How To Install Factory 360 Camera System

[adyaro77]

The BJB (also known as the Central Junction box) is located in the right (passenger) side kick panel. You have to remove the little "door" then remove the trim piece that goes from the floor to the area right below the dash. It's a pain to have to do that all the time (what was FORD thinking), but if you ever need to get to the fuse box, that's where it is. You will have to pull up the trim cover on the floor by the seat and you may have to pull the end panel on the dash itself to remove that side panel. I don't remember exactly, but I seem to recall that it was a whole lot easier to do things that way and not destroy anything. Also, the junction box can be unclipped and removed pretty easy. There is a tab in the center of the end of the box closest to the firewall that you can depress and release that end, then slide it forward to release the "feet" from the end closest to the seat. It was pretty easy to get to the wire connector (C270C) after that. There is some TESA tape on the wire harness that covers the cover for the harness that you have to remove to get the cover off the back of the harness, but that's pretty easy with a sharp knife. There are 4 tabs on the cover, two on each side the you can just lift slightly and then the cover can be removed to work in the harness. There is a white cover over the contacts on the plug side of the connecter that needs to be removed as well. I'll try to get some pics and post them up here to help. I'm at work now and it may be a few days before I can tear into it again.

Yes, it was pretty labor intensive to run the wires, but I had some wire loom that I got from a friend that made it easy to put the 22ga wire in and then run the loom down the C pillar, under the door trims and up to the IPMA and the battery feed. I could have cut about 2-3 hours off installation time if I had a better understanding of how hard it would be to fit my body up under the dash to get to the IPMA and the plugs on it. I'm not a spring chicken anymore and my body tells me to quit doing this stuff. Also, if I had known there was that much difference for the power source between the 21-23 and the 24, that would have saved me over an hour of work.

Overall, it was a project worth having in my opinion. I like having the bed camera, even though I have a bed cover and don't haul a bunch of stuff, it helps when backing up to trailers when needed. Like I said, I'll see if I can get some pics and upload them to this.

Greatly appreciate all the info. Definitely an option Ford should have kept in the lower trim levels.

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[dannggg]

I could not have done this without the help of @Jesse-Infotainment so major props to him. I am providing a link to my google drive that will have my write up and Jesse's parts list with some additions and updates I made. The drive also has all schematics needed as well as workshop manuals needed for the installation. If you do not already have a 12 inch display, you must upgrade the APIM. @Zhenes has been through this and can possibly help you, or you can reach out to Jesse.

If you are looking for the front cam, it is cheapest to buy the emblem and camera together on ebay, if you need to buy the camera seperate you can order your camera Here. If the link breaks search part number #ML3T-19G490-B and the seller is azparts01.
Try looking for the cargo cam on ebay, mutiple sellers on there with good deals, if you buy a new IPMA from ford it will have to be PMI. Mirrors can be found all over facebook, ebay, and this group. Whatever you order from ford parts, keep all of the packaging until you are done and have working 360 cams so you can return anything if needed.

If you do this using this information and would like to say thanks, message me and let me know you were successful or make a post here in this thread. I would love to hear how many people this helps!

Google drive link is located HERE
Youtube video is located HERE

Hey thanks for this! I am a new owner of an 2021 f150 lariat but my lariat does not come with the 360 camera. I plan on buying power folding mirrors with camera And the high mounted 3rd brake light with a front camera i will mount ( i plan on changing my grill )Let’s say i get them all together the camera button would just then work or do i need do some software updates too?

also can you verify if these would work?

My mirrors are power folder, has blindspot alert, and is power folding, but no slot for a camera to stick out. Is there a cheaper alternative than just buying side mirrors with the camera like below?

Left passenger mirror
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335747401065
right passenger side
https://www.ebay.com/itm/225434945214

cameras i need
Front camera
https://www.ebay.com/itm/176931708886
third break light + camera
https://www.ebay.com/itm/156786407778

again awesome video. If these work i plan on actually making a detail video like yours

 

[HammaMan]

Hey thanks for this! I am a new owner of an 2021 f150 lariat but my lariat does not come with the 360 camera. I plan on buying power folding mirrors with camera And the high mounted 3rd brake light with a front camera i will mount ( i plan on changing my grill )Let’s say i get them all together the camera button would just then work or do i need do some software updates too?

also can you verify if these would work?

My mirrors are power folder, has blindspot alert, and is power folding, but no slot for a camera to stick out. Is there a cheaper alternative than just buying side mirrors with the camera like below?

Left passenger mirror
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335747401065
right passenger side
https://www.ebay.com/itm/225434945214

cameras i need
Front camera
https://www.ebay.com/itm/176931708886
third break light + camera
https://www.ebay.com/itm/156786407778

again awesome video. If these work i plan on actually making a detail video like yours

Take a pic of the bottom of your mirror and post it.

 

[dannggg]

 

[dannggg]

Dealer didn’t even believe me when I got home. When test driving it I noticed it and thought maybe something was wrong and forgot to mention it lol. The only true reason I did it was because the tow mirrors I had to get due to power fold were the loaded ones with cams and I figured if I already got that cost out of the way i would do it, plus I wanted the cameras on the mirrors to work and not just be out of place. Lariat 502A. 73k dollar truck and it didn’t come with it already lol.

same here got a lariat almost everything it but 360’cameras. Didn’t notice it test driving it and made an assumption it was there. ?

 

[HammaMan]

You can get factory 360 cams in XLT mirrors. To convert yours you need the cameras and the 360 style paintable skull caps (unless you're happy w/ the black plastic). Now if you buy XLT 360 mirrors, you can get all of the parts to convert your mirrors over to black plastic caps (run about 500 shipped total for the pair). Paintable skull caps to go back to factory color are $55ea plus the cost to paint.

You can use your skull cap to put the XLT mirrors back together and sell as a painted non 360 cam pair. Might be worth $400 or so. You want to bring the camera plate, skull cap, and camera wire over to your mirror (possibly the gasket too if yours doesn't have the cutout, pulls right off).

Should take you about an hour or two to do. Still need to add the camera wire in the door harness as well as truck side harnesses to IPMA if not pre-wired. Door harness may or may not be wired already, pop off inside mirror A pillar cap to check for 360 cam wire presence.

 

[dannggg]

You can get factory 360 cams in XLT mirrors. To convert yours you need the cameras and the 360 style paintable skull caps (unless you're happy w/ the black plastic). Now if you buy XLT 360 mirrors, you can get all of the parts to convert your mirrors over to black plastic caps (run about 500 shipped total for the pair). Paintable skull caps to go back to factory color are $55ea plus the cost to paint.

You can use your skull cap to put the XLT mirrors back together and sell as a painted non 360 cam pair. Might be worth $400 or so. You want to bring the camera plate, skull cap, and camera wire over to your mirror (possibly the gasket too if yours doesn't have the cutout, pulls right off).

Should take you about an hour or two to do. Still need to add the camera wire in the door harness as well as truck side harnesses to IPMA if not pre-wired. Door harness may or may not be wired already, pop off inside mirror A pillar cap to check for 360 cam wire presence.

I found the mirror bottom cap part with the puddle lights + camera. And I saw the skull caps that are compatible with them. I was thinking buy those two. Take apart my mirrors skull cap and add those two together. Proceed with your wiring steps.
Question about ipma. How do I know I have it. I have a front camera on my windshield and rear camera for parking. And lane centering and assisted criuse control. Does that mean I have an impa or do I have to buy that too?
Also thank you for helping me!

 

[dannggg]

It does look like all of your wiring is there. Hard to tell from that pic exactly but the non 360 cam trucks only have 3 wires. I can see you have the video wires pinned out and the camera power. Looks like all you need to do is buy the cargo cam, get forscan on a laptop and an adapter and turn it on. You got it easy!

and I don’t got it easy lmao ?

 

[Tlusk7]

Hey thanks for this! I am a new owner of an 2021 f150 lariat but my lariat does not come with the 360 camera. I plan on buying power folding mirrors with camera And the high mounted 3rd brake light with a front camera i will mount ( i plan on changing my grill )Let’s say i get them all together the camera button would just then work or do i need do some software updates too?

also can you verify if these would work?

My mirrors are power folder, has blindspot alert, and is power folding, but no slot for a camera to stick out. Is there a cheaper alternative than just buying side mirrors with the camera like below?

Left passenger mirror
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335747401065
right passenger side
https://www.ebay.com/itm/225434945214

cameras i need
Front camera
https://www.ebay.com/itm/176931708886
third break light + camera
https://www.ebay.com/itm/156786407778

again awesome video. If these work i plan on actually making a detail video like yours

Almost every answer to your questions in this thread are in my google drive documentation. You need to read through the install procedure word for word and watch my video. Read the mirror disassembly procedure by @jhwalker to install cameras in your current mirrors. He may be able to help you with part numbers. Walker… if you have those I can add them to that doc or you can and I can re-upload it.

The mirrors look correct but you need to do some research with your vin to be sure. You also need to take your trim cover off and see if you have 8 or 22 pin mirrors. If they are 8 you will need an adapter to use a 22 pin mirror. Do you have BLIS? SPOTLIGHT?

yes you have to do several other things you cannot just get the cameras and expect them to work. All of this is detailed.

I’m sorry if I come across as rude sometimes. I have probably 40 hours of labor or more into researching this, collaborating with Jesse and other people smarter than I am. When I posted it I wanted it as streamlined as possible, and when I get questions like these I can quickly tell when someone has looked through my documentation or not. I can’t answer the questions 100 times which is why I created this.

good luck with your install, and I am glad to help and answer questions if you get stuck, but you REALLY have to want to do this and put in some legwork. It’s not easy, it really wasn’t easy before I made this. I read through many forums and looked at so many schematics before I tried it.

 

[dannggg]

You did not come at all rude to me! Ive gotten two sets of mirrors on eBay with cameras and bliss and spotlight. I have blis and spotlight just no camera on my lariat. I figured I will be creating a harness. Like you did. How hard would u say getting the new harness to the cargo camera beeak tail light be. Would u say that’s the hardest or the rest. Feel like I will be taking a lot of panels out on that one.

 

[dannggg]

It depends on where you source it all from. I have about 3k in it, but after doing it, with patience I could have found tow mirrors for prob 900-1000 instead of 1600. I know I could have got the

Also, if you are looking at an IPMA, I would go with the "NA" version. I have both "FS" and "NA" and I think the FS is from a Raptor. It will not work with autopark or the extra sensors. From what I can find it looks like the NAs are from Platinums or Limiteds.

I got the one with the NA so i should be good then right? i dont care for autopark tho. maybe in the future.

 

[jhwalker]

Either FS or NA will work. Jesse corrected my statement about FS. If you don't source it from Jesse you should not PMI it to your truck. It will mess up the software.

 

[Tlusk7]

You did not come at all rude to me! Ive gotten two sets of mirrors on eBay with cameras and bliss and spotlight. I have blis and spotlight just no camera on my lariat. I figured I will be creating a harness. Like you did. How hard would u say getting the new harness to the cargo camera beeak tail light be. Would u say that’s the hardest or the rest. Feel like I will be taking a lot of panels out on that one.

It wasn’t hard at all. You don’t have to remove anything besides the kick trim pieces. I would strongly advise using my most recent info and pinning out the connector in the passenger footwell like it’s supposed to be from the factory and not following my video and cutting IPMA wiring. It’s a bit more labor but cutting the wiring also sucks to do while laying on your back up under the dash. You should be able to fish the wiring to the third brake light with any kind of long fish rod. If you don’t have anything you can buy an electricians fish rod from Home Depot or Lowe’s, or you could use a piece of solid 12awg copper if you have that. The second truck I did I made two harnesses. One for each side, no cutting of wires needed.

 

[Wallick]

Hey @ Tlusk7 Finished install (except cargo cam) but having an issue that none of my cameras work I get a black screen then this in reverse and nothing comes up when I press the camera button on the dash. IPMA was flashed by Jesse.
Also the IPMA-APIM harness (part #ML3Z-10E929-BLA) pin 1 was only a foot long no way that would reach the APIM so I used the coax from the unused pin 3 and swapped them to get the needed length. Any guidance would be appreciated ?

 

[dannggg]

I cannot seem to lift the flap. I’m scared I’m gonna break it at this point. Any tips lol

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