Ok, so this has been discussed on a few of the dedicated focus forums ad-nausium, but nobody has done what I"m about to ask to my knowledge.
As you are no doubt aware, for some in explainable reason, Ford left the backup camera option off of the ST. I've grown quite accustomed to having it there on my 2011 GT and Explorer, so much so, that it really pisses me off that this car doesn't have one.
So, I'm going to add one, either through the Mirror (last resort) or the factory system (preferred).
Right after buying the car I hiked my butt over to Parts and got a list of the pieces required for the backup camera. It's a module, the camera itself, a bracket for the camera and some cabling. The question is;
Has anyone pulled the trunk panel off of the passenger side? (from the looks of it, under the tail light). That's where the backup camera module mounts, and I'm hoping there is an un-used wiring harness there. If there is, that means this car has the proper harness installed in it to use a backup camera. From there, all we should need to do is install the module, wire and camera, and re-flash MFT to recognize the new module. A flash from a titanium with a camera should do it, or some kind of boot that has the system searching for installed modules.
Anyone tried this yet? Or do I need to pull mine apart over the weekend?
Also, WTF is up with no oil life monitor? Ford left the strangest things out when they built this car...
As you are no doubt aware, for some in explainable reason, Ford left the backup camera option off of the ST. I've grown quite accustomed to having it there on my 2011 GT and Explorer, so much so, that it really pisses me off that this car doesn't have one.
So, I'm going to add one, either through the Mirror (last resort) or the factory system (preferred).
Right after buying the car I hiked my butt over to Parts and got a list of the pieces required for the backup camera. It's a module, the camera itself, a bracket for the camera and some cabling. The question is;
Has anyone pulled the trunk panel off of the passenger side? (from the looks of it, under the tail light). That's where the backup camera module mounts, and I'm hoping there is an un-used wiring harness there. If there is, that means this car has the proper harness installed in it to use a backup camera. From there, all we should need to do is install the module, wire and camera, and re-flash MFT to recognize the new module. A flash from a titanium with a camera should do it, or some kind of boot that has the system searching for installed modules.
Anyone tried this yet? Or do I need to pull mine apart over the weekend?
Also, WTF is up with no oil life monitor? Ford left the strangest things out when they built this car...