Rear Parking Sensors - retro-fit?

[westville]

Can anyone advise please?
I want to retro-fit some reversing sensors on my wifes V40 I reckon they will fit just below the black plastic trim and the top of the rear bumper crash bar that runs behind the plastic bumper itself.
My Questions:
1. Is that a safe assumption?
2. Anyone done this fitting already?
3. How to remove the bumper to run the wiring into the boot space?
Thanks
Jim

[westville]

Hi All
Sods law after searching b4 posting above I then find a thread with all the answers I need - thanks to morphinemitt and flingel for their posts which explain exactly what I need to do here:
http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showth...hlight=sensors
(Posted for info of future searchers)

[westville]

Hi all
Job done as per above link to posts - no problem:

I think they look good and they work well

[T4Rick]

I see the car has manchester number plates lol

[westville]

Hope that does'nt affect re-sale value - cos it lives in Yorkshire now

[T4Rick]

lol did you get it from manchester or was it someone before you?

[westville]

Hi - no 1 previous owner had it from new - lived in High Peaks somewhere - but its safe now in Gods Country!

[g11]

Looks good.

Did you consider colour coding them before fitting?

If they are the detachable from the wires, it is a straightforward job to do now for relatively little cost

[westville]

Originally Posted by g11

Looks good.

Did you consider colour coding them before fitting?

If they are the detachable from the wires, it is a straightforward job to do now for relatively little cost

Hi - as the trim on the car is also black I decided to leave them as supplied - the wiring is plenty long enough to pop them out and spray off car if I had too - I believe you would need to prime them first and then apply top coat.

Its so much easier to park now - well worth a couple of hours to do.

[T4Rick]

Thats just being lazy lol you dont need parking sensors lol looks good though.Ive seen parking sensors on a smart car which made me laugh