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Transparent Trailer w/ Distorted View


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I just bought a 2021 2500HD LTZ Z71 and added the transparent trailer kit to it. I tow a 24’ enclosed car trailer. The car trailer has an air dam (wind deflector) on the front upper section. After setting up the camera and calibrating, the invisible view was very distorted. I had two motorcycles following me within 2 car lengths, but the camera view made them look like they were 1/4 mile or so behind me. The side views on both sides look normal, but as soon as the trailer camera takes on the image, all objects immediately go from a few feet away view to far far away view.
Should my measurements have been taken from the front of the air dam or the front of the actual trailer? My measurements were taken from the front of the actual trailer.

See trailer in image.

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I think that's the normal view - mine is the same.  It's a wide angle camera and that's pretty much how they work.  Everything in a wide angle is scrunched up to get as much into the view as possible and that makes close up objects look farther away.  Many passenger side mirrors work the same way and you will see an embossed message stating that "Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear."

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Post a picture of the image and I can tell you what to change.  In most cases, the center of ball to front of trailer is wrong.  You need to assume the trailer has flat front don't include bubble.  Also for width, use box width not overall width.

 

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On 8/4/2021 at 7:00 PM, MTU Alum said:

Post a picture of the image and I can tell you what to change.  In most cases, the center of ball to front of trailer is wrong.  You need to assume the trailer has flat front don't include bubble.  Also for width, use box width not overall width.

 

#iworkforGM 

I bought a new hitch shank that allowed me to lower the front of the trailer and make it more level, then remeasured the trailer and updated the info. When I hooked up the trailer, the image was perfect. Before, I couldn’t have known if a tractor rig was behind my trailer, let alone a motorcycle or any other vehicle. I love it!

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