Hi all, I collected my new Leon during the week. As part of the deal, the sales guy agreed to fit rear parking sensors which I was happy about until I collected it, they aren't flush and don't match the paint colour of the car at all? They look tacky and totally ruin the look of the back of the it. Are dealer fitted sensors not supposed to be like the ones that come out of the factory?
Parking Sensors
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It sounds like you may have an SE model. When I bought my SE in 2015, rear parking sensors were not listed as an individual option. They were only available as part of a Park Assistance Pack, which included a rear view camera.
However, I think they were included on SE models configured as hire cars together with a Convenience Pack.
If this is still the case, then they appear to have fitted after market sensors. They never look as good as the real thing.
However, I think they were included on SE models configured as hire cars together with a Convenience Pack.
If this is still the case, then they appear to have fitted after market sensors. They never look as good as the real thing.
You would have thought that dealer fit parking sensors would be the same part(s), irrespective of which dealer fitted them, so should look the same.
Adam_T and matthab; any chance of pictures so we can see If the two sets of dealer fit parking sensors are different? If matthab's look much more OEM compared to Adam_T's, might be worth Adam_T taking this up with his dealer.
Adam_T and matthab; any chance of pictures so we can see If the two sets of dealer fit parking sensors are different? If matthab's look much more OEM compared to Adam_T's, might be worth Adam_T taking this up with his dealer.
The lesson here is to ask the dealer in detail what you're getting.
New tyres = budget chinese ditchfinders
Full service = oil change (if you're lucky)
refurbished alloys = colouring in the gouges with a silver touch up pen.
They'll tell you anything to sign on that line.
New tyres = budget chinese ditchfinders
Full service = oil change (if you're lucky)
refurbished alloys = colouring in the gouges with a silver touch up pen.
They'll tell you anything to sign on that line.
As above, only thing wrong or out of date there is that now Vodaphone have taken over Cobra! I took a different route and retro fitted, using same parts as factory but with the extra wiring coming from Kufatec as my 2011 S4 did already have rear mounted sensors from factory. So my system displays in the "radio" panel, I painted my own sensors using one of these VW Group twin spray packs and the car is a dark metallic blue and looks okay. The most worrying part is punching the holes in the bumper, I bought a kit that allows you to do that easily and it also has clamping fixtures so that you can hold the sensor mounting brackets while the bonding sets.
Unless you are desperate to get a visual indication of where the obstructions are these Vodaphone kits seem to be excellent, but if you need a visual indication then normally you would need to fit front and rear as per factory, maybe look at what Kufatec offers.
My two Leons, white one is the Cupra with factory fitted sensors. The green is a Leon SE with dealer fit.
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That's pretty much what to expect
TBH, I would never ever get a dealer to retro fit something, I learnt this the hard way as well. I bought my Mk2 and part of the deal was that they would fit bluetooth for hands free calling. What they fitted was an afterthought Nokia system... You never get the factory fitted item retro fitted it would seem.
Nothing wrong with Dealer retro fits, just understand what they are fitting.
I got the parking sensors thrown in and they showed me what they would look like as they had another car with it on.
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I got the parking sensors thrown in and they showed me what they would look like as they had another car with it on.
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