1st Generation Toyota 4Runner Rear View Camera

Overview of the rear view mirror camera in the 1985 Toyota 4Runner.

This is an AUTO-VOX V5Pro Rear View Mirror Camera:
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I re-used the mirror bracket I made for my old Vision Systems VS-2 rear view mirror camera back around 2000. This bracket is approx. 3" wide x 4" tall (75mm x 100mm) , with 3 holes drilled to match the OEM mirror bracket. There's a tab welded to the back edge that's drilled and tapped to fit a mirror mounting shoe to. Then there's an opening in the middle to pass the camera cable through. I'm sure there are other ways of doing this, but this is what I came up with 20 years ago and it works. One option would be to use a thinner gauge of sheet metal and then bend up a tab from the end and mount the mirror to that. There may also be adapters for the Toyota style mirror mount.

More to come, we'll take a look at the old Vision Systems rear view camera that the V5Pro replaced...
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