Understanding the Varieties of Parking Sensors: Steel Mate and PD1

 There are two types of front and rear parking sensors, though there are numerous brands.  The two types of parking sensors are electromagnetic and ultrasonic parking sensors.  The ultrasonic parking sensors were the first to be developed and used by car companies.  They do have their uses; however there are a lot of drawbacks with these types of parking aids.  The PD1 is the electromagnetic parking sensor.  It is also the only one on the market. 

The PD1 will hook on to the back of your bumper and run the CAN Bus wiring system along the entire bumper.  This way you have a working sensor system on the entire bumper, but you don’t need 4 to 6 actual sensors.  The ultrasonic option will have 4 to 6 sensors that are on the front of the bumper.  In fact you have to drill into the bumper to place the sensors on the car.
Ultrasonic sensors are Steel Mate and LaserLine.  They do use a wiring system to report to you in the driver’s side of the car, but it is less sophisticated technology.  Again this is because it needs 4 to 6 sensors to work on the outside of the bumper.
The PD1 doesn’t require you to make modifications to your car.  Instead you just place it on the car unless it has a metal bumper.  The metal bumper will require modification to the electromagnetic sensor; however this is a small modification and still doesn’t require modification to the car.  A trained technician can install the system and make the modifications for you.
With the Steel Mate parking sensors you will find that you not only have to drill the bumper, but you have to get matching paint to hide the sensor and the modifications you made.  They are unsightly.
So when you really want a great parking aid system the PD1 or Parking Dynamics electromagnetic sensor will be the best out there.
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