Who fitted your parking sensors?

[MrDo]

Who fitted yours and would you recommend them?

Looking to fit oem or similar looking rear parking sensors to my silver 06 GTI.

Are optical sensors much more than normal ones as looking to fit RNS 510 soon?

I can visit a fitter in the West Midlands, Warwickshire or London area.

Thanks  

[john a]

I had my Cobra Parkmaster kit supplied, painted and fitted by Autoroofs in Leicester. Not too far from W Mids/Warks areas and cost me (IIRC) £170 +VAT


IMG_0872 by jonnyguitar, on Flickr

[Veee-dubber]

Looks like a decent kit that.... is it wired to your HU?

[phil1975]

Satnav systems in surbiton will fit you parking sensors, but they seemed expensive ££££££££££££ to me. They quoted me £999 for front and rear optical parking sensors.

Glad I did'nt go ahead as I have now changed my car.

[john a]

Looks like a decent kit that.... is it wired to your HU?

No that's audio only, I'm too busy looking over my shoulder to be bothered what's going on on my head unit 
You would need a full OPS install to be able to do that, you can buy the kits for about £160 but then you've got to paint them which involves tapping into your CAN gateway, etc.

[nads1_uk]

Sorry to jump on this thread.  I've got dealer fitted optical sensors.  They are very quiet when reversing.  Does anyone know if the volume can be increased or where they will have fitted the speaker(s)?

Cheers

Andy

[MrDo]

I had my Cobra Parkmaster kit supplied, painted and fitted by Autoroofs in Leicester. Not too far from W Mids/Warks areas and cost me (IIRC) £170 +VAT


IMG_0872 by jonnyguitar, on Flickr

Looks very neat Do you have the parking sensor on off button by the gear stick/ashtray too or is that only with OEM install?

Satnav systems in surbiton will fit you parking sensors, but they seemed expensive ££££££££££££ to me. They quoted me £999 for front and rear optical parking sensors.

Glad I did'nt go ahead as I have now changed my car.

God that seems excessive!

Interested in optical sensors but the kit alone seems to cost £300 on eBay, or has anyone seen better prices? Rear is key, front would be nice.

I'm assuming I could get OPS installed now and add the RNS 510 later, or is the audio warning from the OPS also via the RNS? I'd have hoped the audio would work with the radio off etc?

Sorry to jump on this thread.  I've got dealer fitted optical sensors.  They are very quiet when reversing.  Does anyone know if the volume can be increased or where they will have fitted the speaker(s)?

NADS1_UK can you help with ths?

[john a]

I had my Cobra Parkmaster kit supplied, painted and fitted by Autoroofs in Leicester. Not too far from W Mids/Warks areas and cost me (IIRC) £170 +VAT

Looks very neat Do you have the parking sensor on off button by the gear stick/ashtray too or is that only with OEM install?

No not with this, but I think you only get that if you have front and rear parking sensors and I believe it only switches on/off the fronts.

[nads1_uk]

I had my Cobra Parkmaster kit supplied, painted and fitted by Autoroofs in Leicester. Not too far from W Mids/Warks areas and cost me (IIRC) £170 +VAT


IMG_0872 by jonnyguitar, on Flickr

Looks very neat Do you have the parking sensor on off button by the gear stick/ashtray too or is that only with OEM install?

Satnav systems in surbiton will fit you parking sensors, but they seemed expensive ££££££££££££ to me. They quoted me £999 for front and rear optical parking sensors.

Glad I did'nt go ahead as I have now changed my car.

God that seems excessive!

Interested in optical sensors but the kit alone seems to cost £300 on eBay, or has anyone seen better prices? Rear is key, front would be nice.

I'm assuming I could get OPS installed now and add the RNS 510 later, or is the audio warning from the OPS also via the RNS? I'd have hoped the audio would work with the radio off etc?

Sorry to jump on this thread.  I've got dealer fitted optical sensors.  They are very quiet when reversing.  Does anyone know if the volume can be increased or where they will have fitted the speaker(s)?

NADS1_UK can you help with ths?

Sorry mate don't understand the above?

[brough74]

I bought some off ebay that came already painted and fitted them myself. Quite easy really, the hardest part was finding the reversing light cable. I know they ae not the optical ones but they do a good job.

[MrDo]

"I'm assuming I could get OPS installed now and add the RNS 510 later, or is the audio warning from the OPS also via the RNS? I'd have hoped the audio would work with the radio off etc? "

NADS_UK, does the sound for the OPS come out of the radio or else where? Do they make a sound with the radio off?

Cheers

[nads1_uk]

Mine work with the radio off. There must be a speaker located somewhere in the boot. I'm trying to find out where exactly as they are quiet and would like to see if I could make it louder.

[MrDo]

Mine work with the radio off. There must be a speaker located somewhere in the boot. I'm trying to find out where exactly as they are quiet and would like to see if I could make it louder.

Good luck may I ask how much the dealers charged you for fitting the optical parking sensors?

[RedRobin]

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My VW dealer fitted mine.



^ I'm totally happy about them being black.

[MrDo]

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My VW dealer fitted mine.



^ I'm totally happy about them being black.

Care to share what your dealers charged? I'll be on the phone tomorrow and share any prices I get.

Suits your black and red Golf RedRobin. 

Think I'll go for for silver on mine though