Installed a digital side-view mirror on my old Maruti Gypsy

I bought the camera from Amazon & fitted it on the left side of my car. I connected it to the rear camera screen with a changeover switch.

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I do not really like to depend on electronic gadgets much. I am scared of the replacement costs. Even the standard motorised mirrors in modern cars are very costly to replace and are prone to damage mostly by two-wheelers trying to squeeze through two lanes of traffic at a red light.

But my Maruti Gypsy does not come with a left ORVM, though one can be bought at a very low price (the right mirror cost was Rs. 80/- when I bought one in 1987 to fit on my Nissan Jonga, and still costs that!).

But I fixed a camera bought from Amazon on the left (see pic) and connected it to the rear camera screen with a changeover switch. It can be rotated to adjust. Now, if I need to see the left rear (most of the time the IRVM is good enough), I simply flip the switch and look at the screen just below my straight line of sight through the windshield.

Advantages

• Do not have to look far left, taking my eyes off the road in front.
• The tiny camera does not jut out of the sideline of the car and cannot be bashed up even if some other vehicle brushes past.

I certainly would not want a digital mirror or its stalk to jut out as much as a normal mirror does.

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