Rear parking sensors

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Sun 9 Jan 2005 19:50
Rear parking sensors - tucks
I drive a 53 plate Rav4 i find parking distances difficult to judge i am considering having a sensor fitted .Are they any good? If yes what make /model is recommended
Your comments appreciated

tucks
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Sun 9 Jan 2005 21:12
Rear parking sensors - Hugo {P}
HI Tucks

I drive a Nissan Primastar LWB van that came with reversing sensors as standard.

Apart from needing to get them changed under warranty once they are an absolute godsend. They take so much guesswork out or reversing, especially as I have a solid bulkhead fitted so I reverse by my wing mirrors.

These are the genuine Nissan, well Renault kit (Nissan Primastar = Renault Trafic II). However, there are stacks of aftermarket ones out there. My advice is to find an established outlet that fits them correctly. I suspect they are a bit like car alarms, if you get them fitted properly they will work well.

H
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Sun 9 Jan 2005 21:57
Rear parking sensors - blue_haddock
Genuine toyota reverse park sensors for a Rav are £338 or thereabouts depending on how much your local dealer charges for labour.
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Sun 9 Jan 2005 22:01
Rear parking sensors - john deacon
maybe the money would be better spent on some more driving lessons if you cannot judge distances with a rav4?
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Sun 9 Jan 2005 22:20
Rear parking sensors - NARU
I've had sensors on my last two cars, and find them a godsend - As well as making the parking easier, they once alerted me to a child who had decided to make a run behind my reversing car in a tesco carpark.

Note that most of them go to a solid whine at about 10-12 inches. If you live/park in a city centre and regularly want to get closer than that when manoevering they're much less helpful!
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Mon 10 Jan 2005 12:00
Rear parking sensors - keo-the-dog
maybe the money would be better spent on some more driving
lessons if you cannot judge distances with a rav4?

seems a bit harsh i know that i can reverse some cars millimetre perfect but some others i cant reverse to save my life i find big cars with boots much easier than smaller flatter reared cars and in my van (renault master t35 lwb) i again am almost perfect at reversing and that is all on door mirrors no back windows ... just trying to point out that a lot of it is down to the vehicle ie what you might find easy to reverse others may not and vice versa....cheers...keo
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Mon 10 Jan 2005 13:05
Rear parking sensors - Ex-Moderator
>>maybe the money would be better spent on some more driving lessons if you cannot judge distances with a rav4?

I presume that you don't have electric windows ? If you do have them, perhaps the money would have been better spent on learning how to wind a window up and down ?
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Mon 10 Jan 2005 13:12
Rear parking sensors - patently
Or an automatic gearbox? Learn to use a clutch, surely?

Radio? Learn to sing!

Interior lighting? Get eating those carrots!

Heater? Who needs one when Tesco sell nice warm coats these days?

;-)

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Thu 14 Jul 2011 09:16
Rear parking sensors - JOGON

Or Binoculars? (Run up to the distant object for better view) etc etc

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Mon 10 Jan 2005 20:17
Rear parking sensors - Altea Ego
"maybe the money would be better spent on some more driving lessons "

Would love to put you a new laguna and laugh as you reverse.
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Mon 10 Jan 2005 20:37
Rear parking sensors - tack
Most people use the car behind them as a sensor anyway. Don't they just stop when they feel the bumpers nudge?
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Mon 10 Jan 2005 21:06
Rear parking sensors - henry k
Most people use the car behind them as a sensor anyway.
Don't they just stop when they feel the bumpers nudge?

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Not in a Mondeo you dont! The bumpers are just flimsy plastic skins. No wonder so many Mondeos have damaged rear bumpers.

When reversing I touched a car park pillar, split my bumper and felt nowt. The old Sierra had no such problems. An expensive learning curve.
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Sun 9 Jan 2005 22:18
Rear parking sensors - Welliesorter
A much cheaper solution is a plastic lens that sticks in your rear window. It enables you to see what you're reversing towards below the line of the windows. After a few months' practice with this, you may be able to manage without it.
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Mon 10 Jan 2005 08:21
Rear parking sensors - volvoman
Two friends of mine have had rear scrapes in their cars (imported Toyota Previa & Jaguar S Type) in spite of the parking sensors fitted to their cars. Perhaps they can tend to lure drivers into a false sense of security.
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Mon 10 Jan 2005 10:21
Rear parking sensors - Cliff Pope
1) driving lessons
2) tow bar
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Mon 10 Jan 2005 10:28
Rear parking sensors - artful dodger {P}
Hello Tucks

I bought a set of 4 sensors on ebay recently and fitted them to my car. I find them very useful and they were quite easy to fit. All it involved was drilling 4 holes in the bumper with the supplied hole cutter, feeding the cables through to push fit the sensors, routing the cables into the car, finding a suitable place to mount the control box and buzzer, connecting the sensor cables, connecting the power cable to the reversing light and and earth - job done.

If I remember correctly I paid £32 including postage. The set was made in the Far East as you would expect and came with a 12 month guarantee from the seller in Glasgow. This is certainly far cheaper than have a garage fit a set and only took about an hour and a half as I am a perfectionist to ensure the best cable route and prevention against chafe (it was more complicated than nornal as I had a drop down rear bumber).

I can certainly recommend them and will shortly be fitting some to my wife's car. For an ebay search use reversing sensors or parking sensors. Hope you have found this useful.
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Mon 10 Jan 2005 13:38
Rear parking sensors - Dipstick
Like the dodger, I too have fitted my own - Quanan in my case. Very easy to do, cost me about £110 I think, absolute godsend. I'd no more be without them now than cruise control.

Took me about an hour or so and I'm not even remotely "mechanical", if you see what I mean.

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Mon 10 Jan 2005 18:50
Rear parking sensors - Hugo {P}
Anyone fitting these, just make sure that they remain functional.

I read an article in Land Rover Monthly a few months ago about some one who relied upon them fully and damaged a car behind him whilst parallel parking.

If they get muddy they need to be cleaned.

Oh, and John Deacon. I read your post and I don't agree with you on that one at all. People find visual perception difficult for a number of reasons. I find it difficult sometimes to judge the size of cable used in electrical installations, so I sometimes use a known reference. Does that mean I shouldn't work with electrics? No it doesn't. It means I should be aware of my weaknesses and manage them.

Hugo
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Mon 10 Jan 2005 21:42
Rear parking sensors - Sofa Spud
A tow-hitch doubles up as a good parking sensor.

Cheers, Sofa "crunch" Spud
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Tue 11 Jan 2005 00:23
Rear parking sensors - Dynamic Dave
Tucks,

I received an email tonight asking if I could post the following:-

I am interested in parking sensors.
I have saved info from previous forum items.
See attachment:

Some links to parking sensors

www.alfaowner.com/store/product_info.php?products_...2
tinyurl.com/388z8
www.astrodoneps.co.uk/
www.astrodoneps.com/technical_details.html
www.parkingsensors.co.uk/

From the mondeo site

from www.perfectparking.co.uk and they work really well.

Sensors now cost £119.95 + postage
Auto electrician fitted £85


Perhaps this could be passed on to the poster or links added by your kind self.
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Tue 11 Jan 2005 08:29
Rear parking sensors - Cliff Pope
It sounds as if they are a useful warning to other motorists not to park behind a car with them.
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Tue 11 Jan 2005 08:37
Rear parking sensors - BB
I got a set of rear parking sensors as a present for xmas. If I am correct, they cost £20 from Makro.
Very simple really, just a couple of sensors that can be drilled or stuck onto the bumper and a couple of wires connecting to a box.
It just connects up to your reversing light cable for power (so it only works when you put it in reverse)

Cheap and very useful.
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Thu 14 Jul 2011 01:53
Rear parking sensors - Paul King

I have recently been looking at a set of wireless parking sensors for my motorhome but have heard different positive and negative feedback regarding them.

Also im not sure i want to drill holes for the embedded sensors type. maybe i will go for the metal strip type from Parking Dynamic. A friend told me to stear clear of these as they give false reading.

If anyone can help suggest a good company that would be great.

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Thu 14 Jul 2011 09:19
Rear parking sensors - JOGON
I drive a 53 plate Rav4 i find parking distances difficult to judge i am considering having a sensor fitted .Are they any good? If yes what make /model is recommended Your comments appreciated tucks

THE ONLY THING IS.........Tucks, we have them on one car. But not on mine. So I drive hers with sensors and very good they are. But then I pop my brain into neutral and reverse in mine.

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Fri 15 Jul 2011 16:38
Rear parking sensors - concrete

Parking sensors are very good and a useful aid. Mine bleep faster as the distance closes, when it becomes a continuous note the distance to impact is 500mm. After that you are on your own! I like them and would specify them on future cars. I don't know about retro fitted ones, but I am sure there are some good reliable ones out there. Good luck. Concrete

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Fri 15 Jul 2011 18:34
Rear parking sensors - madf

I've got aa Yaris.. which is easy to reverse. I fitted parking sensors which make it easier.. and warn iof someone walks past you at the rear - when reversing - happens off in car parks...

I use the Meta System..

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_196951_langId_-1_category**_165579

BUT bought for much less ebay..

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