Got around to fixing my backup camera today.
My original must have got moisture in it at some point, it was heavily fogged from inside the car on the display as seen here.. but nothing noticeable on the outside
I found a chinese knock off on amazon with the same part number (camera only)
From honda you have to buy the pigtail/mount/camera all as one unit. And the cheapest i found was $300 + cad 😳
The amazon unit was 50$ shipped, so i took the gamble
Here's a shot of it next to the oem unit
Left - oem Right - knockoff
The online reviews were a mixed bag, some had failure due to moisture and MANY had the qc issue of the image being inverted.. lol
Well turns out mine is inverted 🤣
The factory mount unfortunately only lets the camera key in one way. But i figured if i eventually have to bite the bullet and buy a honda unit, it comes with a new mount.. so i decided lets dremel this one and see if we can make it work with a flipped camera
Factory mount - marked my initial cut with a sharpie
Ended up having to remove alot of material, but heres the finished product
And the backside opened up, unfortunately this will expose it to weather so ill fix this once the camera is mounted in
With the mount prepped i turned my attention to the camera itself. With a few people haveing moisture issues i figured i would run a bead of CA glue around the seam to try and seal it up better.
I also raided my RC room for some marine grease, figured id use it on the o-ring for the wire connection and for the main housing that clips into the trunk. Just an extra precaution
My rRC stash also came in handy when i lost one of the mounting screws. Found a 1.5mm allen key that was close in size and it threaded right in (lower right corner)
And finally to seal up the back i just ran a thick bead of clear silicone into it, should do the trick