Front camera blocked by bull bar...
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2021 G550, BMW X5M, 2020 Toyota Supra LE
Front camera blocked by bull bar...
Am I able to remove the front bull bar from a 2020 g500 and activist the front parking and surround camera system?
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From: Marineland FL
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You can remove the bull bar but from what I know there is no camera, just a dummy location as on my 2020 G550. And if you do so there are threads on brush bar removal and covers for the holes in the top of the bumper.
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I had saw on a review that the G550s come with the front camera, but that it is deactivated. (Seemed odd to me, but figured I would ask)
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From: Marineland FL
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There is a hard cover over mine, where the lens would go so there is not a camera on mine. I wish we had the option to choose here in the US as they do in Canada, where one can get the front camera or the brush bar (but not both).
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Nothing to add here other than piling on to the thread that the lack of a camera solution on the front bumper is nothing short of preposterous. There was clearly a meeting in a conference room somewhere and the final acceptable solution to this issue was we don't need a front end camera on our off road version of the G Wagon. Head scratcher.
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all G550s with the bull bar installed do not come with a camera. it looks like a camera from far away but is actually a dummy.
my G550 (Canadian) has the 360 cam but i do not have the bull bar option. if you select the bull bar option, you cannot have a 360 cam installed. its one or the other but you cannot spec both at the same time. i chose to get a camera and forgo the bull bar.
my G550 (Canadian) has the 360 cam but i do not have the bull bar option. if you select the bull bar option, you cannot have a 360 cam installed. its one or the other but you cannot spec both at the same time. i chose to get a camera and forgo the bull bar.
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From: Marineland FL
'27 EQG deposit, '22 F8 Spyder, '20 Fat Boy
all G550s with the bull bar installed do not come with a camera. it looks like a camera from far away but is actually a dummy.
my G550 (Canadian) has the 360 cam but i do not have the bull bar option. if you select the bull bar option, you cannot have a 360 cam installed. its one or the other but you cannot spec both at the same time. i chose to get a camera and forgo the bull bar.
my G550 (Canadian) has the 360 cam but i do not have the bull bar option. if you select the bull bar option, you cannot have a 360 cam installed. its one or the other but you cannot spec both at the same time. i chose to get a camera and forgo the bull bar.
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yes i think they should have made the bull bar optional in the US. i am sure a lot of folks would have ordered the camera instead. the camera option is C$590 and the bull bar is C$1400. it was a no brainer for me. i dont have much use for a bull bar but the camera comes in handy all the time.
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