Has Anyone Used The Wolfbox G900Tripro Bumper Version

[Deleted User 38384]

Does anyone have the Wolfbox G900Tripro Bumper Version ? I'm thinking about getting one but I'm not sure if it's worth it.

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[Deleted User 38384]

My problem is...
1) I already have a really good dash cam. I like my Cobra SC220C. It's hardwired and the power supply is hidden in my rear view mirror trim cover. It would be difficult to part with that device. But the Wolfbox looks like a far superior dash cam.
2) I already have about $4000 in parts taking up space in my spare bedroom waiting for me to come up with time & money to have them all installed. Do I really want to add another $400 device to my parts pile ? I still have headlights and fog lights to install. BUT,,, I really do want the Wolfbox for off roading. The front license plate camera mount would be a nice angle to record off road antics. I don't like the "over the mirror" mounting. I prefer to use the dash mount on the taco warming tray. That way,,, I don't need to toss my Cobra.

 

[Nomadjohn]

I just ordered up the tripro bumper version and plan on installing it next weekend.

FWIW in my case I've been looking to have a review camera on the mirror mount for some time because with the topper on the truck the rear view mirror is totally useless. I was looking at either just getting the one extra camera version or the bumper version and with black Friday sales just couldn't pass that up.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

I may regret this... but I cannot stand the feeling of "wanting something and not getting it" so,,, F it !!! My new Wolfbox arrives next week.

I found the best price for the Camera on the Wolfbox website. The best price for the Dash Mount was on Amazon.com ($8 cheaper after tax & shipping).

 

[Nomadjohn]

I got mine installed today and I figured I would go ahead and write it up incase it helps you at all. I started by unboxing everything and bench testing it on the tail gate to make sure everything worked before begining the install. Yup all the cameras work and so did the mirror.

I then begin by taking the trim piece off the factory mirror, attaching the wolfbox, and atempting to power it from the factory dimming wiring harness. This never did work for me. I might have a bad adapter or maybe something else is wrong with the factory wiring but I never could get this to work.

I had bought the wolfbox hardwired kit in addition to the mirror adapter and ended up using that and running that down to the fuse box on the drivers side. I found a good ground and then connected the yellow cable to one of the switched fuse slots on the fuse box.

I got everything buttoned up on that side and then started running the cables for the forward and reverse cameras. Thse were pretty tough to get tucked into the headliner and behind the A pillar trime. I think if I had it to over again I would try to pull the A pillar trim and run the camera cables behind it. Both of the cameras went on the passenger side of the car. The primary reason for doing this was easy access to between the firewall and passenger compartment. The easiest way I found to do this was to find the gromet for the factory wiring on the passenger side. This has a little tab on it but if you pull the tab it will come off and you can see a pass through.

I found it easiest to remove the glove box to have access in the passenger compartment. At this point it is just a matter of fighting with the cables to get them through. I used a 3 foot lenght of 14 guage romex ground for this. Once both the camera cables were through the port was pretty tight around them. If you are planning on running an attenta or other wiring through this port consider using one of the ports in the back of the passenger compartment for the rear camera.

The rest is the easy part. Fish the front camera down to the front bumper and mount it. Do the same for the rear camera. I was worried that I wouldn't have enought to get the rear camera mounted but I actually ended up pulling more of the cable through than I should have so I will have to go back and provide a little bit of extra in the passenger compartment.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

I got mine installed today and I figured I would go ahead and write it up incase it helps you at all. I started by unboxing everything and bench testing it on the tail gate to make sure everything worked before begining the install. Yup all the cameras work and so did the mirror.

I then begin by taking the trim piece off the factory mirror, attaching the wolfbox, and atempting to power it from the factory dimming wiring harness. This never did work for me. I might have a bad adapter or maybe something else is wrong with the factory wiring but I never could get this to work.

I had bought the wolfbox hardwired kit in addition to the mirror adapter and ended up using that and running that down to the fuse box on the drivers side. I found a good ground and then connected the yellow cable to one of the switched fuse slots on the fuse box.

I got everything buttoned up on that side and then started running the cables for the forward and reverse cameras. Thse were pretty tough to get tucked into the headliner and behind the A pillar trime. I think if I had it to over again I would try to pull the A pillar trim and run the camera cables behind it. Both of the cameras went on the passenger side of the car. The primary reason for doing this was easy access to between the firewall and passenger compartment. The easiest way I found to do this was to find the gromet for the factory wiring on the passenger side. This has a little tab on it but if you pull the tab it will come off and you can see a pass through.

I found it easiest to remove the glove box to have access in the passenger compartment. At this point it is just a matter of fighting with the cables to get them through. I used a 3 foot lenght of 14 guage romex ground for this. Once both the camera cables were through the port was pretty tight around them. If you are planning on running an attenta or other wiring through this port consider using one of the ports in the back of the passenger compartment for the rear camera.

The rest is the easy part. Fish the front camera down to the front bumper and mount it. Do the same for the rear camera. I was worried that I wouldn't have enought to get the rear camera mounted but I actually ended up pulling more of the cable through than I should have so I will have to go back and provide a little bit of extra in the passenger compartment.

DUDE !!!

AWESOME walk-through !

Thank you.

Mine arrives tomorrow morning. I may try to install it myself as well. I managed to install my Linkswell and Cobra Dash Cam without too much difficulty. So,,, I'm hoping I can handle this too.

I'm gonna use the Dash Mount and place it in the "taco warming tray"

 

[Deleted User 38384]

Finally...

 

[Deleted User 38384]

I got mine installed today and I figured I would go ahead and write it up incase it helps you at all. I started by unboxing everything and bench testing it on the tail gate to make sure everything worked before begining the install. Yup all the cameras work and so did the mirror.

I then begin by taking the trim piece off the factory mirror, attaching the wolfbox, and atempting to power it from the factory dimming wiring harness. This never did work for me. I might have a bad adapter or maybe something else is wrong with the factory wiring but I never could get this to work.

I had bought the wolfbox hardwired kit in addition to the mirror adapter and ended up using that and running that down to the fuse box on the drivers side. I found a good ground and then connected the yellow cable to one of the switched fuse slots on the fuse box.

I got everything buttoned up on that side and then started running the cables for the forward and reverse cameras. Thse were pretty tough to get tucked into the headliner and behind the A pillar trime. I think if I had it to over again I would try to pull the A pillar trim and run the camera cables behind it. Both of the cameras went on the passenger side of the car. The primary reason for doing this was easy access to between the firewall and passenger compartment. The easiest way I found to do this was to find the gromet for the factory wiring on the passenger side. This has a little tab on it but if you pull the tab it will come off and you can see a pass through.

I found it easiest to remove the glove box to have access in the passenger compartment. At this point it is just a matter of fighting with the cables to get them through. I used a 3 foot lenght of 14 guage romex ground for this. Once both the camera cables were through the port was pretty tight around them. If you are planning on running an attenta or other wiring through this port consider using one of the ports in the back of the passenger compartment for the rear camera.

The rest is the easy part. Fish the front camera down to the front bumper and mount it. Do the same for the rear camera. I was worried that I wouldn't have enought to get the rear camera mounted but I actually ended up pulling more of the cable through than I should have so I will have to go back and provide a little bit of extra in the passenger compartment.

Did you consider using the OEM Mounting Bracket Kit that eliminates the factory mirror ?

I'm not to happy with the Dash Mount Bracket sits. It looks "wrong". It just isn't tall enough.

But I'm not sure their OEM kit will work on our mirrors.

When I test fit mine to the mirror I noticed it offset a lot to the left to clear the camera. Is that to be expected ?

That's why I'm considering removing / replacing the factory mirror.

 

[Nomadjohn]

Did you consider using the OEM Mounting Bracket Kit that eliminates the factory mirror ?

I'm not to happy with the Dash Mount Bracket sits. It looks "wrong". It just isn't tall enough.

But I'm not sure their OEM kit will work on our mirrors.

When I test fit mine to the mirror I noticed it offset a lot to the left to clear the camera. Is that to be expected ?

That's why I'm considering removing / replacing the factory mirror.

I noticed the same thing where the mirror is noticeably left of center. Honestly I'd read over a couple of install threads here and decided I would just use the rubber straps to hold the Wolfbox to the OEM mirror and see how much that arrangement bugged me before going down the rabbit hole of sourcing the various parts because it seems like there is no kit for our generation of rangers.

The reason the Wolfbox mounts to the left is the lens for the in mirror 4k camera. If you did put together a more factory install that would move that camera to the right which I think might cause more of the view for it to be blocked. Of course you're also going to move it forward which would have the opposite affect.

Right now I'm leaning towards figuring out a better mounting solution.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

I noticed the same thing where the mirror is noticeably left of center. Honestly I'd read over a couple of install threads here and decided I would just use the rubber straps to hold the Wolfbox to the OEM mirror and see how much that arrangement bugged me before going down the rabbit hole of sourcing the various parts because it seems like there is no kit for our generation of rangers.

The reason the Wolfbox mounts to the left is the lens for the in mirror 4k camera. If you did put together a more factory install that would move that camera to the right which I think might cause more of the view for it to be blocked. Of course you're also going to move it forward which would have the opposite affect.

Right now I'm leaning towards figuring out a better mounting solution.

Mine came with the OEM Mirror replacement but I'm almost certain it can't work on our trucks. But,,, I've got time tomorrow to call the Wolfbox guys and see what their take is on the subject.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

I noticed the same thing where the mirror is noticeably left of center. Honestly I'd read over a couple of install threads here and decided I would just use the rubber straps to hold the Wolfbox to the OEM mirror and see how much that arrangement bugged me before going down the rabbit hole of sourcing the various parts because it seems like there is no kit for our generation of rangers.

The reason the Wolfbox mounts to the left is the lens for the in mirror 4k camera. If you did put together a more factory install that would move that camera to the right which I think might cause more of the view for it to be blocked. Of course you're also going to move it forward which would have the opposite affect.

Right now I'm leaning towards figuring out a better mounting solution.

Around 4:30 minutes in is when he mounts the OEM Bracket...

 

[Deleted User 38384]

I noticed the same thing where the mirror is noticeably left of center. Honestly I'd read over a couple of install threads here and decided I would just use the rubber straps to hold the Wolfbox to the OEM mirror and see how much that arrangement bugged me before going down the rabbit hole of sourcing the various parts because it seems like there is no kit for our generation of rangers.

The reason the Wolfbox mounts to the left is the lens for the in mirror 4k camera. If you did put together a more factory install that would move that camera to the right which I think might cause more of the view for it to be blocked. Of course you're also going to move it forward which would have the opposite affect.

Right now I'm leaning towards figuring out a better mounting solution.

I got to OEM look I wanted but the front camera loses @ 20% of its FOV to the mirror trim. I don't really care because I intend to use the rear camera primarily.

I may be able to fiddle with the mirror position and angle to decrease that some. I'm not going to worry about it until I want to film off-road stuff.

Right now,,, I'm stressing over routing the camera wires through the firewall. Fat hands, wrists, and arms.

 

[Illking]

I'm planning out my tripo install and I was wondering what others opinions are on camera placement. I have a soft topper currently so interior mounting wouldn't be ideal. I'm thinking license plate mount or see if there's room under the tailgate handle that doesn't get in the way of releasing the tailgate. I'm also thinking of mounting the 1080p camera under the truck forward facing to show the front tire placement / clearances. the front view on the bumper doesn't really seem that useful to me other than for parallel parking or cresting steep climbs.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

I'm planning out my tripo install and I was wondering what others opinions are on camera placement. I have a soft topper currently so interior mounting wouldn't be ideal. I'm thinking license plate mount or see if there's room under the tailgate handle that doesn't get in the way of releasing the tailgate. I'm also thinking of mounting the 1080p camera under the truck forward facing to show the front tire placement / clearances. the front view on the bumper doesn't really seem that useful to me other than for parallel parking or cresting steep climbs.

I mounted the front cam to the bottom of the front license plate bracket. It's nice because I can face it forward when driving or parking. And, I can aim it downward when I go off-road.

The rear cam is mounted to the license plate using the Wolfbox bracket. I do not like the POV that low. But it does work well as a RVM. I had to re-drill the holes for the license plate to move it as far down as possible. The Wolfbox bracket needs to be mounted LOW..... as LOW as possible or the tailgate will hit the camera when you open it.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

I'm planning out my tripo install and I was wondering what others opinions are on camera placement. I have a soft topper currently so interior mounting wouldn't be ideal. I'm thinking license plate mount or see if there's room under the tailgate handle that doesn't get in the way of releasing the tailgate. I'm also thinking of mounting the 1080p camera under the truck forward facing to show the front tire placement / clearances. the front view on the bumper doesn't really seem that useful to me other than for parallel parking or cresting steep climbs.

Regarding the front camera... You're correct. It's kind of useless where I have the front camera mounted. It really isn't that great for parking. My original front "extra" cam was defective. It still works but it had horizontal blurry lines that would appear on screen. Wolfbox sent a replacement camera right away to fix the problem. BUT,,, now I have an extra "extra" camera. It may be slightly defective but it still basically works. SOOO,,, I'm going to mount my defective cam under the vehicle looking at the insides of the front tires. I'll then run the wires up to the G900tp and leave then hanging there. Then,,, I can unplug the front license plate camera (when I go off-road) and plug-in the "under frame" camera for a rock crawling view... Technically, I'll have a G900 Quad-Pro. No sense in tossing out a camera that still works (sort of). And Who Cares if it gets trashed down there.

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