Parking kit reverse sensors

**jlb777** · 2nd August 2008, 12:13

Can anyone suggest a good reverse sensor parking kit for an 07 Vectra which will also have a distance indicator?

Many Thanks

**vectragsi3.2** · 2nd August 2008, 13:42

have a look on ebay mate i did mine myself and the kit cost £18 plus p+p here you go

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/REAR-CAR-PARKI...6.c0.m14.l1308

**macdad** · 2nd August 2008, 14:00

Originally Posted by vectragsi3.2

have a look on ebay mate i did mine myself and the kit cost £18 plus p+p here you go

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/REAR-CAR-PARKI...6.c0.m14.l1308

?Whats this system like mate,i mean in relation to ease of fixing and quality and reliability..cheers.

**Matt** · 2nd August 2008, 14:13

i got mine from amazon its spot on and only cost £14

**vectragsi3.2** · 2nd August 2008, 15:20

Originally Posted by macdad

?Whats this system like mate,i mean in relation to ease of fixing and quality and reliability..cheers.

its dead easy to fix there are marks in the bumper so you know where to drill, feed the wires through a rear light then joined an earth and live to the rear lights loom via scotch locks and then connect to the main box of the sensors and tidy the wiring up and your done

took me about an hour and half to do and that included taking the bumper off

quality is excellent and ive had them on about 3 months and they work a treat

**vectragsi3.2** · 2nd August 2008, 15:25

just read the original post is this what you are after?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rear-Parking-R...6.c0.m14.l1308

**jimbob78** · 2nd August 2008, 16:20

id love stuff like this and the 12v socket in the boot for cool boxes etc and people say easy job lol i read these how to dos and just think help lol

**67688c** · 2nd August 2008, 16:56

Originally Posted by vectragsi3.2

its dead easy to fix there are marks in the bumper so you know where to drill, feed the wires through a rear light then joined an earth and live to the rear lights loom via scotch locks and then connect to the main box of the sensors and tidy the wiring up and your done

took me about an hour and half to do and that included taking the bumper off

quality is excellent and ive had them on about 3 months and they work a treat

Sorry for butting in here, thinking about adding this kit myself, does it not need a relay to retain the bulb sensing circuit (blown bulb) or is it simply not worth bothering with the relay IYO, and wire it direct to the reversing light feed wire as you suggest.
Also a quick thought... do you think a fixed swanneck towbar would pose any problems with the sensors, on looking at the how-to's on this subject the sensors look to be sufficiently away from the centre area so as not to be a issue, would you agree?

**vectragsi3.2** · 2nd August 2008, 16:59

Originally Posted by Cameron43

Sorry for butting in here, thinking about adding this kit myself, does it not need a relay to retain the bulb sensing circuit (blown bulb) or is it simply not worth bothering with the relay IYO, and wire it direct to the reversing light feed wire as you suggest.

hi mate no it doesnt show up a bulb fault at all i connected them together with scotch locks and had no trouble whatsoever

hth

**moorlander** · 2nd August 2008, 16:59

Originally Posted by jimbob78

id love stuff like this and the 12v socket in the boot for cool boxes etc and people say easy job lol i read these how to dos and just think help lol

although I did the sunglasses holder mod in 20secs flat, & only £10.60 from the stealers, cheaper than ebay! I do fancy the parking sensor mod, dont like the idea of drilling my bumper!