Exterior: parking sensors

panasony · 23rd January 2007, 16:57

I am looking forward to getting my honda civic (silver)this weekend (second hand) but there is one minor thing i cant understand , why the parking sensors are black , i have seen other silver civics with silver parking sensors , is there any way i can get my parking sensors silver and would they come under the warrenty, here is a picture so you can have a look yourself

Bungle · 23rd January 2007, 17:09

They should be silver if they are genuine Honda sensors. It looks as though they are 3rd party. The only thing you can do it paint them manually with some touch-up paint or something. I would't fancy trying that, though. I'm also sot sure if painting over the sensor could intefere in any way....

Dankert · 23rd January 2007, 17:38

The sensors seems to be placed in a diffrent spot than those placed on my civic expesially the ones placed farest to the left and to the right. Those two in the middle seems to be at the right spot.

Here you can see where they are placed on my civic... and they are in the same color as the car.

http://www.civinfo.com/forum/attachm...1&d=1169320266

Dankert · 23rd January 2007, 17:46

I am sorry to say this, but by looking at your picture it seems that the sensors not are centered to the car.

richierich · 23rd January 2007, 18:01

There are marks on the inside of the bumper to locate the sensors, not sure if it is a bumper off job or whether you can access it from the boot.

AubreyS · 23rd January 2007, 18:55

I guess that they were fitted on by the previous owner. They are not factory fitted. I bought mine from Ebay and the seller was selling them in different colours. I got them in silver. They look good.

Maybe yours can be removed and painted.

Topcat · 23rd January 2007, 18:57

When I ordered mine from Honda I was given the option of black or colour coded - the colour coded ones were more expensive.

panasony · 23rd January 2007, 19:09

cheers for all your responses i contacted the owner to which i,m buying it from and he said they were fitted by honda and thought that black looked better i hope i can get them redone for silver if not then its not the end of the world

sco77harris · 23rd January 2007, 20:44

a little odd that sounds

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23rd January 2007, 17:09	#2 (permalink)
Bungle Rocketship door handle Join Date: 3rd July 2006 Location: SE London/Kent Posts: 1,217 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	They should be silver if they are genuine Honda sensors. It looks as though they are 3rd party. The only thing you can do it paint them manually with some touch-up paint or something. I would't fancy trying that, though. I'm also sot sure if painting over the sensor could intefere in any way....

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Dankert Supporter Wheelnut Join Date: 10th January 2007 Location: Honefoss, Norway Posts: 63 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The sensors seems to be placed in a diffrent spot than those placed on my civic expesially the ones placed farest to the left and to the right. Those two in the middle seems to be at the right spot. Here you can see where they are placed on my civic... and they are in the same color as the car. http://www.civinfo.com/forum/attachm...1&d=1169320266

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richierich Smell My Cheese! Rocketship door handle Join Date: 17th May 2006 Location: Bicester, Oxfordshire Posts: 1,843 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	There are marks on the inside of the bumper to locate the sensors, not sure if it is a bumper off job or whether you can access it from the boot.

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AubreyS Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 12th August 2006 Location: Essex Posts: 316 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I guess that they were fitted on by the previous owner. They are not factory fitted. I bought mine from Ebay and the seller was selling them in different colours. I got them in silver. They look good. Maybe yours can be removed and painted.

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Topcat Supporter Civinfo guru Join Date: 11th May 2006 Location: Middlesex Posts: 2,712 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	When I ordered mine from Honda I was given the option of black or colour coded - the colour coded ones were more expensive.

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panasony Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 21st January 2007 Posts: 152 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	cheers for all your responses i contacted the owner to which i,m buying it from and he said they were fitted by honda and thought that black looked better i hope i can get them redone for silver if not then its not the end of the world

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sco77harris Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 5th June 2006 Location: stanmore london Posts: 978 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	a little odd that sounds