Painting or Vinyl Wrapping the Front Bumper Valence?

[Jrye22]

Pick up my hooks and skid plate plate is powder coated wrinkle black and hooks are race red

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[oggvorbis]

Nice how much did that cost you? I’m thinking of doing the bedliner on the skid plate myself to save money.

The owners of the Line-X franchise I used are clients of ours so I ended up paying $150 out the door to do both sides of the skid plate and the valence with Line-X Premium. Chatting with him, he said that he would normally quote it at $250-$300. We're out here in Los Angeles/Orange County so I've noticed Line-X quotes are generally higher than other areas of the country, but I think you're out in SF so I would assume it would be similar...

 

[kclare]

Believe it or not, but the front bumper valence is two different pieces held together by 8 plastic plugs and 4 bolts! Just removing the bumper valence is a battle in of itself, but there is more work involved.

Do you know the part number of the valence that is just above the skid plate? I am thinking about buying one and painting it magnetic to match the bumper.

Trying to get my hands on a guide/how-to to remove front bumper. Can anybody help? Thanks!!

 

[rangerdanger]

Trying to get my hands on a guide/how-to to remove front bumper. Can anybody help? Thanks!!

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[kclare]

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Thanks so much!! New owner and member, very glad I found this forum!

 

[Ranger's My Middle Name]

Picked up my valance and skid from the local Line-X and I have to say it turned out better than I had hoped. I spray painted the parking sensor and rubber gasket gloss black and haven't had a single issue with them and they work just as they did before.
Looks great! You have those vehicles parked TIGHT in that garage!!!

 

[VolRanger24]

For those wanting to plasti-dip the front valance/grill here are some pics. Its super simple, just practice the spraying to get the coats down on a scrap piece of cardboard or something and then give it a shot. Don't pay someone to do this. Worst case, if it looks terrible you can peel/rub it off and retry. Very simple!!! Here is how mine looks, going to paint the tow hooks orange at some point and swap out the sensors for black ones. DO NOT PAINT OR PLASTI-DIP OVER THEM, they will alert constantly!

For a detailed write up on plasti-dipping I created a forum... https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/thre...-emblems-bumpers-grill-gills.3111/#post-40990

 

[tny]

Picked up my valance and skid from the local Line-X and I have to say it turned out better than I had hoped. I spray painted the parking sensor and rubber gasket gloss black and haven't had a single issue with them and they work just as they did before.

That skid plate looks very silvery/gun metal. Is the picture misrepresenting the color? My thinking of Line-X is more like black. What product did you have applied?

 

[oggvorbis]

That skid plate looks very silvery/gun metal. Is the picture misrepresenting the color? My thinking of Line-X is more like black. What product did you have applied?

It's Line-X Premium. In person it's pretty black. It has a good amount of gloss /sheen to it, so it looks gray in pictures where the sunlight is hitting it directly like in the picture I posted. Here's some others but it still looks blacker in person.

 

[tny]

Do you know the part number of the valence that is just above the skid plate? I am thinking about buying one and painting it magnetic to match the bumper.

Looking at the removal instructions, it says "Remove and discard the clips". That, to me means they should not be reused for some reason. I have not seen any references to where to buy replacement clips. Any takers to comment on this?

 

[tny]

$21 each apparently.

https://parts.ford.com/shop/en/us/sensor-parking-aid-system-9343249-1

Looking at the diagram, all four sensors are the same part number, so they are the same color. So I would think that either they are painted or the plastic thingies that hold them, which have four sub-part numbers, may have a thin color film in front. If they have been painted, a Sharpie should not affect performance.
Do I make sense? Can anyone that has removed the assembly comment on this?

 

[gfitzge2]

I removed my valence and painted it semigloss black. I also put a light coat of gloss black on the sensors.
They are working just like they did before. I haven't given up on the idea of wrapping the valence in carbon fiber vinyl, but my first attempt failed, Thus the paint. By the way the part number of the valence is KB3Z 17626 DAPTM.

 

[tny]

It's Line-X Premium. In person it's pretty black. It has a good amount of gloss /sheen to it, so it looks gray in pictures where the sunlight is hitting it directly like in the picture I posted. Here's some others but it still looks blacker in person.

I am pretty sure that second picture came out of one of the Ranger commercials.

 

[LewisLegacy]

I removed my valence and painted it semigloss black. I also put a light coat of gloss black on the sensors.
They are working just like they did before. I haven't given up on the idea of wrapping the valence in carbon fiber vinyl, but my first attempt failed, Thus the paint. By the way the part number of the valence is KB3Z 17626 DAPTM.

Can you explain how you got the clips off from the top side of the valence? No matter what I did, I couldn't get them loose or get very good access to them.

 

[gfitzge2]

Can you explain how you got the clips off from the top side of the valence? No matter what I did, I couldn't get them loose or get very good access to them.

The upper fasteners are "push pins" just pry straight down on the inner pin. Then just pull straight out. There are bolts on the bottom. The hardest part is the clips that hold the part in place you pull straight out on the part with a fair amount of force, and they pop out. Start at one end and work to the other.


Also see post 48 earlier in this thread. https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/thre...e-front-bumper-valence.1752/page-4#post-40138

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