fraid not Ratty, thanks for the idea though - these sensors are nothing to do with parking as they look rf-ish and under under the carpets. I assumed some kind of GPS but why 8 !!

Well, thank you for some interesting replies, my guess is its some kind of tracking / gps device, I have checked with friends who also have RRC and p38's and there is no sign of a device like this - I think its a 'special' fitting, still awaiting a feasible ident :)

I found this under the carpeting when I stripped my RRC down to do some welding on the flooring. It has 1 power input socket and 8 input/output sockets, to which 8 'sensor' type objects were connected via long wires and places at 8 different locations over the chassis - also hidden under the...