Can 2021 2500HD Park Aid Sensors Be Painted?!

[porksmush]

Just got my front and back bumpers, grille and hood vent all wrapped to match the paint color of my truck, got rid of the chrome, but they didn't wrap the parking sensors on the front and back bumpers. I'm just wondering if there's a way to paint over the chrome on them without messing them up and making them just go off constantly? Or if there's any way to replace them with white ones?

Thanks and God Bless!

[newdude]

Those are already painted silver.  All the park sensors come bare primed and must be painted. 

 

Refinishing those in white "might" be a challenge beacuse there are limitations on how much paint can be applied to the sensors. 

[porksmush]

Just now, newdude said:

Those are already painted silver.  All the park sensors come bare primed and must be painted. 

 

Refinishing those in white "might" be a challenge beacuse there are limitations on how much paint can be applied to the sensors. 

So I assume they come from factory with that chrome finish to match the factory chrome bumpers? Have you ever heard of a way to paint over chrome? I always hear its hard to do, I wonder if there's a way to strip the chrome off (assuming its "plated" in chrome)

 

I'm not sure how they apply the chrome to bumpers and sensors, but my old 04 2500HD grille the chrome started peeling off and it was a weird white color almost cream color plastic was under the chrome "plating". I then stripped it all off and sanded a bit and repainted it black and had no issues. But that was a lot less technology on those trucks, I'm scared to mess with something that can just ring through my speakers 24/7 if I mess it up lol

[Michael621]

Good choice with the body color bumpers!

[asilverblazer]

Previous owner re-painted over mine. They acted weird - I was able to peel/sand off the extra coat/layer of paint, they resumed working correctly.

 

You can also get painted ones on Ebay, make sure the part numbers are otherwise the same as yours or they won't work. 

[kylant]

if they are anything like the Ram sensors, they come black and are painted silver to match the chrome bumpers.

I had to replace 2 of them on my Ram and had to paint them