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Did you go OEM or step up resolution? Also if stepped up resolution was the screen capable of showing an improved picture or was a higher resolution camera bottlenecked by the screen?

Does anyone know of a kit that will let me lift my truck WITHOUT leveling it? I mostly drive down the highway so I'm not interested in levelling the truck and sending my MPG down the gutter even worse than it already is (I average 16-17 with stock suspension, 275/55/R20 Cooper Discoverer SRX, KN washable engine air filter) but when I go hunting I will sometimes need to cross fallen trees or go over shrubbery that loves to get caught up in the undercarriage. I'm trying to leave the stock rake on the truck but gain an additional inch or two clearance. All the kits I see for lifting the truck also level it. Am I going to have to do the math myself and grab X front suspension kit and Y rear block kit so that both raise approximately the same distance? Also, if I'm able to get an extra inch of height I wonder what size tire I'd be able to fit then. I like the BFG K02s but wonder if I'd be able to squeeze the 275/65s to fit without cutting or even the 285/65s (only difference between the two is an additional 1/2 inch in diameter).

Might have found a fix, and discovered another problem. I called myself checking all the relevant fuses first time around but alas after checking them again fuse 33 (thanks USN24) in my engine fuse box "Reverse Lamps" was blown. Little mini 10A. Popped in a spare and voila I've got my reverse camera and back up lights again! But now the problem. The camera looks like I'm taking a shower and trying to look out the shower door! HAZY is an understatement. I wiped it off and it got a little clearer but I fear a replacement camera is in my future. I'll try to clean it up better in the next few days when I get a minute but if not I'll probably get a new camera in the next few months.

Hello BKirch, I am interested to see what your scanners turn up. I have been without reverse lights/camera for ~6mo now and have had the same things happen as you described. No additional audio equipment here and no recent windshield replacement (~18/24 mo ago) so I think you are probably safe there. In my researching I think that the connections from front to back runs from a box behind lower glove box referred to as an HMI box down to the frame on the passenger side, along the frame to the back of the truck, over to a collection of harnesses on driver & bumper side of spare tire, and then splits to lights/trailer harness/camera. My fuses all check out as well and I have unplugged/replugged in each of the harnesses to see if anything changes but no dice. I've wired up some spare pod lights under my bumper and hooked them into the trailer harness to serve as reverse lights until I find a fix. I have read about camera failures where the HMI box needed to be replaced as well as just the camera needed to be replaced but none also lost reverse light functions.