as it says fitted a set of reverse sensors to the XF roadster today i have done about 10 or so sets of these in the past, these were by far the most work lol
bought a can of spray to colour match them in and all though i say it my self look very good and the colour match is spot on

 

Looking good.. Feared the worse seeing the first pic.. But fair play, looks good. Now to sort out the heated seats dave?

 

took a while to get the bumper off but had no instructions, but rekon i could get one off in an hour or less now i know what to do

have tried to find info about seats no luck so looks like i will have to live with only the backs working

 

Same as Dave.. Not that its major problem. Like i posted above though.. Looks good Dave..
Saved some hard earned cash fitting them yourself

 

no majar issue mate, its my wifes car i drive an S Type the seats ok in that lol.

cost me about 25 quid and a couple of hours but i do have a full can of paint left should i need it or any one else needs to do the same they can have a it

 

got to be honest I'm toying with the idea of fitting these myself - got a few different ideas kicking around for insidfe the cabin.... just need to see how much it'll cost (if I had 2 left tumbs I'd consider myself mechanically gifted!!)

 

To be honest, it looks like a well executed bit of work. But wouldn't a camera/screen system be more effective and maybe less expensive?

Just curious...

 

Its my missus car and she didnt want a screen inside the cabin, and this job only cost me 25 quid and my time, i have a bloke who gets me the sensors at cost

 

Thanks. And how do they let you know you're getting close? Audio through the stereo? A separate unit?

 

on this it is a seperate unit, have the handsfree phone through the sterio

 

I fitted mine (£13 from Ebay) and are priceless!!..highly recommend getting them

 

Hi Dave,

If you do this again, any chance you can take photos and do a description of how to get the rear bumper off please, as I'd like to fit sensors to mine.

Recently fitted some Cobra flush ones (BMW/Audi factory look) to my son's Hyundai Coupe and they look great and work really well.

Cheers

Mike

 

Must admit I was looking at doing this with mine too, although having done some research I might go for the lazy option of a cordless rear camera kit.

 

I get what you mean, but whenever I drive a car with a camera I am not comfortable with the distance perspective and always have the sneaky feeling it's going to show me what I've just hit

 

It does take a bit to get used to the perspective with a camera, I have one on my other car and have found that the old saying of 'objects may be closer than they appear' to be true, you certainly need to keep the speed down when using it.