I haven't noticed the hood flexing on my TRD-OR. I've read about it and saw the video that the Car Care Nut did about the Pro's hood bouncing. Perhaps it's common with the Sport's hood too?
Most engine dust comes from below, so I'm not sure sealing the hood would do much.
The camera works fine. I can tell it, "OK Garmin save video," and it saves the video and has eight hours of video on the card before it starts overwriting.
What I can't do, is access the videos without turning off Carplay in my iPhone. No big deal.
They are great cameras. I'm surprised...
Great video. What I struggled with was connecting the Garmin app to the Mini 2. There's a conflict with Carplay. I tried turning Carplay off in the infotainment system and that didn't work.
My workaround is to turn Carplay off on my iPhone, and the Garmin app connects just fine when I need to...
Are you sure the trailer lights work? My Taco recognizes I'm hitched up, and I believe it's using the trailer plug and rear camera to make that conclusion. If your trailer has a bad ground, that may be the issue.
I designed a bracket and 3D printed it using PETG. The filament has a heat tolerance of 168Âş, and after testing the bracket bolted to the bay without the compressor, it got to 127Âş. The bracket is stout.
If you are interested, the file and printing instructions are on Thingiverse...
I'm working on installing my single ARB compressor aft of the ECU under the hood. Plenty of room. Here's my 3D printer cranking out a 22-hour bracket. I'm using ABS filament to deal with the heat. It's printing at 70% infill using a gyroid pattern.
There's a lotta meat in this thing. The...