Reverse parking sensors

[shrapnel]

Guys, any recommendation for reverse parking sensors --brand/cost/quality/ease of DIY installation etc? Thanks

 

[rowen]

Also anyone fitted these to a Ute? Is it possible?

 

[HDT_aero]

im thinking about doing it as i seen a set for $25 would be little investment of money and time to save destroying my bumpers... id put em on the front aswell to save hitting the concrete blocks some car parks like to use

 

[Shounak]

I fitted them to my VX Commodore.. **** easy job.. I bought em for $70 on ebay, has a full LCD display on my rear view mirror.. Tells me how close on each side..

I remember once I was reversing at the back of KFC (work) and there were green crates that none of my mirrors or eyesight picked up.. They weren't stacked that high.. The sensors did..

It makes reverse parking and parallel a piece of piss.. I love em..

If you're wiring em up yourself, just PM me and I'll give ya a hand..

 

[Shounak]

Also anyone fitted these to a Ute? Is it possible?

To fit them on a ute would be harder.. You'd need to find a good place to mount the control unit and you'd need a good way to find a wire running from the rear bar to the inside of the ute..

But it can be done..

 

[rowen]

To fit them on a ute would be harder.. You'd need to find a good place to mount the control unit and you'd need a good way to find a wire running from the rear bar to the inside of the ute..

But it can be done..

Will holden fit them, for a price?

EDIT: To a ute that is.

 

[Shounak]

$449, fitted.. For Holden parking sensors.. No display, just chirping..

I got quoted $250 to install the parking sensors, plus it cost me $70..

If you wire the thing up yourself, you could probably just get an auto elec to do the wires from the back to the front.. Or hide them..

But the answer to your question is yes.. Holden would fit them.. They'd also charge you like crazy for it..

 

[Marks-VY]

Guys, any recommendation for reverse parking sensors --brand/cost/quality/ease of DIY installation etc? Thanks

Have a look at the reverse parking sensors thread in the VY section. I included some photos of the aftermarket solution which I think would be ideal for the ute. I haven't seen them again in Ronis but at $90 I still think they are a steal and installation could not be easier.
Whilst the wires to the sensor cannot be cut or extended (there are very clear warnings in the instructions) the beeper wiring could be extended to run into the cabin. Possibly store the module under the tray (is that where the spare is kept?).

 

[TI0350]

I was talking to a holden dealer last weekend and he said there are 2 types, an after market type that only has 2 sensors and just does the back of the car.. Or the orignal Holden ones which have 4 sensors and does the back and sides.. He quoted me $695 to have the orignal holden ones fitted to an SV6..

 

[shrapnel]

Have a look at the reverse parking sensors thread in the VY section. I included some photos of the aftermarket solution which I think would be ideal for the ute. I haven't seen them again in Ronis but at $90 I still think they are a steal and installation could not be easier.
Whilst the wires to the sensor cannot be cut or extended (there are very clear warnings in the instructions) the beeper wiring could be extended to run into the cabin. Possibly store the module under the tray (is that where the spare is kept?).

Thanks for that, found it, simple & effective solution. Now I just gotta remember to search the threads before posting