Ultrasonic Parking Sensor

Do you have proper enclosures to fit the kit in ? The smaller board is the ultra-sonic unit which should fit on the outside rear of the vehicle in a water tight box. It has to be set at the correct angle so that it detects the things behind the car that you don't want to reverse in to.

The larger board is the audible warning unit and needs to be sited in the dashboard area away from any other electrical equipment or inside a screened box so it doesn't pick up any other spurious emissions from anything else.

If you have all the bits and pieces that you need for fitting this device, then you won't have any problems.

Have no other bits. Had a poke around on the internet and found complete kits elsewhere so may try some of those. Cheers

Well, it might seem that you'd look for the complete kit.

On Sun, 23 May 2004 16:00:51 +0100, "Scott" strung together this:

For the price I'd buy a complete kit, these usually come with a dash mounted display and/or an audible warning device and rear mounted sensors,, usually 2 or

1. Personallly, I have a rear view camera and find that much better than the radar systems.

In message , Scott writes

My brother bought my mother one for xmas a couple of years ago and I had to fit it. Easy (if a bit fiddly, WRT cable runs) to install but as a useful device, as good as a chocolate teapot.

It's much better to learn how to park properly

In message , Lurch writes

Is it stereoscopic ?

I fail to see why anybody needs one of these unless they have restricted visibility

It's just another marketing gismo

Exactly, cheaper too....

Depends what the excess is.

If you'd like a ready made one tested and working at a substantial discount ;-) get in touch with me.

My 'new' car came fitted with a PDC, and I found it so useful I fitted an aftermarket one to the SD1 - which is a particularly difficult car to judge where the rear is.

I'd not have thought of specifying one originally, but now wouldn't be without it.

Modern car styling, with 45 degree rear screens and high body levels to increase boot capacity tends to make reverse parking a nightmare and is largely based on guesswork. I would welcome anything to make parking easier. Why not fit sensors to the front as well. I appreciate the typical macho attitude of scorn at these devices, but why not make life a little easier? I've had a licence for 43 years and have never had any sort of collision, but I still can't park to within 5cm :-)

Terry D.

They still don't help with parking within and square to the marked space.....

If you need that amount of help you REALLY should not be driving IMO :~(

What I'd like to see is a plan view of the car, and surroundings but this does imply either a large mast, or several cameras. However, cameras of adequate capacity are very cheap.

Well we are talking parking, modern plastic wrap around bummpers take parking knocks without damage.

Do these parking sensors spot 18" high bollards on your near side? I hit one of those and dented the metal work but the bumper just sprang back, probably just as well I did hit it mind as it was a mooring bollard on a quay side...

If you have enough sensors, yes.

.andy

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Just been round to neighbour's to make the peace after SWMBO braille-parked our towing-enabled jamjar in front of his. Apart from cracked numberplate (what do I need to get a replacement nowadays - his logbook?) the towball (I guess) has taken a little chunk out of his rubbery-plastic wrap-around bumper (Rover/Honda wotsit). He seems minded to live with that, which is nice as I expect the cost of a new bumper + fitting could exceed even the £300 or so NCD we'd lose if it went on our insurance.

Does the ;-) indicate a legpull I'm missing or are you really offering one of these Dave?

No they don't ! You think they do but I can assure you they don't, and repair is often replacement only due to distortion and or cracking.

Yes the plastic bounced back, I bet the bumper mountings didn't and nor any metal work.

I've seen bumpers that look perfect to the casual eye, but when inspected there is either crazing of the plastic or distortion due to being stretched, on top of all that when the boot lid / hatch is opened the rear panel has been pushed in - sometimes to the extent that the lid or hatch could not be shut again !

Yes - they'll react to the kerb too as you go in at an angle. They'll even work on a hedge. You soon learn by the speed of increase of the bleeps what various things are.