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Skeeter McSkeet Senior Enthusiast

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I've been searching for about an hour and a half on how to remove the front and rear parking sensors with no luck. Can someone that's done this or has knowledge on it help me out, or point me in the right direction to read up on it? I can see myself breaking them trying to pop them out. I'm wanting to do this on a 15' Sierra to wrap the front and rear bumpers.

 

Not sure if I'll be able to wrap the bumpers while on the truck, so if anyone has any thoughts/insight on whether or not I need to remove them, add that in too! I found how to remove the upper bumper and grille, I'm assuming it will be pretty straight forward to remove the front one after getting those pieces off. The back seems like it would be fairly easy. If you have a how to or advice on any of this Id appreciate that as well. Thanks in advance guys/gals

 

 

-Skeet

Mike1220 Senior Enthusiast

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It's easy to remove the sensors, the actual sensors are only the center part, the plastic that surrounds it is what actually holds it. On the back side it forms a 3 sided box like shape. Kinda like an "n" on its side. Just pull the 2 legs apart enough to remove the sensor and then feel on either side and push in and you can remove the plastic surround and you'll be left with a semi perfect circle (semi perfect cause they all have a notch in them to make sure you place the correct sensor surround in the correct hole)

The front bumper has everything on a plug so if you undo that plug then any electrical equipment on the front bumper (fogs and sensors, not sure what else there could be) will go freely with the bumper and no longer tethered to the truck. So you can remove the sensors at that point and it'd be easier. Not sure if you can do the rear the same way

Skeeter McSkeet Senior Enthusiast

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Thanks Mike! I think I can wrap the bumper while it's still on, as long as I take the sensors and fog lights/housings off and can figure out how to remove the tow hook surround so I can tuck the vinyl behind all these areas. And also take off the grille and upper valance or upper bumper, whatever it's called.

 

 

-Skeet

Mike1220 Senior Enthusiast

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Thanks Mike! I think I can wrap the bumper while it's still on, as long as I take the sensors and fog lights/housings off and can figure out how to remove the tow hook surround so I can tuck the vinyl behind all these areas. And also take off the grille and upper valance or upper bumper, whatever it's called.

 

 

-Skeet

The plastic trim between the bumper and the grille are going to the the easiest things to take off. The tow hook surround can be removed without removing the bumper, but it's a PITA from what I hear. I personally find it a hell of a lot easier to pull the bumper and then pull out the fogs and tow hook surround. Just cause some screws that need to be undone can be undone a lot easier without the bumper on the truck. Some may disagree with me but that's what I think.

Skeeter McSkeet Senior Enthusiast

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Mike, I guess I'll just go with my initial thought, and pull the whole bumper off. From what I read on a couple of the tow hook surround threads dealing with replacing them, I think you're right, easier to pull the bumper. I may peel the dip off the center piece and surround and wrap them too.

 

Crafferty, I've been wanting to do this for months man but don't have a garage and the weather obviously has been, well winter lol. I've got about 30 some odd square feet of the vinyl left. I practiced with it on the mirror caps and it matches great. I can't wait either my man I can't either lol.

 

 

-Skeet

crafferty Senior Enthusiast

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Mike, I guess I'll just go with my initial thought, and pull the whole bumper off. From what I read on a couple of the tow hook surround threads dealing with replacing them, I think you're right, easier to pull the bumper. I may peel the dip off the center piece and surround and wrap them too.

 

Crafferty, I've been wanting to do this for months man but don't have a garage and the weather obviously has been, well winter lol. I've got about 30 some odd square feet of the vinyl left. I practiced with it on the mirror caps and it matches great. I can't wait either my man I can't either lol.

 

 

-Skeet

 

I'm right there with you my man. I live in apartment building so the weather plays a huge roll in my mods. I found a really good deal on amazon and purchased 5ft x 6ft roll of 3M 1080 black gloss for $40. In my infinite wisdom while online shopping I didn't quite realize how much vinyl that is. Needless to say I have a giant roll sitting around my house that will only be used on my doors between the windows. I'm now thinking about using it on some interior trim pieces since I'm not a huge fan of the weird dark blue/gray colored interior plastic.

Skeeter McSkeet Senior Enthusiast

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I think my roll started out around that size too haha! I figured since I never used it besides on emblems, Id have plenty to practice with, and if I decided I wanted to add it to something down the road Id have some on hand.

 

 

-Skeet

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