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that you have the sensors professionally painted by an auto body shop.
Note: although the sensors can be spray-painted for exact color match to your vehicle,
sensors painted void warranty on them.
a)
Start with the front sensors, and then the rear sensors.
Refer to Fig. 1 and 2 for the
recommended mounting height and position of the front and rear sensors.
b)
Work under the front and rear bumpers to check the internal structure of them before
marking the positions for drilling holes. Remove the bumpers if the view is blocked.
c)
With chalk or marker, mark the position of sensors on the bumpers. Make sure that the
sensors can be pushed all the way in and that you can feed the wires through.
d)
Note:
If you have a 6-sensor system, install the two front sensors to bumper locations ‘E’
and ‘H’ for better corner coverage of the front bumper, or install to bumper locations ‘F’ and
‘G’ for a balanced front bumper coverage as shown in Fig.2
e)
Drill the holes through the bumpers at the marks with the
Φ
21mm drill bit included.
Note:
if drilling through metal bumper, you will need a bi-metal
Φ
22mm drill bit (not included).
Holes drilled in metal bumpers need to be slightly larger than diameter of sensors.
f)
If necessary, smooth the sharp edge of the holes with a polishing head or small round file.
g)
Run the sensor wires into the holes drilled. Push the sensors into the holes. When pushing
the sensors only apply pressure at the edges, not on the middle of the sensor to avoid
damage to the sensor element. The sensors are tapered for a snug fit.
h)
Adjust the sensors for non-vertical bumper surface by using/rotating the plastic sensor
spacers with wedged thickness (included).
i)
For front sensors,
run the sensor wires from the front bumper into the inside of the vehicle
through the existing wiring holes or rubber grommet in the fire wall, and then to the control
box in the back of the vehicle (hide the wires under the door or weather trim).
j)
For rear sensors,
run the sensor wires from the rear bumper into the trunk or inside of the
vehicle through the existing small vent or rubber grommet in the rear of the trunk or vehicle,
and to the control box.
Note:
Do not cut the excess sensor wires to avoid signal loss. Never pull to hard on the
sensor wires or it may cause the system not to work properly.
k)
Attach sensor wires to the vehicle body with cable/wire ties so that they will not get in the
way of any moving parts and there are no loose wires hanging down.
l)
Plug all sensors into their corresponding sockets at the control box.
Note:
Only use Sensor A, B, C, and D as rear sensors, and Sensor E, F, G, and H as front
sensors. Don't switch the front sensors with the rear sensors or it may cause false alert such as
continuous beeping and 0.0 display (LED System only).
Installing Sensors in Metal Bumpers
If you have a continuous beeping or false alert problem after installation of the system, unplug
all sensors from the control box, and then plug back in one sensor at a time then test to find out
which specific sensor(s) is causing the problem.
After you find the sensor that is causing the false alert, please check if the sensor hole in the
bumper is too tight as instructed below:
Pull the sensor out of its hole in the bumper for about 0.5 inch, tape it to the bumper so it faces
upward a little bit and see if the false alert stops. If yes, then the hole drilled for the sensor is a
little bit tight which can apply pressure on the sensor and or cause resonance and make the
system give false alert. If this is the case, then carefully enlarging the hole a little bit with a small
round file should solve the problem.
Testing Your New Parking Sensor System
For the rear sensors,
back your vehicle slowly (about 3 miles per hour) to approximately 4.9 ft
(1.5m) from a flat vertical surface such as a wall. Continue to back up slowly and check the
performance against Chart 1 (LED System) or Chart 2 (Beeper Only System).
For the front sensors,
do the same test while forward-parking slowly with foot-braking.
Note: have somebody watch the vehicle while you are doing the test.
