Rear View When Reversing

[stevep]

Having bought my IS200 a couple of months back I have noticed and also been advised by the other half that the rear view is quite tricky when reversing. I am 6ft tall and can not see the top lip of the end of the boot through the rear view.

I am considering having the parking sensors fitted and have been quoted £280 fitted by a local dealer. Do people think this is a decent price? Also, I wondered whether fitting the rear spoiler would help the problem as you may be able to see the top lip of the spoiler through the mirror - anyone found this who has had a spoiler fitted and also what are the costs of adding the spoiler?

Comments much appreciated.

Cheers

Steve

[UKPulse]

I'm 6' tall and had the same problem with my previous car, an IS 200SE Auto - couldn't see where the boot ended :duh:

The IS300 & IS200 Sport have a rear lip spoiler as standard - rounds the back of the car off nicely and helps with parking too as you can see! Chris is the pricing guru...

(Sorry, not a good picture - combination of a bright sun, silver colour and being a rubbish photographer!)

£280 for sensors fitted by your dealer ain't a bad price, and you could get Gold discount if you joined up. Alternatively, there's sensors available from Quanan and instructions in the forums on how to fit them - cheapest option by far (but still worth going Gold!) :)

[Geoffers]

Do you have SatNav?

If so, we're discussing reversing camera's. It will be a lot cheaper than the sensors and you'll have perfect vision behind. Also, you can then use your DVD, Playstation, etc.

Here's the thread

[Fidgits]

I have the rear spoiler, and it does help (a little) with knowing where the boot is...

Your probably better off with parking sensors though (IMO).

[Mike246]

stevep and others,

Cameras all all very well but they cannot indicate distance to an obstruction.

Any opportunity for a plug! We have sold several QUANAN Q2030S systems to Club members and so far as I know all are delighted. The drill-through sensors are easily sprayed to bumper colour and the ideal place for the digital display unit on the IS is on the B-pillar above the passenger's seat-belt mounting.

The QUANAN is discounted to GOLD members at £110 delivered and take around an hour to fit.

Further information from www.cleargate.co.uk or 0870 729 3949.

[Steve]

quanans are very good.. i now rely on the bleeps and has never failed me yet.

[Geoffers]

Oooeer... Sorry Mike. Not trying to steal anything from you here.

I have the Quanans myself and I'm chuffed with them.

[Mike246]

Thanks chaps!

What did I tell you.

[Bobski]

Surprised Ian can see over the parcel shelf :winky:

[pacemaker]

agree with the others here...quanans are excellent!!

fitted mine recently and are great, see:

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/sho.../ST/f/19/t/7607

only downside now is that wife wants me to put them on her car too :D

[Rob]

Cameras all all very well but they cannot indicate distance to an obstruction.

depends, if you overlay a "distance grid" onto the screen then .......

[Scorpion]

Whats wrong with opening the door and sticking your head out. :P

Just a thought B) B)

[CruzMissile]

Not backing up in anything is like the key idea, isn't it...how you do it isn't...I guess.

Cheers

[kev dood]

How close to you need to get to the thing behind though! Surely its just for an indication?

Parking sensors are just that too, as when you get down to a certain distance they just constantly beep!

[Fargo]

Cameras all all very well but they cannot indicate distance to an obstruction.

depends, if you overlay a "distance grid" onto the screen then .......

Doesnt the object get bigger the closer you get to it...

[peterb]

I've got the Lexus sensors and they work well. Only downside is that you get two sets of bleeps (the other one is the standard reverse gear selected bleep).

[stevep]

Thanks for all the post people - not sure what to do now?! Not sure I trust myself with a drill against the bumper of my 2mth old IS200 so if I do decide on the sensors I think it will be a dealer fit.

Cheers anyway.