I don’t mind the stock radio. I used to install for a living, for about 10 years of my young adult life. I find it balanced and enough for someone like me who doesn’t crank it anymore. Also, the tailgate damper, to me is not needed. You lose a great tie down spot for sheet goods and I could close the super light tailgate with a finger.
No issues with blocking visibility out the front, it’s not much longer in width than the stock mirror which is good. It’s an older version though I’ve had since 2018, it’s the 240mm flat wide view Broadway mirror with blue tint. 270mm and larger start to cut into your front windshield view from my experience. You may have to hunt on eBay for it as Amazon didn’t have it when I checked so I took it out of my Mustang but there is a KitBest version that comes close also for cheap, which I have in the mustang now. The Broadway is a bit better quality though overall.
I have a Vantrue N2 Pro in the front which is dual facing front/rear all in one, 1080P and can handle up to 256gb of storage. This camera has held up well to years of use in other vehicles and have outperformed basically any other sub-100 dollar camera I’ve used over the past 10 years. There is a version that has a separate rear camera available too (N4?), but is a quite bit more expensive.
I'm sure it depends on the model, but can you set the dash cam to be motion-sensitive? Rather than worrying about being hit on the highway, I'm more concerned about getting hit or dinged while I'm in a store and someone doing it and taking off.
Oh yep, the Vantrue supports a 24 hour parking mode with varying levels of motion sensitivity. That was one of the selling points for me as usually being dinged/hit where I park is more common also.
Yes, there are multiple options for parked dashcam modes depending on the brand/model you buy.
I didn't, I'd already ordered LEDs for the other lights and took advantage of a Valentine's Day Sale they had on the Lasfit switchbacks afterwards.
It's on the list for me, but it's a bit more of a "lots of options, lots of decisions" kind of thing so I'm taking my time. Could just do drop-in replacements on the front two speakers, I've heard that helps a lot on it's own... or I could go all out, replace them all, amp, and a hideaway. Since I'm not sure, I'm holding off until I get that squared.
Yo, bless you I was just thinking about this today and how I was going to address the plastic-on-plastic warfare happening in my truck.Just thought of another “silly?” Mod. As easy as it is to scratch the interior plastic, I added felt to the points where the buckles hit. I noticed that mr drivers side buckle was scratching my center console so I bought the felt tape. I found out that they simply forgot the felt tape on the drivers side buckle as the passenger side already and it. Then just added it to the B pillar since the seatbelt flies that way when getting out.
Regarding the tie-down: I opted for the tailgate assist. I figured someone out there would come up with an alternate tie-down that doesn't interfere with the dampener. Alas, someone in the club has and apparently are selling them on the forum.
