Park Distance Control / Optical Parking Sensors (PDC / OPS)

[javab0y]

Sorry to dredge up an old thread. Looking to get OPS done on my ED35. Can anyone confirm that this will definitely do the job: VW Golf Mk6 5K1 - Park Pilot Rear w. OPS - Candy White (looks like it is already painted too!).

Thinking of getting it installed at Camden GTI - which is 2+ hours away; and a bit hard for me to get to on a weekday.

1) Bit worried about the wiring/battery issues stated earlier in the thread by walbjj etc. - would that still be a problem that the installer needs to be specifically aware of?
2) Can any auto electrician do it given the instructions that come with it (if I can do the VAGCOM myself) - that way I don't need to go to Sydney.
3) VW have quoted me $976 (including $275 labour) for the rears: V1K0054630B 084D01 Parking Sensor supply & install - but of course they can't 100% tell me whether it is Optical or not! They / I suspect it only beeps with no RNS integration but I definitely want the RNS integration. Anybody know?

Thanks in advance

[walbjj]

I had the rear ops system installed by Derek at ea. no issues with it. Been running for almost a yr and 13k km. works fine. No battery drain.
I bought mine from carsystems as well

[javab0y]

I had the rear ops system installed by Derek at ea. no issues with it. Been running for almost a yr and 13k km. works fine. No battery drain.
I bought mine from carsystems as well

Thanks walbjj; what about this problem from a couple of pages back:

So the ops system that I bought is communicating with the controller but not with the car. This same system, someones elses that is, works in some capacity on a mk5, but my mk6 is causing issues.
Markwid however managed to get it working somewhat in his mk6.
I've emailed the eBay vendor requesting proper info or a refund. I'm left with 4 holes in my bumper now.
Derek at EA has a complete front and rear unit which he says will work but it's more expensive. I might as well just get that now and save the mucking around. Pretty annoyed, but what can u do

that wasn't with the CarSystems unit I take it and I should be OK?
That's one of the posts that scared me off to be honest, I don't want to get the wrong unit.

Thanks

[walbjj]

im not sure if i detailed my entire saga with the install of the ops. i was the guinea pig with derek, as he never istalled one before, and it took a few visits, and a lot of labour hrs for him,but after contacting the right people, he got the correct info he needed, as the carsystems instructions are absolute rubbish and make no sense.
i should have done a detailed followup, but the end result was that derek got it installed correctly into my mk6 gti, with proper visual on the rcd510. no issues at all in the the time since install. everything beeps and lights up as it should.

[ziggyboy]

I bought front and rear OPS sensors from eBay and sold them shortly afterwards after learning of the exuberant costs involved in installing them. I opted for the reverse camera for my MK6 Jetta. Cost me $300 to deliver from eBay and $200 to install/code from a "VW specialist mechanic".

I have found it to be more useful than sensors (when I drive my sister's car). It will also show you things sensors can't like potholes or kerbs with uneven surfaces while parallel parking.

[javab0y]

Thanks ziggyboy:
I have just this morning ordered Rear OPS from Poland... I have been quoted 2-3 hours labour for the install of these, so not too bad?
(though, I do have to get to Sydney though from Canberra)

I guess *front* and back may cost a bit more... maybe double, so may not be worthwhile?

[kash_0]

Thanks ziggyboy:
I have just this morning ordered Rear OPS from Poland... I have been quoted 2-3 hours labour for the install of these, so not too bad?
(though, I do have to get to Sydney though from Canberra)

I guess *front* and back may cost a bit more... maybe double, so may not be worthwhile?

Hey,

Interested to see how it goes...who was the quote with in the end. Did you get the sensors pre-painted?

[javab0y]

Quote was from Camden GTI
Yes pre painted in candy white.
Bit worried about it as it is not as straight forward?

[javab0y]

I bought the carsystems.pl kit off eBay, cost was about $350. And Derek at ea in sydney installed after a few tries. Wasn't easy but in the end after getting all the correct info it worked out

Would you mind sharing the instructions? If anyone has them?
I ordered from car systems and got the parts this week (also it was branded Skoda, which they reckon should work?), but when asked for instructions they sent me the Polo one.

Their email communication is not great TBH...

[walbjj]

If u have read my posts regarding this, then u will probably knOw that this isn't really a DIY job unless u have an electrical background. I do not, and that's why I let Derek do the work.
Ur best bet is to contact Derek, but I think he will decline to give u info on how to install as he literally spent 20+ hrs working it out. He didn't charge me as he wanted to know how it worked.
That's pretty much it, stump up the time and cash and get someone else to install otherwise it will look good gathering dust in the drawer

[javab0y]

Thanks Walbjj... definitely no way I want to do it myself LOL!
I am wondering, given the instructions whether someone else in Canberra can do it for me (a pro). Eg an auto electrician, or Canberra VW Centre etc.
I have called around and some said they could do it but need to see the instructions.

EDIT: Also would rather not have to go up to SYD but even if I had to prefer it to be at the West end... eg. Camden GTI. Derek is on the 'wrong' side from Canberra.
Also was yours a Skoda Part?

[walbjj]

i bought from carsystems.pl on ebay. it was a "kit" that they pieced together themselves using skoda/audi/vw parts/ and their own in house wiring loom.
this is what causes the problem, the fact that they use their own wiring, so it doesnt mate well with the oem wiring when u try and plug it in, cos blue doesnt go with blue, as derek put it

[javab0y]

This is the instructions that they sent me (note PDF is about 2MB):

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7953074/Polo%20PDC.pdf

Also they sent me the Polo one (not Golf)... have asked them for Golf but no response so far. Assuming it would be same / similar?
I wonder if this would be accurate and complete enough for a random auto electrician to use?

[mhh]

Can anyone who has installed the OPS comment on how the sensors fit the newly drilled bumper? There doesn't seem to be much of a bevel on the sensor rim to trim the hole. How neat is the look after the sensors are in? An paint chipping to spoil the look? ( a close-up pic would be great)

[walbjj]

Basically a hole is drilled into the bumPer x4, and the sensors (if u can imagine a circle on a rectangular base with double sided tape is fixed from inside). The circle then aligns flush with bumper, there is a dark ring where the hole is slightly larger than the round sensor.

As far as being a clean hole, it depends on the drill attachment. If u use a new one then it will make a cleaner cut. Otherwise there might be some burring. If the installer has an idea then it should be neat.
Take a look at any of the new vag cars with parking sensors fitted, they all use the same style of sensor.