Will these license plate cameras work accurately if the license plate is not located in the center of the vehicle? I have an suv with the spare tire on the rear door and the plate on the left side. I just want to be certain it will work before buying. Thanks in advance. Will these license plate cameras work accurately if the license plate is not located in the center of the vehicle? I have an suv with the spare tire on the rear door and the plate on the left... » Read More Will these license plate cameras work accurately if the license plate is not located in the center of the vehicle? I have an suv with the spare tire on the rear door and the plate on the left side. I just want to be certain it will work before buying. Thanks in advance. « Show Less
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I am sure it will work. You will have to remember that the picture will be askew to the left. They sell reverse cameras that do not mount on the license plate frame. That may require a custom install.
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I'm sure it has a wide enough angle so you can still see directly behind your vehicle.
1380230
Yes, it will work however if the camera is on one side of the truck that's the side your going to see when you start to use it
1142794
I don't know where your licenseplate sits on your car, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. In Illinois, we have front and back of car license plates. I have the BumpShox on my front license plate which is locate below the front bumper on my Mustang. It seems to work well. I would imagine that it would work just as well on the back license plate- again depending on the placement of your plate.
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I cannot answer how it performs vs a license plate camera, but it does have a great field of view, and worked excellent at night. I had taken rubber trailer hitch cover and drilled a hole it it and mounted the camera in there so I did not have to drill holes in the bumper or body. This was a great solution for my Chevy Avalanche.
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Jeanne, If your Blazer is a 2nd gen, '95-2005, and something like the zr2 package, I believe your spare tire mount positions the spare tire in the center of the rear of the vehicle. If it is a 1st gen, s-10 Blazer, not K5, then I believe the spare tire mount positions the tire to the right. Make sure your spare is not more than 32''. The unit ships to work best on an offset spare tire (the spare is positioned to the right or left of center of the rear of the vehicle. It is very easy to adjust the arms to work best for a center mounted spare.
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I'm not familiar with your specific car, however, all license plate sizes are federally standard in the United States. But do consider, some bumpers are curved and dealers directly bolt onto the bumper. This may be an issue depending on the curvature. This applies to all cars. The solution is to ensure that you have a proper license plate bracket installed by the dealer, unless your bumper has a fitting molded onto it. As far as rear bumpers, again U.S. plates are standard, but not usually mounted on the bumper itself. In the rear they are usually mounted above or below the bumper in this no protective frame would be effective if mounted directly on the rear bumper. For that you would need a full bumper guard, not a plate guard. As far as the camera goes, no rear plate should be blocking the camera view, therefore this product should be o.k. That however, may not necessarily be the case when using a full size bumper guard.
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The image from these cameras is clearer than any of the other SD-grade cameras we use (mostly Panasonic BB-HCM511As and similar). I have four in use at my facility and I just checked them all to see if any of them had a good angle on a license plate. Unfortunately they didn't, but based on what I've seen in the past, assuming the camera is set on its highest resolution, plates are legible at 30 feet (plus 20 feet vertical differential) or more, depending on the style of plate. Also, I have seen a few frame-grabs in which plates on a moving vehicle were legible, but it's rare.
300912
I would recommend a camera in the megapixel family of cameras before I wanted to reliably read license plates. You're getting up there in price with a high quality one. Check out Arecont Vision cameras.
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I had to install a bit left side (not centered). When not centered you can not trust in the guide lines for alignment, but is possible still use as proximity reference (do some tests before to check the distances). In my car i can not see all bumper area, some part of right area is hidden, what is not a problem to me because i can see enough area to check when i'll hit. It's a good camera even at night and very helpfull for parking.
2197664
if your license fits this should be fine.my backup camera on my Nissan works fine.I love this license holder; it is not like everyone else has.
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I mounted mine to the license plate on my SUV. I put a piece of metal behind the plate and drilled holes through it where the license plate mounts. They I drilled a hole through the center with the license plate bolted to the metal to hold in place temporarily. I then mounted the camera through the center hole I drilled and took off the bolts holding the metal to the license plate and then mounted them where they normally go. It worked great. The only problem I had was picking up road spray sometimes. It was a good place for me to watch my hitch connection for hooking up.
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We had the same problem. We had it mounted to the back license plate. We emailed the company and they sent a new one. The issue is the camera is not sealed for protection from the weather. We installed the newer one inside the vehicle (above our lift gate). It doesn't work as well; but it does work because it is away from the weather. Would not have purchased again. We would have bought a better brand model that was "sealed".
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There should be a little hex key included in the box. There are two little holes on the top of the license plate camera section. Use the key to loosen the camera part and move it up or down. If no key in box, you should be able to find one at the any auto parts store.
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I Don't know about the placement of the lisense plate, however the camera MUST be mounted on the center line of the Jeep. You will not get correct data if the camera is off line. R.G.
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If your license plate is located in the middle of your bumper, than it should work just fine. Good luck!
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It is best if the sensor is placed where nothing will break the line-of-sight between the sensor and the receiver, like a car, metal building, etc. The unit will sometimes NOT WORK AT ALL if placed where anything metal, especially things affected by a magnet, can break the line-of-sight between the sensor and receiver, but if the sensor is placed really close to the receiver, sometimes it works OK. I would not chance it to work if the vehicle was passing between the sensor and receiver. Hope this helps.
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This mounts to the existing license plate frame on your car. Shouldn't matter what kind of vehicle it is as long as it has USA plates.
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My car got badly damaged by an a**hole trying to park, but he left before I could identify the plates. Our parking lot is small, having just one row deep of spots right next to the apartment building. Behind the small parking lot about 20-25' back is a tree. If I were to mount this on the tree inside the security box, and point it towards the parking lot, do you think I'd be able to see the plates of anyone pulling in at night? We have street lighting so it's not too dark.