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Old 01-21-2006, 10:10 PM
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I was wondering if anyone has ever seen a after market Rear park Assist kit.
Old 01-21-2006, 10:42 PM
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Are you really serious? There's not really much of a blind spot. If you are serious, I'm sure someone makes a kit. Can't imagine it being a popular mod though. Unless they're paint to match sensors, they'd look awful on that big rear.

Take it easy, and good luck with the mod if you decide to try it.
Old 01-21-2006, 11:39 PM
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You would have to buy a kit made for another car and mod it for your car. You could place them so the sensors are not seen in the rear and front of the vehicle.
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Not planning just wondering.
Old 01-22-2006, 03:29 PM
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I'd like to get one - would be a cool gadget on the C5.
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here's a few I Googled:

http://www.opticsplanet.net/atnaut20bacs.html

http://www.elexp.com/kit_3502.htm

many talk about mounting these on the rear of your car. I'd like to have it monitoring the front.
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Pretty neat and not very costly thank you if I buy will do a report.
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Originally Posted by Mike Mercury
...many talk about mounting these on the rear of your car. I'd like to have it monitoring the front.
Or maybe the bottom if you're into sweeping the streets with the air dams!

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i've got one, she sits in the pass seat
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The ATN Autopark seems to fit the area between the tailpipes. The second one seems to be a kit, I wonder if it will need housing made so it's not exposed to the elements.

What I have considered is the one with display of how many feet/meters left (saw them on eBay). It is a bit more expensive and mounting the sensors is not as easy (it requires drilling).
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I installed a system on my Avalanche since they have a LARGE blind spot due to the small rear window and the high rear-end attitude. It's a Poron unit and works pretty well. I bought it on ebay about three years ago for $67 delivered.

I'd rather have a rear-view camera system but they are much more expensive.
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I installed a system on my Avalanche since they have a LARGE blind spot due to the small rear window and the high rear-end attitude. It's a Poron unit and works pretty well. I bought it on ebay about three years ago for $67 delivered.

I'd rather have a rear-view camera system but they are much more expensive.
thanks for the tip. I'll check that one out.
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Hello,
I saw that the RPO code RPA was available for the C5 (Rear Park Assist)
Does someone can explain what is it exactly ?
Thanks
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This is a 9 year old thread...
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...but I didn't find the answer here or on the web.
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I bought a kit to install never got around to it, on amazon you can do a search and read feed back to tell witch is good and bad

I actually bought it for a different car but it might wind up on my c5z

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