Reverse parking sensors or camera

As tempting as chrome was, I have gone for the white option. I didn't realise these kits were in any way comparable to the OEM offering so looking forward to giving them a try.

Reversing sensors are the thing I missed the most after moving cars. Sure they can't replace being careful and looking but I found them very useful.
 
I recently bought a 2010 civic myself and I paid for the sensors for that very reason, the civic has pretty poor rear visibility so I thought it a worth while investment and it has been very handy so far.

Third party sensors will probably work just as well I can imagine however that any faults with electronics could be blamed on the third party parking sensors just my thoughts.
 
paradigm said:
Mine show me what's going on.

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I have the same ones.:)
 
I love the setup on mine - Focus with Active Park Assist. Front and rear sensors and it auto-parks for you (parallel parking) :p
 
They (the sets that Adam and Phil W have bought) look like the set I've put on the GFs car, no problems here either.

The only thing I would say though, the buzzer is sodding loud, far louder than my OEM stuff in my 330d, the A6 or my A4s.
 
Imy said:
Aren't they standard on the ST220?
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Parking sensors aren't, no.


paradigm said:
The only thing I would say though, the buzzer is sodding loud, far louder than my OEM stuff in my 330d, the A6 or my A4s.
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Yep these sets are identical to mine and yes the buzzer was bloody loud, I managed to tame it to a more.. palatable.. volume level by taping some foam over it before hiding it behind the boot carpet :)

Phil W said:
No problems with mine or the ones on my mums car, Howard. Unlucky maybe?
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Probably, knowing my luck! It's absolutely fine if I unplug the 'D' sensor, but if I have that one plugged in, occasionally I'll just get a solid beep when I engage reverse. I've even replaced that single sensor to no avail, so I'm thinking the control unit is a bit iffy.
 
It is a bit shrill! The first time I powered it all up I damn near fell over. But at the volume I've got it "set" to, it sounds fine. Very useful things to have though and a worthy addition to any car that doesn't already have them - no matter how good you are at parking it's always useful to know just how far away that bollard or low wall is.

Edit: That gives me an idea.. I wonder if I could 'modify' it and use a different type of small speaker which might allow it to sound at a different, more pleasant frequency.. Hmm. I might buy one of the cheapest £9 kits with the same control unit off eBay anyway to try and sort mine out so it's gotta be worth a bash ;)
 
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I would vote just learn how to park properly. Have never used reverse parking sensors and/or cameras, have never ever hit anything whilst reversing and I don't exactly avoid it. Seriously though, a very much not needed piece of equipment. ;)
 
I don't know, modern cars with their funny bulges and smart bumpers aren't as good at being used to "feel" your way into a space :p

Joking aside, the civic's rear visibility is not the best, and for the sake of a few quid to avoid using the bumper for bumping why not?
 
m4rkw7 said:
I'd go with a camera sensors just shout and don't show you what's going on.
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They can be annoying if you have a driveway with close walls or long grass that it picks up, but otherwise mine are flawless. I don't rely on them by any means, but they really give you confidence to go back that little bit more :p
 
Main will pick up the fence as I get close to it for initial driveway entry and beep like mad but soon forget about it unless I move closer to it again. Not sure why, but assume the aftermarket kits will be the same.

Still think camera for this car makes much more sense tho.
 
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