Right from the start today things have gone well
Decide to push on with the parking sensors, but before i did that there was one job i had to complete from yesterday.
When i got the car the NSR door card had detached itself from the trim that holds it in place, it had to repaired quickly as it was detaching itself even further
When i got the trim off i was met with this
the first thing i had to do was to make up a cover, i found a black bin liner comes in handy for this
the trim had been setting overnight, i had to use something that was strong, would take a bit of a battering and was readliy to hand, so i used gripfill!!!!!! some would say it was a bodge, but it did the trick
the black strip in on the card is the bit that was giving me the issue
Once this was done it was then onto the sensors
In order to finish the install i had to finish threading the cable for the screen from the front to the back.
first job, seat out, this is fairly simple, while i was there i decided to have a look to see if the wiring was there for the heated rear seats, lo and behold......
under this.......
i found this......
all the wiring is there
In order to thread the cable to the boot i needed to get the edge of the backrest off the car, with the seat base removed there is a metal tag that holds the edge in place, bend that back and then lift up the edge
the controller unit is being mounted near the spare wheel recess, so i cleared that out, took the bumper off and also the rear threshold that sits in the boot.
the next job is the one can can really make of break the install, the rear bumper, i had painted the sensors yesterday in the body colour, i then marked up the bumper with masking take and decide on the most suitable location of the sensors, from there i drilled the holes
As part of the install you have to modify the foam that sits behind the bumper
Before....
After.....
From there it is just about fitting it all together, the wires for the the sensors thread through the grommet in the back panel that the numberplate light runs through.
The live for the sensors is picked up from the reverse lights, all it needs is an earth, all the connections are in the boot on the main loom, i soldered all the connections
once i had the live and earth i routed all the cables to the control unit
with all the wires fitted, the bumper bolted up and all the wiring checked it was time to test it
Once this was all done it was then time to spent the rest of the day polishing it.......3 times
The paint was really bad on the car, it had died back because it had not been washed for so long and had no depth at all, so the first time it went round the car with T-cut, then it was clayed with maguers, and then waxed using carnauba wax, the results were amazing, it looks totally different and had a bit of depth, however i only got 3/4 of the way round it.... and that took 7 hours, so tomorrow its a case of finish the wax and then then Vax the interior
until then................
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