Just bought 2012 Tacoma Double Cab long bed

I am wondering if anyone has ever put a camera in the front of a truck.
My wife will occasionally need to drive my truck. She has a hard time parking because she cannot see past about "mid hood". She can't really
judge how far she can pull up. I afraid she will hit something while pulling in somewhere. The truck has a backup camera factory installed - with monitor in the rear view mirror. I am wondering if there is a way to install a camera in front plug into the already existing camera and be able to use the same monitor (rear view mirror). I guess, I would have to put in some type of switch to turn the camera on. Would only need/want front camera on while parking.

Thanks for any feedback.

 

I haven't seen anything myself but i'm sure there's something!.....nice choice of trucks though!, congrats..

 

Add a little stinger to the corner of the front bumper like the 18 wheelers do.

 

congrats! and i wouldn't let my wife anywhere near my truck

 

What is a Stinger?

 

How "occasionally"are we talking? Seems like a good amount of work for not much return.

 

DCLBFTMFW

 

I would seriously just have her park in places she's comfortable parking in and ditch the camera idea. A camera will show only a section of what information she actually needs to see to park, like where the driver and passenger side bumper corners are and how much clearance she has between them and objects that aren't moving. If she's staring at a camera that shows her where the middle of the bumper is, she's not going to be paying attention to the corners, so it's pointless.

Nothing against your wife's driving abilities or the camera idea, but she learned how to park her car, she can learn how to park a truck. Until she can, she should be parking only in spaces she's confident in parking in, or not driving the truck. A camera isn't going to help her learn where the truck ends and begins, and how not to hit anything. Camera is a band aid, and one that's too insufficient for the problem in the first place. The backup camera doesn't show the rear bumper sids either, so even if you have cameras front and rear, you can still hit the corners on something. She needs to be comfortable parking it or she shouldn't be driving it, unless you don't care if she scuffs the bumpers up.

It's a Tacoma, it's the same size as a minivan. Not a difficult vehicle to park or drive.

 

I have a front camera with Gentex mirror on my 2014. Since 2014s displays rear camera on the audio unit. I added a 3.5" gentex dedicated for front camera.
I use a MITO brand front cam with true forward image instead of reverse image.
I found Toyota/Scion guys using the brand beat sonic with video interfaces to incorporate two cameras
http://www.beatsonicusa.com/cameras/bcam10w.html

 

What does that mean?

 

DCLBFTMFW

 

Would these "Bumper Buffers" be a partial solution?

 

Dang those Bumper buffers are cheap
$3.95 shipped per pair

 

Double
Cab
Long
Bed
For
The
M*ther
F**king
Win

Because all of the short bed guys have bed envy

 

DCLB FTMFW

 

Dude. I have a DCLB. It's a beast, handles like a pig. My wife doesn't drive it, yours shouldn't either.