Reversing Sensors installation ???

Have just purchased a set of reversing sensors....and would like some advise
on installing them ...

It is probably a little too technicle for me to do myself, so was wondering
if I should take it to an Auto electrician, or wether a Land Rover dealer
would be more appropriate ???



cheers,
Brian C

Thanks Mark...I'd take you up on your offer...but I'm in
Melbourne...Australia

Yeah I was thinking an auto electrician...but then thought they may not know
their way around the bits & peices of an Land Rover not being a local
car...though they are fairly popular down here..

Got any advice on the fitting ?

Like...did you put 2 or 4 in the rear bumper ? My kit has 4, and I was
trying to work out the best place to fit them into the bumper ( of my
Discovery ).

Also, did you fit the little screen ( if yours has that ) in front on the
dash or in the back..like about the rear interior brake light on the door
???

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cheers,
Brian C


"MVP" <mr.nice@*nospam*softhome.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:11:46 GMT, "Hi-Soft"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>Have just purchased a set of reversing sensors....and would like some
>>advise
>>on installing them ...
>>
>>It is probably a little too technicle for me to do myself, so was
>>wondering
>>if I should take it to an Auto electrician, or wether a Land Rover dealer
>>would be more appropriate ???
>>
>>
>>
>>cheers,
>>Brian C
>
> Really quite easy to fit yourself, I did my 110, my jaguar and my
> wifes saab.
> an auto electrician will certainly be cheaper than Land Rover.
> if you are in devon/cornwall I'll do it for ye.
>
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MVP wrote:

> I'll do it if you pay my travel costs D

I'll continue the bidding. I'll do it if you pay my (significantly
lower) travelling costs ex-Auckland.

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EMB

Great...thanks for the info Mark...it helps me heaps... I guess getting the
wire behind the headling was the biggest issue for me...wasn't really sure
how to do that...but I'll have a look through my workshop manual for
detail...and se how I go...

and...yeah...we'd all like a trip to each other countries....there should be
some sort of holoday exchance idea going on here

cheers,
Brian C


"MVP" <mr.nice@*nospam*softhome.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 14:25:14 GMT, "Hi-Soft"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Thanks Mark...I'd take you up on your offer...but I'm in
>>Melbourne...Australia
>>
>>Yeah I was thinking an auto electrician...but then thought they may not
>>know
>>their way around the bits & peices of an Land Rover not being a local
>>car...though they are fairly popular down here..
>>
>>Got any advice on the fitting ?
>>
>>Like...did you put 2 or 4 in the rear bumper ? My kit has 4, and I was
>>trying to work out the best place to fit them into the bumper ( of my
>>Discovery ).
>>
>>Also, did you fit the little screen ( if yours has that ) in front on the
>>dash or in the back..like about the rear interior brake light on the door
>>???
>
> I'll do it if you pay my travel costs D
>
> I fitted 4 sensors, outer 2 at the corners, inner 2 evenly spaced. if
> you have a step or towing gear space the sensors around them so that
> the sensors don't 'see' them.
>
> run the wires up through the floor in one corner and connect to the
> control box inside the pillar trim, here you can also tap an earth and
> reversing light feed.
>
> I fitted the display to the rear view mirror (my displays fit there
> nicely and block very little mirror, handy for looking in the mirror
> at the same time). and the wire is run behind the headlining to the
> rear of the vehicle and down the rear pillar trim to the control box.
>
> Some kits have only a buzzer which is ok in the back with the control
> box.
>
> some kits have a quite large display which could fit next-to the rear
> view mirror or on the dash itself with the wires going up behind the
> front pillar trim.
>
> fixing the display in the back of the car will make it too awkward to
> see i expect, depending ehat info it shows. mine shows distance in
> numbers and indicates which sensor it refers to (the closest one to an
> obstruction). it also beeps and flashes as i get x distance to the
> object, you can work on beeps alone but for close manouvering i like
> more information.
>
> the longest part of the process is removing and replacing all the trim
> properly, and setting the holes in the bumper proper and neat.
>
> Only tools i used was a drill to make the holes in the bumper and a
> hole-saw-bit. A gas soldering iron for tapping into the feed to the
> reversing lamp (you could use simpler methods). and screwdrivers.
>
>
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>
>
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