though you said u got a scratch on the bumperQuote:
Originally Posted by jl88rl
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though you said u got a scratch on the bumperQuote:
Originally Posted by jl88rl
I admit I always thought the idea of parking sensors were a bit of a wank. Now I have a euro wagon which is almost as long as a commodore wagon it has a reversing camera factory fited. While the rear view camera is OK for backing down lanes etc it is unreal for the tight reverse park. It has a sort of fisheye lense with a digital yellow line overlay (ie go out of these lines and you will hit something). You can back up to a hairs breadth of another car and still have full rear vision for the width of the back of the car. When Honda does something integrated it really seems to get it right.
oh yeh.. got the sensors done before just incase when i drilled the holes in it would scratch the paint.Quote:
Originally Posted by me_kevinly
But the peice that comes with package is quite good, perfect holes.
I know a lot of the cars in Malaysia have this option as standard. Haven't seen any front mounted ones though. But the rear ones help drivers park in small spaces. I guess it makes sense if there's many times more cars than there are parking spaces.
Sorry to dig up an old thread but has anyone had Polaris parking sensors installed on their Euro and if so would they recommend them? they quoted
$199.95 for kit
$110.00 install
$44.00 colour code
12 month warranty
is install really htat hard to charge $110?
Bit of a silly question, but I notice my parking sensors beep 'once' when I'm reversing out of a carpark and then remain silent. Do they only beep when I am close to an object? They are OEM dealer installed.
Can somebody describe how they are supposed to work? I'm used to sensors that keep beeping.
the beep sound u heard is just notice u the reverse sensor is on... so everytime u gear into reverse or from P to D, you wil hear this sound so let you makre sure the sersors are working...
univeral reverse sensors would beep in different time intervals base on how close u have left until u hit something while backing up...
so say if u are reversing parking to off street spot...the sounds would be like
beep............beep..............beep............ beep, and as u reverse close to the car in rear, it would shorten its intervals to something like
beep....beep.....beep.....beep,
and if u r really close,
beep..beep..beep..beep,
and if u keep going until close than say 20cm... it will beep contantly...
but if by then u still dun stop... u will hear......
BANG!!!!!
lol
the only way you will be able to find out exactly how they work is to try it for yourself someone on here can tell you how theirs work but they might be different to yours even if they are OEMQuote:
Originally Posted by tanalasta
here is how to test:
1: find a wall that you can see easily from inside the car (just in cast the don't work you can stop without hitting the wall)
Note: a multi story shopping centre carpark is a good place to try and preferbly when there are no other cars around so you don't hit them
2:Put the car in reverse and slowly reverse towards the wall(if you hear nothing put the car in neutral and the handbrake on and check the distance between the car and the wall you will need to get out of the car for this
3: keep repeating step 2 untill your right on the wall
if they don't make a noise or respond how they should take the car to honda to have a look at them and they will fix or demonstrate how they work for you
Thanks Tim
ye when i got me the 06 euro..i never wanted them sensors cos it makes the rear look ugly..but when i picked the car up..the dealer accidently put them on so it was for free...but ye lucky i got them, very efficient. lol
one thing thats kinda weird for me is that when u reverse the beeping kind of lags..(maybe 2 secs after u stop reversing.) anyone else have that problem..??
K24A: What colour Euro did you get? The sensors tend to blend in better with darker colours.
The shape of the sensors is important too. Ever noticed the satellite dishes that Ford fits to the back of their Falcons/Fairmonts/Fairlanes?
Timmy_12: Wouldn't it be easier to put the car in reverse with the ignition on, but engine not running and just move an object behind the car?
tanalasta: The system on my car beeps once when reverse is engaged. Then it doesn't beep again until it senses an object within 1.6m, with the frequency of the beeps increasing in a total of three steps, plus a continuous tone when you are 30cm or less from the object.
Thanks Kleung. That's exactly how they work. To my embarassment, I found the instruction manual for the sensors and the warranty for the tinting in my glove box!