Painting or Vinyl Wrapping the Front Bumper Valence?

[Hot Pepper Red Zeppelin]

So here's my addition to this thread....

There are 10 clips, not 8 as shown in the Ford images earlier in the thread.

Torx t25 on each end holding the black upper piece and the silver piece together

Sensors with rubber sleeves removed, taped them off and painted one coat and one coat of clear coat.

Used wire to hang the valance from my 2 wires that the tennis balls hang from lol.

Painted Sensors.

Final results. I'm not 100 percent happy but imo it's 1000 times better then the silver.

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[bking]

Not true.. there's already paint on them. Just do a light coat. They work just fine.

I can confirm that they are painted. I had one go bad that the dealer replaced under warranty. I went in for my initial appt and they sent me home because the sensor only came with primer and they had to send it to their body shop to be painted

 

[VolRanger24]

I can confirm after initially telling everyone NOT to plasti-dip the sensors when plasti-dipping bumpers/valence but having now tested it they can be painted no problem and sensors continue to work exactly the same.

 

[Tony Giordano]

So here's my addition to this thread....

There are 10 clips, not 8 as shown in the Ford images earlier in the thread.

Torx t25 on each end holding the black upper piece and the silver piece together

Sensors with rubber sleeves removed, taped them off and painted one coat and one coat of clear coat.

Used wire to hang the valance from my 2 wires that the tennis balls hang from lol.

Painted Sensors.

Final results. I'm not 100 percent happy but imo it's 1000 times better then the silver.

Did you paint it magnetic? Where do you get that? Ford?

 

[Hot Pepper Red Zeppelin]

https://www.automotivetouchup.com/

This is where I got the magnetic paint.

 

[dnymud]

I just replaced my valance with a black one from Ford. It is the unpainted black plastic, but I like the look. It as pretty easy to remove and replace once I figured it out.

 

[Tony Giordano]

I just replaced my valance with a black one from Ford. It is the unpainted black plastic, but I like the look. It as pretty easy to remove and replace once I figured it out.

Looks good, did you order it online or at Ford shop? Also did you paint sensors yourself?

 

[dnymud]

Looks good, did you order it online or at Ford shop? Also did you paint sensors yourself?

Hey Tony,

Thank you for the compliments. I ordered the part through the Ford dealer. I had a hard time finding the right valance with front sensors AND tow hook cutouts in an online search. The part was $140.00 at the dealer.

Yes, I painted the sensor parts myself using SEM 39143 Trim Black spray paint. When the parts dried they matched almost perfectly. See Hot Pepper Red Zeppelin's post above. He is showing photos of painting the sensors that I did not take or show.

 

[dnymud]

So here's my addition to this thread....

There are 10 clips, not 8 as shown in the Ford images earlier in the thread.

Torx t25 on each end holding the black upper piece and the silver piece together

Sensors with rubber sleeves removed, taped them off and painted one coat and one coat of clear coat.

Used wire to hang the valance from my 2 wires that the tennis balls hang from lol.

Painted Sensors.

Final results. I'm not 100 percent happy but imo it's 1000 times better then the silver.

Nicely done Hot Pepper. Looks great.

 

[Kevin Franklin]

This is the way the lower valance should look from the factory with the magnetic trim package! I used Toyota 1E3 Phantom gray as that is the color I painted the wheels. Just a tad bit of contrasting color to make it pop without being obnoxious

 

[NurseNeil]

This is my super wrap of my lower lip as I call it. Taped off the sensors. It's like plasti dip, but only sells on line. It's a lot more professional looking IMO, havent had to peel it so idk how easy/difficult it is. Love the results.

 

[micl9]

This is my next mod - it now REALLY bothers me.
May bedliner the skid plates, top and bottom. And Paint the lower bumper

 

[micl9]

I kept thinking I had taken this part off before. But could not figure out why. I was looking at my truck and notice the Putco grille insert - BINGO
Link to drxns from Putco. I had no issues getting this off last time following these directions.
And an install video HERE

 

[micl9]

Did anyone successfully remove the parking sensor trim ring? I prefer to paint them separately so down the road if the ring shifts I wont get a silver smile showing.

 

[bfastr]

Did anyone successfully remove the parking sensor trim ring? I prefer to paint them separately so down the road if the ring shifts I wont get a silver smile showing.

Easy to do, but you have to remove the lower valance to do it. They snap in from the back, pretty self evident, but spread the clips and the sensor comes out the back, then squeeze the same clips and the ring on the inside that holds the bezel in places comes off. The silicon ring around the sensor can by pulled off , its not attached or glued. once you look at it you will see its ridiculously simple!


do make a note, they are handed, meaning the bezel on the right doesnt line up on the left , but if you mix them up you should figure it out pretty easy

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