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Review on COOLINT CT-107B Mini OEM Style Solid Metal Housing Flush Backup Camera - Ultra πŸ“· HD Color Car Front/Side/Rear View - 170 Degree - 0.01Lux Night Vision - 100% Waterproof IP69K by Josh Whitehead

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Panzer Almost a good idea

Camera quality is good. The wedges for tilting the camera were a good idea, but not well thought out. The wedges are used to tilt the camera down. They don't fit well when rotated to tilt the camera the way I want it. Using a razor I was able to cut a hole in the wedge to fit it in reverse. If the camera is tilted up or down with the supplied wedge, the mounting bolt screw will no longer be perpendicular to the surface to which the nut and washers are attached. When you tighten the nut, the chamber straightens out, so the tilt created by the wedge now has little or no effect. What I need to prevent this is a wedge washer, which I had to make out of a piece of plastic to keep the torque on the nut from tilting the camera back to an undesirable angle. Another problem is that when the camera is mounted in the plastic part of the housing and a wedge is used to tilt the camera, the length of the mounting stud is too short. The manufacturer must have thought that it could only be mounted on sheet metal. The thicker plastic mounting locations plus the thickness of the wedge leaves only 6-8mm of exposed thread for mounting on the nut and washer. Also not long enough to use a lock washer.

Pros
  • The best
Cons
  • will be added later