Adding front camera to sync 4 a

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Process? You decide what you want to do and add. Then check the car, open panels, research what modules is in your car, are they correct level. For example ipma that controls cameras has 2 levels. Apim has at least 3, but those are the major ones. Then when you have the image of that and I cannot say this hard enough, you know your car.

Better that dealer? I think atleas in terms of next gen ranger but dealers have those god mode tools IDS/FDRS

Same time when you are investigating check connectors in the harness between the function and commanding module/modules and perhaps secondary etc. Compare those to manual pinouts and you see what wires you have and what you need to build as custom harness.

Then start making list of parts required, wire lengths, print connectors and mark notes that you can actually remember what you just watched. And start scrolling the internet, if you have little bit extra in pocket you can buy donor main wirelooms (1. Enginebay 2. Engine 3. Dashboard 4. Chases 5. Rear tub 6. Mayby, smaller, perhaps, I would just pull awg wires what needed in roof) where easily required wires can be taken apart and you get those super expensive ford connectors that ford sells but the price is crazy (for example when I added TBA connector for module was like 130e, little bit research and it came that it was just molex mx50, that can be bought couple euros.). Also with donor harnesses from dismantled cars you get practise to open terminals and take pins out. (There was good video where ford engineer showed bunch of those).

After that is just physical part left, instal everything in place.

Then forscanning. Make sure that your car has no connections to anywhere PMI required modules, configure old and open features (spread sheet is quite accurate in my experience all works in end of the day). Update if required.

Put everything back together. And remember you can put some own touches, put some visual upgrades in interrior, make the working man have little bit bling and make him and you feel special together Ford made outstanding job with the Tech but the interrior finishes is quite lame even the terms of work car in farm. Iam brain damaged (literally, horse kicked me to head), got masters in mechanical engineering and after accident when realised cannot do engineer work anymore, started farrier career. So I spent alot time in car and I want that time to be nice. Listen good quality music in car of my OWN.

Ah, seats. I forgot. Yes I think you can add memory's. To be honest it might be just forscanning if you have allready motor seats. In seats you can add just motors in old frames (I did and won't do never again), but easier and nicer is that get replace ones.

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Oh, then why just not replace the main harnesses to high or "full". Err they are super hard to get out in the first place. Easier and alot faster and less broken clips, scratches blood, bruises and divorces is that you make your own, I like to hide those custom harnesses or route just next to OEM making them look like factory. Inside panels I use alot of fleece tape to make things look tidy and in engine bay same wire protector than ford uses. In that way you can build up everything you want, for example I brought quite a Bach of wires when added pro trailer and upgraded rear lights. Also you can left some candies for yourself for later use in terms of upfitter switch or prewired of other accessorie that you plan to instal later.


Oh one more thing. Ford has make things easy for us because we can utilise almost everything except visualprts and I would use big ECU.s from VW Amarok II. Same car, same Tec, same harnesses, same idea in all. Mayby missing wire or two but if you cannot find your part or factory wireloom jumper that you really want to be factory it's not a biggie if part number is N1XT instead of N1WT. Be smart and creative, engineer has build the car and engineers are lasy. Ford wants to "block" some majort but in the terms of fluent service and building the car, engineers always makes thing in the way that there is way to make anything