Holes on bumpers

AugustusMinimus

Noticed this on a few cars now and then. 4 kinda of circular intrusions on the rear bumpers. Notice it a lot on Toyota Avensis.

Anyways, saw a Peugeot 508 with them this evening. What the hell are they for and why is it only certain cars have them ?

challengemaster

Parking sensors


also that is one fugly car

AugustusMinimus

They couldn't have done the sensors in a better fashion.

I see these cars and always think there's something wrong the bumper.

Don't mind the rear of the 508. Always think it's a hell of a lot better than the front.

mags1962

I suppose in a plastic bumper is better than holes in the bodywork

Colonel Sanders

Speed holes :-)

God bless the simpsons!

Nissan doctor

We fitted a customers parking sensor kit a couple of weeks ago. Instead of individual sensors like all the manufacturers(like above) use, it was a metal strip of some sort that stuck along the inside of the bumper so it wasn't visible from outside.

Seemed to work as good as the other types too.

cjt156

Only ever had these on a rental. Waste of bloody time. Trying to parallel park a Golf in perfect visibility was like being at a Jean-Michel Jarre concert - OFF! Except the feckers turn back on again after you restart ignition.:mad:

langdang

cjt156 wrote: »

Only ever had these on a rental. Waste of bloody time. Trying to parallel park a Golf in perfect visibility was like being at a Jean-Michel Jarre concert - OFF! Except the feckers turn back on again after you restart ignition.:mad:

Could have been worse - coulda been Swedish House Mafia concert
VW would surely have used a Kraftwerk sample anyway...

...... I don't mind them lookswise, quite handy to have too imo.

Yakuza

I think they're very handy, esp when parking a barge in a tight space. My current car doesn't have them, but does have a reversing camera

Stallingrad

I would have never thought I needed them until I got them. Nice to know now that your blind spot is covered when reversing. I consider myself a careful driver but have had two rear smacks over the years that sensors would have avoided.

keithclancy

Don't like these driver aids, I don't even use a Sat Nav to go places anymore, just to find a particular address.

Even then I don't really believe the Sat Nav a lot of the time.

Never needed parking sensors.

ShadowHearth

Did anyone did a "glory hole" joke yet?

Tallon

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Did anyone did a "glory hole" joke yet?

Only the people that could fit

dahamsta

Nissan doctor wrote: »

We fitted a customers parking sensor kit a couple of weeks ago. Instead of individual sensors like all the manufacturers(like above) use, it was a metal strip of some sort that stuck along the inside of the bumper so it wasn't visible from outside.

Seemed to work as good as the other types too.

Where'd ya pick that up ND? Sounds like a nice bit of kit.

Tragedy

dahamsta wrote: »

Where'd ya pick that up ND? Sounds like a nice bit of kit.

Electromagnetic systems don't require holes. Any cheap one off ebay should do the job, they all tend to come from the same factory in China (even the well known Parking Dynamics ones).

Ultrasonics are preferred because they work even when the car isn't moving and are affected less by rain/snow afaik.

goz83

What next.....men only parking spaces ?

slimjimmc

Tragedy wrote: »

Electromagnetic systems don't require holes. Any cheap one off ebay should do the job, they all tend to come from the same factory in China (even the well known Parking Dynamics ones).

Ultrasonics are preferred because they work even when the car isn't moving and are affected less by rain/snow afaik.

How do electromagnetic systems fare with non-metallic objects like kids or walls/pillars lurking below the bootline?

keithclancy

slimjimmc wrote: »

How do electromagnetic systems fare with non-metallic objects like kids or walls/pillars lurking below the bootline?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No0ZiCb4ZEU

Nissan doctor

dahamsta wrote: »

Where'd ya pick that up ND? Sounds like a nice bit of kit.

The customer got it themselves. It was in an RAC branded box.

Mc Love

Easy to fit?