3rd party parking sensors - recommendations?

Johnny2R · 5th July 2021, 15:59

I've been meaning to do something about this for years and even asked on here many moons ago, but I need to ask again in case there are updated recommendations. What are the best bets for parking sensors for a 2002 CDT Club Tourer? Presumably 3rd party as none fitted originally. I'll probably get a friendly garage to fit them rather than attempt the job myself and write off the car.

I am usually driving our 'main' car, a Qashqai these days, and I have got SO used to the parking sensors beeping when I go near anything that I just know I'm going to reverse into something in my Rover unless I equip it with sensors too.

It has a towbar, don't know if that's relevant, and occasionally I user a towbar-mounted bike rack which would presumably cause the sensors to go crazy unless they can be turned off?

suzublu · 5th July 2021, 16:41

About a hundred years ago I fitted some "Cisbo" parking sensors. Really easy. They include the drill bit for the holes, which are pre-marked on the back-side of the bumper. One wire to earth, trigger wire to reverse light, and another to the display, which I mounted on the rear view mirror.

Still working fine today

Johnny2R · 5th July 2021, 19:03

Not sure I really need the visual display, to be honest. The beeps by themselves would be enough. Do the beeps actually come from the display on the Cisbo, or somewhere else?

hogweed · 5th July 2021, 21:51

Like Ron, I got a cheapo kit off eBay a million years ago. Mine doesn't have the little LED display thingy, and cost the princely sum of about £13.

Been working fine ever since (8-10 years I suppose)

The beeper is on a wire out of the gubbins in the boot - you can stick it where you want, eg on the parcel shelf or wherever...

5th July 2021, 15:59	#1
Johnny2R Gets stuck in Rover 75 CDT Club Tourer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Norwich Posts: 712 Thanks: 98 Thanked 47 Times in 24 Posts	3rd party parking sensors - recommendations? I've been meaning to do something about this for years and even asked on here many moons ago, but I need to ask again in case there are updated recommendations. What are the best bets for parking sensors for a 2002 CDT Club Tourer? Presumably 3rd party as none fitted originally. I'll probably get a friendly garage to fit them rather than attempt the job myself and write off the car. I am usually driving our 'main' car, a Qashqai these days, and I have got SO used to the parking sensors beeping when I go near anything that I just know I'm going to reverse into something in my Rover unless I equip it with sensors too. It has a towbar, don't know if that's relevant, and occasionally I user a towbar-mounted bike rack which would presumably cause the sensors to go crazy unless they can be turned off?

5th July 2021, 21:51	#4
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5th July 2021, 16:41	#2
suzublu This is my second home rover 75 1.8 vvc club se wedgwood blue Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Seaton Carew Posts: 26,920 Thanks: 65 Thanked 7,142 Times in 4,642 Posts	About a hundred years ago I fitted some "Cisbo" parking sensors. Really easy. They include the drill bit for the holes, which are pre-marked on the back-side of the bumper. One wire to earth, trigger wire to reverse light, and another to the display, which I mounted on the rear view mirror. Still working fine today

5th July 2021, 19:03	#3
Johnny2R Gets stuck in Rover 75 CDT Club Tourer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Norwich Posts: 712 Thanks: 98 Thanked 47 Times in 24 Posts	Not sure I really need the visual display, to be honest. The beeps by themselves would be enough. Do the beeps actually come from the display on the Cisbo, or somewhere else?