear" RCA, red bobtail wire on RCA cable connects to the Orange/White (Alpine) reverse wire. At the back camera the red bobtail wire on the RCA gets combined with the red power wire from the camera and they attach to the Reverse wire off one of your tail lights. Usually this us a Purple wire, but because I have a trailer harness already set up, I just tapped into it. The ground goes to the chassis.
The Front camera wiring goes like this: At the Receiver plug the RCA into "Front" RCA, red bobtail wire combined into the Red "Accessory Wire for power. At the front camera, the red bobtail wire on the RCA connects to the red power wire from the camera and the ground goes tot he chassis.
Hope you consider this mod. $450 all in. PM me if you need any more details.
