front camera on 2012

[Squatting Dog]

Welcome masmole!

 

[DEADEYE]

Rock crawling with no spotter, tight woods nav and outer tight spots you could find your self in. I just wonder if they will leave it on at low speeds only.

Rear camera also awesome for safety, no kids or dogs or ******* bikes and outher shit left behind you.

 

[Reptar]

Are you getting the Luxury Package? If so, you must get FR/RR Camera option to even get a rear camera. If you are not getting the Lux Pack, then you must get the Plus Package for the rear camera.

It's a little trickier than that for 2012. This info is from Randy....

Front & rear Camera option Requires NAV option, and Nav - Requires Lux Pkg

If you order just the Lux Pkg, it includes rear camera on rearview mirror.

BUT if you order Lux AND Nav, the ONLY way to get rear camera, is to order Frt/Rear Camera option. Clear as mud right??

randy

 

[Ruger]

On the 2010 models the rear camera was a separate option. When I bought my 2011 it was grouped into the "Raptor Plus Package" with the trailer brake controller. I don't own a trailer but wanted the camera for backing into the garage, so I bought the package.

My garage is a two-car affair with two single doors, and there is a load bearing steel post on the centerline of the garage. My wife's car, two motorcycles, and my shop are all shoehorned into this standard sized garage, so putting the Raptor right where I need it to go is really important to me. Bad language will ensue if I miss. So I taped a pistol target to the back wall of the garage and I aim the centerline of the rear camera at that target. Works every time. I don't have the nav system, so the picture is displayed on the rear view mirror. It works well for me.

For the life of me I can't figure out what you'd do with a front camera. To me this is a case of engineers doing what they can do without asking themselves why they're doing it. Maybe it was the marketeers who came up with that idea as a way of boosting the bottom line.

 

[DEADEYE]

I think the image in the Rear view is realy better then it being in the Nav screen because you can switch from the mirror back to the cam very easly.

Don't get me wrong the larger image is very nice on the NAV unit , wish it had both .

 

[swoop1156]

Front camera I guess could be if you wanted to pull into the garage instead of back it in? Or...perhaps play trickery with traffic seeing how close you can get to someone in traffic?

 

[raptor2012]

I ordered the front camera. I figured if anything it would be something cool to mess around with.

 

[SaintsFan]

I want to see the look on the face of whatever I'm about to roll over...

 

[panda]

Any idea if this can be added to older model Raptors ?

I'd like to have one on my 2010...

 

[Ruger]

There are aftermarket rear-view cameras available, and they're not terribly expensive. I bet that your Ford dealer could retrofit the 2011 camera on your 2010, but it'll probably be pricey.