Gurvy522
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Hopefully the mods don't get too upset with me starting a few different threads, but I think it's best we compartmentalize some of this information for ease of finding it in the future.
As some others may have seen, I decided to do the Heritage grill swap. Now, for those of us that have a front camera (premium packages, Limited, etc), there's a slight issue - the enclosure / bracket that the camera goes into does not fit into the heritage grill, due to a different angle and different mounting pattern.
Rave Offroad released a kit which includes a 3D printed bracket, but I decided to just make my own - I have a hard time paying for others' 3D printed parts when I have my own printer & CAD software, lol. I released that bracket for free for everyone's consumption on the forum here in a different thread.
After I got the grill installed with my new bracket, the camera appeared to work fine - however, one thing I noticed is that the image appears somewhat skewed, not terribly as to completely affect functionality, but it's just an observation I noticed.
Anyways, to get to the point of this thread and relevant information - when I did my grill swap, I also swapped my lower fog trim / valence to black, and replaced the sensors. This required recalibration of the sensors to the ECU, which required Global Techstream Plus, a newer browser-based version of TS. Some info on how you can use that here :
https://www.tacoma4g.com/forum/threads/psa-euro-global-techstream-plus-works-on-24-tacomas.6131/
While recalibrating my sensors, I dug into whether there was any calibration available for the grill front camera. I noticed there are two available configuration settings :
1. Grille Type - Type1
2. Grille Type - Type2
My truck was programmed to "Grille Type - Type1"
Now, here's where things get interesting. There's only two options, even though there are technically 3 different grilles that support the front facing cameras (TRD OR/Sport, Limited, TH/TRD Pro), as such, the deductive reasoning process was simple, and I figured I'd just try to program it to "Type2"
And what happens - well, the image is upside down. Yup. Flipped.
So, what does this mean for all of us? Even Rave released a video with the camera installed into their bracket with the latch facing up. I thought the same when designing my bracket, as my limited had the camera with the latch facing up. This is probably because the camera on TRD OR/Sport & Limited both have the latch facing up, so we all assumed the TRD Pro / TH grille is the same.
The reality is - the TRD Pro / TH have most likely have the camera mounted upside down. And to get a proper image without skewing, you'll need to both mount the camera upside down in the Heritage Grill, and reprogram the ECU. Otherwise, you'll have the skewing in the video image - which for some, may not be a big deal. Not everyone will have the means nor want to pay a dealership to make this change. However, I have a tendency to chase perfection. Probably more of a negative trait than a positive one, haha.
With this all being said, I'm fairly certain my bracket should be able to mount the camera in the upside down orientation. So all that's left is to remove my whole front clip again and test this out after reprogramming the ECU.
Pics
The setting in GTS+
Grille Type1 (skewing visible in corners)
Grille Type2 (notice how there's somewhat less skewing in the bottom corners, but the image is upside down)
As some others may have seen, I decided to do the Heritage grill swap. Now, for those of us that have a front camera (premium packages, Limited, etc), there's a slight issue - the enclosure / bracket that the camera goes into does not fit into the heritage grill, due to a different angle and different mounting pattern.
Rave Offroad released a kit which includes a 3D printed bracket, but I decided to just make my own - I have a hard time paying for others' 3D printed parts when I have my own printer & CAD software, lol. I released that bracket for free for everyone's consumption on the forum here in a different thread.
After I got the grill installed with my new bracket, the camera appeared to work fine - however, one thing I noticed is that the image appears somewhat skewed, not terribly as to completely affect functionality, but it's just an observation I noticed.
Anyways, to get to the point of this thread and relevant information - when I did my grill swap, I also swapped my lower fog trim / valence to black, and replaced the sensors. This required recalibration of the sensors to the ECU, which required Global Techstream Plus, a newer browser-based version of TS. Some info on how you can use that here :
https://www.tacoma4g.com/forum/threads/psa-euro-global-techstream-plus-works-on-24-tacomas.6131/
While recalibrating my sensors, I dug into whether there was any calibration available for the grill front camera. I noticed there are two available configuration settings :
1. Grille Type - Type1
2. Grille Type - Type2
My truck was programmed to "Grille Type - Type1"
Now, here's where things get interesting. There's only two options, even though there are technically 3 different grilles that support the front facing cameras (TRD OR/Sport, Limited, TH/TRD Pro), as such, the deductive reasoning process was simple, and I figured I'd just try to program it to "Type2"
And what happens - well, the image is upside down. Yup. Flipped.
So, what does this mean for all of us? Even Rave released a video with the camera installed into their bracket with the latch facing up. I thought the same when designing my bracket, as my limited had the camera with the latch facing up. This is probably because the camera on TRD OR/Sport & Limited both have the latch facing up, so we all assumed the TRD Pro / TH grille is the same.
The reality is - the TRD Pro / TH have most likely have the camera mounted upside down. And to get a proper image without skewing, you'll need to both mount the camera upside down in the Heritage Grill, and reprogram the ECU. Otherwise, you'll have the skewing in the video image - which for some, may not be a big deal. Not everyone will have the means nor want to pay a dealership to make this change. However, I have a tendency to chase perfection. Probably more of a negative trait than a positive one, haha.
With this all being said, I'm fairly certain my bracket should be able to mount the camera in the upside down orientation. So all that's left is to remove my whole front clip again and test this out after reprogramming the ECU.
Pics
The setting in GTS+
Grille Type1 (skewing visible in corners)
Grille Type2 (notice how there's somewhat less skewing in the bottom corners, but the image is upside down)
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