Kuat bike rack backup camera mount

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This thing is a backup camera mount that relocates your aftermarket backup camera to a hitch mounted bike rack to enable a clear view behind it. This is designed to fit a Kuat rack but may also work with others. First, when you install your aftermarket backup camera leave the excess cable tied up under the rear of the vehicle not under the dash. You'll need a little slack to reach the new mount points. Print the main mount and the mount extension. The extension was needed since my printer isn't large enough to make this in one piece and also allows printing without excessive support. The extension needs to be inserted into the main mount about 1" and glued with plastic epoxy. The open side of the extension is there to make reaching the clip from the back to release it easier. You will also need to print: 3 of the GoPro mount sockets: (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:767416) 1 of the GoPro clip (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2384832) Two of the sockets get glued onto the mount, 1 onto your license plate cam mount, and the clip needs to go on your camera. You will need to saw off the the mounting ring on the clip in order to have a flat surface to glue or screw to your camera. Attach the main mount to your rack as indicated in the photos using double stick mounting tape and a couple of long cable ties. Use a couple of adhesive cable hooks to manage the cable run along the rack to the cam positions. Once installed the camera can be easily swapped from the license plate to the appropriate mount in the bike rack depending on if it is raised with no bikes or lowered with bikes in place. When the bike rack is off the vehicle attach the cam back to your license plate mount and tuck in the extra cable behind the plate. Oh, I had to downsize the piece to 99% in the long axis or my S3D slicer told me I was beyond bounds for my printer. You may or may not have this issue and the part will work fine either way. Edit: I just uploaded Rev2 of the main mount. Made it a little shorter to fit my printer without resizing, made it a little stronger (I bumped into the original and it cracked) and gave it a rounded head.