photohc
Senior Member
Congratulations on the new camper! I have the same truck (F150 2013) and the removal of the tailgate is a 2 minute job. The camera is connected to the front via a cable connection below near the spare tire. Disconnect that plug and the tailgate can be removed. That cable, goes into the tailgate and is connected to the camera. If you plan to remove the Hawk during non camping periods, then you don't want to remove the camera. I purchased a 3rd party camera off Amazon and wired the camera to another cable that I purchased from Ford parts. You can probably go to a Ford dealer and get the part number but it is the cable that attaches to the camera and exits the tailgate with a connector to the wire loom that goes to the front of the truck. The trick to getting this to work is figuring out the which wires are the Camera + and -. I had to google around to find that wire color descriptions for mine.
It is possible to remove the existing camera from the tailgate in the logo but you will need to build some kind of bracket to mount the camera. I actually purchased a spare Ford OEM camera but couldn't figure out a good way to mount it so I resold it on eBay. The 3rd party camera was a cheap $50 version that mounts on my license plate. Works okay but not as good as the Ford version.
It is possible to remove the existing camera from the tailgate in the logo but you will need to build some kind of bracket to mount the camera. I actually purchased a spare Ford OEM camera but couldn't figure out a good way to mount it so I resold it on eBay. The 3rd party camera was a cheap $50 version that mounts on my license plate. Works okay but not as good as the Ford version.