Protect the Sagaris' front splitter with a parking sensor?
Discussion
Just a wild idea whilst sitting at my keyboard with a glass of wine in my hand whilst the wife is watching something on the TV...
The front splitter is a liability - we know that. Quite apart from the ground clearance, it sticks out the front of the car and is below kerb height, so every time you park perpendicular to a curb it's a leap of faith. Only the other day I parked at Waitrose, though "that's probably close enough" and when I checked I had 1cm, maybe 2cm at the most, between the splitter and the kerb.
So I was wondering if it would be feasible to mount 2 parking sensors - one in each splitter - to give some kind of indication as to how close you were?
Feasible? Infeasible? Stupid? What do people think?
The front splitter is a liability - we know that. Quite apart from the ground clearance, it sticks out the front of the car and is below kerb height, so every time you park perpendicular to a curb it's a leap of faith. Only the other day I parked at Waitrose, though "that's probably close enough" and when I checked I had 1cm, maybe 2cm at the most, between the splitter and the kerb.
So I was wondering if it would be feasible to mount 2 parking sensors - one in each splitter - to give some kind of indication as to how close you were?
Feasible? Infeasible? Stupid? What do people think?
Wine and nothing on the TV, the mother of invention...
Seems like a reasonable idea to me. You can certainly buy retrofit parking sensor kits which I believe are normally spliced into the cable for the reversing lights so they don't go off when someone is behind you at the lights.
The issues I see are...
1/ How do you ensure that it only works when you want it to and not in traffic? (see above)
2/ Can you mount it low enough so that there isn't a "gap" below the sensor but where the spliter will still hit a low kerb?
Routing the wiring back into the car shouldn't be a problem, though you will have to come to terms with drilling two 10p size holes for the splitter to fit the sensors.....
Seems like a reasonable idea to me. You can certainly buy retrofit parking sensor kits which I believe are normally spliced into the cable for the reversing lights so they don't go off when someone is behind you at the lights.
The issues I see are...
1/ How do you ensure that it only works when you want it to and not in traffic? (see above)
2/ Can you mount it low enough so that there isn't a "gap" below the sensor but where the spliter will still hit a low kerb?
Routing the wiring back into the car shouldn't be a problem, though you will have to come to terms with drilling two 10p size holes for the splitter to fit the sensors.....
Well, yes, you would have to have a discrete enabling switch somewhere in lieu of the input that tells the unit you are reversing.
As to drilling holes, I was thinking more of mounting it in the corner of one foremost vertical vane of each splitter and using epoxy putty or some sort, made good with touch-up paint of the appropriate colour. But I think daylight and a sober head will be necessary there.
yay! 
As to drilling holes, I was thinking more of mounting it in the corner of one foremost vertical vane of each splitter and using epoxy putty or some sort, made good with touch-up paint of the appropriate colour. But I think daylight and a sober head will be necessary there.
yay! 
thanks Greg. JonRB said:
Well, yes, you would have to have a discrete enabling switch somewhere in lieu of the input that tells the unit you are reversing.
As to drilling holes, I was thinking more of mounting it in the corner of one foremost vertical vane of each splitter and using epoxy putty or some sort, made good with touch-up paint of the appropriate colour. But I think daylight and a sober head will be necessary there.
yay!
Don't need a switch if you wire it into say the front (fog?) lights.As to drilling holes, I was thinking more of mounting it in the corner of one foremost vertical vane of each splitter and using epoxy putty or some sort, made good with touch-up paint of the appropriate colour. But I think daylight and a sober head will be necessary there.
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