Front facing camera

longlasting · 06-06-2019, 12:17 AM

Setting up front facing camera 2015 m3.

Any recommendations on how and what parts needed ??

I have a front lip and won't to protect it as I pull into spaces, curbs etc

ccarte45 · 06-18-2019, 07:16 PM

Interested as well

arucano · 06-18-2019, 09:30 PM

I using a 1080P wifi camera and just pull it up on my phone if I HAVE to park in forward up to a curb. Not ideal but fit for purpose. ~ $40

longlasting · 06-19-2019, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by arucano

I using a 1080P wifi camera and just pull it up on my phone if I HAVE to park in forward up to a curb. Not ideal but fit for purpose. ~ $40

Interesting idea.
I'm sure I can find on Amazon the camera ?

pbar · 06-19-2019, 10:30 AM

Interesting idea! Always seemed like an expensive pain to wire cameras into the iDrive. Would be even nicer if you could make your own carplay app ;-)

I assume that you are using a waterproof wide-angle camera that's hardwired into 12V? Can anybody recommend a good one?

(Another idea I saw recently was somebody proposing to relocate one of the side-view cameras in the front bumper, but this sounds invasive. Perhaps somebody could devise a solution that plugs into the same connectors though?)

1hotrod · 07-03-2019, 12:51 AM

Bummer tech makes a clean one. Looks mostly like a plug and play from the videos I’ve seen

https://www.bimmer-tech.net/shop/bmw...nt-view-camera

longlasting · 07-03-2019, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by 1hotrod

Bummer tech makes a clean one. Looks mostly like a plug and play from the videos I've seen

https://www.bimmer-tech.net/shop/bmw...nt-view-camera

[QUOTE=1hotrod;24984852]Bummer tech makes a clean one. Looks mostly like a plug and play from the videos I've seen

It requires a multimedia adapter it's extra$$ came out to be 550! With camera

pbar · 07-03-2019, 09:41 AM

[QUOTE=longlasting;24985076]

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Originally Posted by 1hotrod

Bummer tech makes a clean one. Looks mostly like a plug and play from the videos I've seen

It requires a multimedia adapter it's extra$$ came out to be 550! With camera

...plus a complete pain to install!

KM_YMB_M4_Vert · 08-06-2019, 09:57 PM

See my inexpensive solution.
https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1473806

Pics not clear as fully wired solution, but it does the job.
Can't live without it.

Kilabyte · 08-17-2019, 10:32 AM

^The links are dead

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pbar Captain 1400 Rep 761 Posts Drives: 992 GTS, Tesla M3P Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: San Francisco iTrader: (0)	Interesting idea! Always seemed like an expensive pain to wire cameras into the iDrive. Would be even nicer if you could make your own carplay app ;-) I assume that you are using a waterproof wide-angle camera that's hardwired into 12V? Can anybody recommend a good one? (Another idea I saw recently was somebody proposing to relocate one of the side-view cameras in the front bumper, but this sounds invasive. Perhaps somebody could devise a solution that plugs into the same connectors though?)
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1hotrod New Member 8 Rep 21 Posts Drives: BMW m3 f80 Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Bay Area iTrader: (1)	Bummer tech makes a clean one. Looks mostly like a plug and play from the videos I’ve seen https://www.bimmer-tech.net/shop/bmw...nt-view-camera
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KM_YMB_M4_Vert New Member 6 Rep 12 Posts Drives: 18 YMB F83 MT Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: US South iTrader: (0)	See my inexpensive solution. https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1473806 Pics not clear as fully wired solution, but it does the job. Can't live without it.
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