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looking for some help, anyone fitted parking sensors to the phase 1 volvo estate i bought a kit thinking it would be easy but i don't know if there are cut outs in the bumper to accomodate the sensors, do i need to take the bumper off? any help would be great.
I brought myself an number plate one and got halfords to fit it free. It's pretty good and works a treat. No worries about cutting in the bumper etc then. From what i've been told you'd need to take the rear bumper off to fit the sensors that you have. If you fancy that you can always try and get a refund on the one you got.
Where did you get the number plate one from ? Halfords themselves ?
Azza
Yep... here the linky
They said it was easy to fit, but as it had free fitting i got them to do it. only drilling is a small hole behind the number plate where the wires go through into the boot lid, then up the side to the hinge and into the car. Plus it was only £99
Interesting, and how does it perform ?
How long did it take them to setup, and was it easy for them ?
Seems like a good compromise to spending hundreds of pounds on a Volvo-own system...
Azza
I find it great. Really works for me as i was really crap at judging the reversing distance on my v70. Use to think i was close and when i got out the car there was like another 3-4 feet to go!
Took about an hour or just over to fit. Take the old number plate off, drill a hole in the boot lid in the middle, stick a gromit in there, parking sensor plate on, the wires go through the hole behind the plate, feed the wire through the boot lid, you'll need to pull the trim off abit...feed the wire to to the offside hindge and down the hinge with the other cable there into the offside rear light cluster. wire it up and it's all done. I threaded the buzzer on mine down to the B post just behind the driver seat.
Setting up is easy, comes with a small control panel that you can adjust the sensors too. I think i set mine to about 30cm before i get the continous beeps and then just practise of leave the car in reverse so you can hear the beeps and walk around the rear of the car so you know the sensor ranges etc
Sounds good, is there any way you could get some close-up pics up on here or send them to me to show me what it looks like on your car...
I'm not that bad at parking, but i use a squash club all the time, and the underground parking is a) very very tight, and b) very poorly lit!
Thanks,
Azza
lol, no worries, i'll post some up tonight for you
Thanks, that would be great...
Azza
thers some on ebay, a little cheaper....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Meta-SR2-Targa...QQcmdZViewItem
Odd, in that description it says "no holes to drill" but then how the hell are you going to feed the wires through ?!
A bit cheaper yeah, but i don't have the time to fit it myself, i wouldn't trust myself with a drill anyway, so i'd have to pay fitting costs..
Azza
no LARGE holes to drill!
right i'm off to get some pictures for you as i didn't have time last night
OK thanks.
I didn't realise it actually was an entire numberplate mount... which makes the pictures even more essential :)
Azza
Here we some photo's of it on my car
...bugger...photobucket is down and i can't upload to my site at the moment. What's you email address and i'll email you them
I've pm'ed you...
Thanks,
Azza
all sorted you should be able to view them now
Aha, yes indeed..
Superb, doesn't look too out of place..
I'm wondering what it'll look like on mine as my numberplate area is a bit more "open"..
Thanks, ignore the pm ;)
Azza
no worries. you can always go down, have a look, hold it to your car and if you dont like it walk away
True true..
That i shall do!
:)
Azza