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+---- Thread: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors (/showthread.php?tid=1539)
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 10:th-May-2015
So I need to get some plastic trim tools before I can do anything haha! Looks like I will be doing this next weekend now :(
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - sheppy1 - 10:th-May-2015
Awwwww no! I forgot to mention that but would have thought you'd have known to get those with looking at my tutorial..
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 10:th-May-2015
Yeah I thought I had something thought would suffice but nope lol, just ordered some so will have to wait
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - sheppy1 - 10:th-May-2015
Good stuff
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 10:th-May-2015
Haha yeah I hope so!
Also my power wire looks like this...
![[Image: FD7B5685-16F8-4297-B1C2-DBCC5FE46A3E_zpsckrberv2.jpg]](https://s1298.photobucket.com/user/tonyblake1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/FD7B5685-16F8-4297-B1C2-DBCC5FE46A3E_zpsckrberv2.jpg.html)
Apparently if I have a canbus problem I add yellow wire to reverse light as well as red... Anyone seen this before?
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - sheppy1 - 10:th-May-2015
That's a weird looking cable! Ha. You won't have canbus issues... What happened to the standard black and red cable? Lol
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 10:th-May-2015
I add the connector on for round...
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - sheppy1 - 10:th-May-2015
So there's only two wires total then or are there three?
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 10:th-May-2015
There is three, red, black and yellow. Red is live, black is ground and the yellow is if I have a canbus problem I also splice that with red wire to reverse light wire.. 'Head boggled'
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - sheppy1 - 10:th-May-2015
Yeah that's all fine dude
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - tucpal - 10:th-May-2015
forget about the yellow wire just use the red and black
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - sheppy1 - 10:th-May-2015
There we go
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 10:th-May-2015
Ah right good good! Ok mate will thanks
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - tucpal - 10:th-May-2015
also it will still be a good idea to drill the holes and get the sensors in place
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 10:th-May-2015
I'm just going to wait mate as I'm going out shortly! Next weekend as long as baby doesn't arrive I will have 2 full days to concentrate on it!
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - sheppy1 - 10:th-May-2015
Well he won't be able to get the bumper off without the trim removal tools dude
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - tucpal - 10:th-May-2015
and you can also use a kitchen knife as a trim tool just wrap some insulation tape around it
so it does not scratch you paint work
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 10:th-May-2015
Oh I never thought of that.....
Also getting the screws off behind rear wheels.. Did you guys take wheels off? Looks rather tight
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - sheppy1 - 10:th-May-2015
Nooo I didn't take them off dude...what I did have to do was take the screw bit off the screwdriver and then turn it using a pair of pliers...it hard to explain but hope you know what I mean. It was because I couldn't get a screwdriver into the bottom screw on each side
Like so:
![[Image: 16721497614_520804a556_c.jpg]](https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8898/16721497614_520804a556_c.jpg)
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 10:th-May-2015
Ah yeah I got what you meant haha, that's actually what I thought about doing too
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - sheppy1 - 10:th-May-2015
The other two you'll be able to get too just fine with a stubby screwdriver
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 10:th-May-2015
Ok thanks bro, had a little tester at splicing and it's dead easy to do lol!
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - tucpal - 10:th-May-2015
top idea saves loads of time lol
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 10:th-May-2015
Ha I bet mate, best to ask for little tips from people who have done things, if I had to take wheels off I prove would have taken it to someone else to do
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - sheppy1 - 10:th-May-2015
Yeah I was gonna do the same dude.... Couldn't be doing with messing around taking them off as I don't trust myself atm lol.
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 10:th-May-2015
Haha I've never had to remove a wheel so be too wary to do it alone lol!
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - sheppy1 - 10:th-May-2015
Yeah me neither and don't plan on doing it any time soon haha
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 14:th-May-2015
Any tips on how to feed wire from boot lid to fuse box area?? I have been trying for ages now :(
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Rusty2009 - 14:th-May-2015
Have you got a old metal coat hanger or a wire pulley?
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How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 14:th-May-2015
I don't think so no :/
Ok I got something similar to wire coat hanger
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Rusty2009 - 14:th-May-2015
Use that as then tape the wire and pull through.
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 14:th-May-2015
Done mate
I plugged sensors in to check all worked so halfway there now lol! My patience has been tested though
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - tucpal - 14:th-May-2015
very good mate keep up the good work it will all pay off
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 14:th-May-2015
Thanks mate, I got finished early today so thought I'd get wiring done since trim tools were delivered yesterday
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - sheppy1 - 14:th-May-2015
Sorry I didn't reply mate! Didn't see you had posted, tbh I thought that was the easy bit! Just pushed the wire down until it appeared in the cubby hole. The hard bit for me was getting the wire through the little rubber tube! Took me like an hour that haha
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 14:th-May-2015
Haha nah the rubber tube was easy enough, my forearms wouldn't go far enough up fuse box bit so I couldn't get wire lol! Got it straight away with a piece of wire though
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - sheppy1 - 14:th-May-2015
Smoooooth! Hehe, you must be pumped then if you couldn't get your arm up there! Haha. My arms are like coat hanger wires so I had no issues haha
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 14:th-May-2015
Lmfao! I even had the wife out and she couldn't get it, don't think she could get close enough with her baby belly
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - sheppy1 - 14:th-May-2015
Hahaha can't believe you got your pregnant wife out doing work on the car! My Mrs refuses now... Think she'd throw something at me if I asked her to do work on the car when she's pregnant! Lol
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 14:th-May-2015
Haha wet gotta try everything ;p she got sick pretty quick to be fair! Even huffed and puffed when I got to her check sensors worked lol!
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - sheppy1 - 14:th-May-2015
Hahaha was this before or after you had her under the car changing the oil? [WINKING FACE] lol
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 14:th-May-2015
Lmfao, she'd kick my ass if I tried to get her to do anything like that
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Rusty2009 - 14:th-May-2015
Lol you lads need to get you wife's in order lol, mine helps when ever I ask and at times even offers to help.
I make her change her own wheels, if she want to drive a car she needs to know how to do these things.
But I would do it if she had a bun in the oven.
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How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 14:th-May-2015
Mine doesn't drive unfortunately, wish she was into cars though...
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Rusty2009 - 14:th-May-2015
Mines only been driving 2yrs.
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How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 14:th-May-2015
Hopefully she will after baby born
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 16:th-May-2015
Any ideas without removing wheel (I'm not confident enough to) how to et this off, screw driver just spinning
![[Image: 42c350485fc2fbbcb04f423dd140838e.jpg]](https://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/16/42c350485fc2fbbcb04f423dd140838e.jpg)
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Rusty2009 - 16:th-May-2015
If it's spinning sounds like your using the wrong bit or the head is f***ed
Try some pilers on it mate.
How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Tonto - 16:th-May-2015
The head is f***ed mate, can't get anything on it :/ I don't have a pair of long nose pliers either... Sick as that was let screw to get off haha! Just my luck really
RE: How To: Fit aftermarket Reverse Sensors - Rusty2009 - 17:th-May-2015
Sod's law that something link the below might help
http://www.kelvinpowertools.com/trend-grabit-screw-bolt-remover-c-264-p-7937?gclid=Cj0KEQjw-OCqBRDXmIWvveLE3_cBEiQAZWfImRmB33NBGlRiJfw3ULYzXskIa6wwhKf__Ht0_SV78U4aAllx8P8HAQ