Front parking sensors - recommendations?

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LeeME3

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 Lincoln
For various reasons (mainly involving me having to park at work nose on to a big kerb and the Zed's bonnet being about 3 miles long) I'd like to fit front parking sensors BEFORE I bump into something!

Any recommendations for decent kits to purchase and fit? Don't want a huge display in the cockpit (1980s 'graphic equalizer' springs to mind for some of them!), audio only or a discrete display is fine. Main requirements are that they work well (2 or 4 sensors recommended?) and that they can eiother be supplied in a near-matching colour (Sterling) or painted to match as I'd like them to be as invisible as possible. Quite happy to do DIY fitting although minimal drilling is of course preferred!

Thanks! Any pics of your installs would be handy...
 
Ok been having a good look myself as already have a front set of meta number plate sensors which dont work very
well as they sit on the side of the numberplate which is about 350mm and they need to be at least 400mm from the ground otherwise they just detect the floor.Easiest option would be a a dolphin set as they come pre painted and no need to remove the bumper http://www.dolphinparkingsensors.co.uk/ but on the bad side im pretty sure the will look nothing like OEM as they are not flush. Best set i have come across through research is http://www.vehicle-electronicsdirect.co.uk/page9.html as these are flush fit but will need to be painted. Be nice if someone could post a pic of both sets on there car so i could see the difference a little more clearly. The laser line number plate sensors could work if you turned them upside down http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=laserline+two+sensor+number+plate+system&view=detail&id=EDE0DC3F7AEC15E54F2F0D26C5AF0AF93CADB2BD&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR If the sensors where at the top of the plate that should be enough ground clearence for the sensors to work properly.
 
Personally I would use one of the strip types that fit behind the bumper to keep the OEM look. Pawnsacrifice has fitted one.

http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25979&hilit=parking#p360363
 
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