Pete42
New Member
Hi folks,
I‘m looking for a dashcam for my 3-door Mk1 Freelander. In case you’re not familiar with it, this is one of those 90s-style 4x4s with a folding canvas roof at the rear, and when the roof is down the rear window retracts into the tailgate. So I can’t mount any of the normal kind of rear camera that goes inside the rear window. I do have an existing analogue reversing camera, though it’s a little low in the rear bumper, and I should be able to arrange a mount for a weatherproof camera somewhere around the spare wheel. Getting wires into and through the car isn’t a problem.
I’d also like the front camera in particular - and also the rear as far as possible - to be as high-resolution as it can be. I see a lot of dashcam footage where the resolution isn’t high enough to read number plates, and in 2023 it seems like we should be able to do better than that.
Apart from these I don’t really want lots of complex features. Ability to record while parked seems sensible (again I’m not scared of running wiring in this car) and I’d like for the unit on the front windscreen to be as unobtrusive as possible - I’d prefer a decent iPhone app to a built-in screen for control, for example. Bonus points if the app works on CarPlay!
So far I haven’t been able to find a camera that meets these needs, but I’m new to dashcams and don’t really know the market. Any suggestions?
(I’m in the UK, but I assume these things are all made in China and available globally anyway. In any case, if I have a model number I can probably source it even if not formally sold here.)
Thanks,
Pete
I‘m looking for a dashcam for my 3-door Mk1 Freelander. In case you’re not familiar with it, this is one of those 90s-style 4x4s with a folding canvas roof at the rear, and when the roof is down the rear window retracts into the tailgate. So I can’t mount any of the normal kind of rear camera that goes inside the rear window. I do have an existing analogue reversing camera, though it’s a little low in the rear bumper, and I should be able to arrange a mount for a weatherproof camera somewhere around the spare wheel. Getting wires into and through the car isn’t a problem.
I’d also like the front camera in particular - and also the rear as far as possible - to be as high-resolution as it can be. I see a lot of dashcam footage where the resolution isn’t high enough to read number plates, and in 2023 it seems like we should be able to do better than that.
Apart from these I don’t really want lots of complex features. Ability to record while parked seems sensible (again I’m not scared of running wiring in this car) and I’d like for the unit on the front windscreen to be as unobtrusive as possible - I’d prefer a decent iPhone app to a built-in screen for control, for example. Bonus points if the app works on CarPlay!
So far I haven’t been able to find a camera that meets these needs, but I’m new to dashcams and don’t really know the market. Any suggestions?
(I’m in the UK, but I assume these things are all made in China and available globally anyway. In any case, if I have a model number I can probably source it even if not formally sold here.)
Thanks,
Pete