personalt

I do a lot of work in the city and need to parallel park a few times a day. I have an older F150 that parking sensors were not a factory opition. For those that have aftermarket sensors do the track distances or just beep when something is near?

I guess my goal is to be able to tell the differnce when I am 3" away and when I am 6"-9". Is that possible?

unixgeek13

Check this out for $100....

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...6199_200306199

"Back up your vehicle safely and with confidence. Backup guidance system with 2 1/2in. digital display shows the distance to the nearest object behind vehicle in feet or meters. Detects objects from 1 to 6 1/2 ft. Alarm sound increases in intensity as distance to object decreases (sound can be turned off)."

ducatimechanic

You might want to check this out as well: They're the OEM for the Ford products, or at least it looks that way, so you might be able to really do yourself up.

http://www.echomaster.com/index.html

personalt

Crimestopper has one with front and rear sensors for around $150.
Has anyone used either the crimerstopper model or the ones mentioned above or another brand?

Are they accurate to one or two inches? I am squeezing in to spaces that are maybe a foot bigger then the truck so somehting that is not that accurate will not be that helpful

rmeir

I have a bike rack and every time I backup the sound sensors are on and I turned them off. My question is how do I turned off the sound of the backup sensors? Thanks

unixgeek13

If you REALLY want to be certain, seeing is believing. Maybe you should be looking at aftermarket cameras instead. My 2010 has the factory camera & sensor and I trust the camera (my eye!) more than the beeping. Just a thought.

personalt

I was thinking about a camera. The camera would have the advantage of allowing me to see the tow hitch.
My concern was when parellel parking. Is the camera wide enough to see the left/right rear corner of bumper when coming in on an angle? When I park on right side of street I can at least stick my head out window and see what is going on. But when I park on a one-way I often park on the left side of street so my right-rear corner comes in first.
Can you really use the camera to parellel park in tight places? I would also then need a camera for front that was wide enough to show the front right corner of the truck when pulling out.

unixgeek13

They are usually wide-angle. With my factory camera, I see everything while parallel parking. I don't have a front camera, but I've yet to hit anything. Now I probably jinxed myself! Doh!!!!

FuzzzMan

I have the camera.. It it wide enough for the most part and wit the guid lines turned on it give a really good distance indicator.. one problem is its is creating a bad habit of not looking over my shoulder to back up anymore. I can see more from the camera and side view mirrors... if I had to choose.. it would've camera all the way

FuzzzMan

wow my spell check sucks