RavensEyeOffroad
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I was really excited to install this as I knew I would be adding stuff to the truck in the future and it would cool to have this already there and ready to go. I already had a bulletproof phone/gopro mount (that I LOVE) and figured this already comes with ball mounts so I should be able to just swap alot of it over.
So as I got going everything was fine, the main box mounted up easily under the hood, it seemed to be well thought out and simple. you do need to fold the windshield down to run a wire from the control box to the switches. This wire just sits in the windshield channel and I didn't really like that. I feel like it is going to eventually warp the seal there and cause a leak or at the very least excessive wind noise. But I figured I could leave it for now, get it going then maybe figure out an alternative solution for that later.
So I got to the actual switch panel and mounting it up, 2 bolts easy mode. But the ball mounts are a bigger size than the Bulletproof stuff so none of that works. Maybe I could buy some sort of adapter or 3D print something... So then that cable that routes through the windshield, you have to securely screw it to the end on the switch panel, they have a cutout in the plastic for you to route the cable through so its not pinched when tightened down. But its on the other end of the panel so now I have to route extra underneath the switches with the connector.
It just seems like they didn't think parts of this out well at all and for the price I expected a little better.
As you can see in this picture the only way to have it look clean is to install the connection underneath the panel, there isnt any sort of gap for the large black wire to fit through so it just kinda presses against the rest of the wiring in there on its way to the cutout. This section of it all doesnt give me confidence.
So as I got going everything was fine, the main box mounted up easily under the hood, it seemed to be well thought out and simple. you do need to fold the windshield down to run a wire from the control box to the switches. This wire just sits in the windshield channel and I didn't really like that. I feel like it is going to eventually warp the seal there and cause a leak or at the very least excessive wind noise. But I figured I could leave it for now, get it going then maybe figure out an alternative solution for that later.
So I got to the actual switch panel and mounting it up, 2 bolts easy mode. But the ball mounts are a bigger size than the Bulletproof stuff so none of that works. Maybe I could buy some sort of adapter or 3D print something... So then that cable that routes through the windshield, you have to securely screw it to the end on the switch panel, they have a cutout in the plastic for you to route the cable through so its not pinched when tightened down. But its on the other end of the panel so now I have to route extra underneath the switches with the connector.
It just seems like they didn't think parts of this out well at all and for the price I expected a little better.
As you can see in this picture the only way to have it look clean is to install the connection underneath the panel, there isnt any sort of gap for the large black wire to fit through so it just kinda presses against the rest of the wiring in there on its way to the cutout. This section of it all doesnt give me confidence.
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