but anyways my boss has the VW 4wd, the huge one based on the porsche cayenne. The VW touraeg (not sure how u spell it...), he got reverse sensors installed since its a big car n all n i swear its funni. This system doesnt beep it actually has a computer generated voice, a female one at that. It verbally tells you the distance, which is funni when the sensors pick up a change in gradient or another odbject. Distance goes from 2.5m to 1m and back to 1.8m even though the car is still reversing... quick-ish reversing also gives the system a good work out too, it scrambles to notify the driver...
Back on topic when we got our car the dealer wanted something like 400-600 for a 4 sensor kit. Decided not to get it since 400+ is overpriced way over priced imo. Dad didnt like the idea of having 4 things on the bumper either, did a bit of searching and found the Taurus T123 (no need to drill holes, it just stick behind the bumper like what others have shown). Cost of it was abt $190 exc installtion. I'll have a look n see if i can find the details again but i think i found a supplier in AUS.
parking sensor over AU$50 =
check this out......... for AU$15, u get
4 sensors
1 Control unit
1 DISPLAY with LED Digit (In Meters) and
two light bars, built-in buzzer
1 Hole drilling module for electric drill
English Manual
I got an email from www.tradingdirect.com.au and they have the TAURUS and will ship for $6. I amtold by them that I do NOT have to remove the bumper (as long as I can get under the car) and that freight is $6. I know its 3x the cost of the ebay ones but I am not drilling my new euro and the bar becomes a complete sensore, not a 2-4 spot partial. Im going to order that this week. I will report in.
i have dealer installed sensors on my euro which cost me 500$. It's drilled into the bumper . I find they are quite sensitive, could sense a long stalk of a plant, and there is a distance monitor in the rear view mirror. They are a worthy investment but they seem to only come in black (dealer ones) which looks a little akward on silver car.
The 2005 accessories brochure have rear sensors listed. We should be getting those, so they'll be Honda OEM. Have no idea what the final functionality is like, and the original quoted price is $600 but this was all put into the package so it is hard to tell how much I ended up paying for that specific item. Once I get it I will conduct several controlled tests to see what they will pick up and what they won't.
Best thing for me about package deal: Full Honda five year warranty, not having to deal with 3rd parties. I've got a story about how a certain Ming alarm system I got tricked into getting instead of the Honda OEM has been wasting several hours of my life, but really can't be bothered to type it up as it would just be adding more minutes to that tally.
Originally Posted by kam
: $305 for da sensors...... is your parking sensor have a anti-crash function or sth 
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