New Painted Bumper w/Sensor weekend project

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Hello Ram owners.

I currently have a 2016 OutDoorsman that was purchased 3 months ago, i really wanted the new Ram Sport but didn't like the price tag. And the Express had everything i wanted, except the interior that i wanted. So the Outdoorsman it was.

my Outdoorsman has the chrome bumper with single exhaust, and i wanted to be like the cool kids and have the color matched bumper w/sensors and dual exhaust cutouts. So i started ordering parts and here is where we are today.

First, i ordered a new powdercoat bumper from ebay
Seller name - bestusaautoparts
Mopar part number - 68049863AA
Seller part number - CH1102373

For 09-15 RAM 1500 PICKUP REAR BUMPER FACE BAR BLACK W/ SENSOR W/ DUAL EXHAUST | eBay

Next, i took my sensors and sensor housing off for painting.

Third, received bumper and took it to my body shop, with removed sensors.

Here is where the fun begins.......Spent the saturday morning preping the bumper and sensors for paint. Saturday afternoon bumper and sensors were painted.

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Took old bumper off truck

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Laid bumpers side by side to get brackets/Step pad and other stuff transferred to new bumper.

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Once everything was relocated to the new bumper, installed everything back on truck.

Done

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Have exhaust appointment on Thursday to get duals put on.
 

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Nice transformation!
Are you also doing the front bumper?
 

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Did your truck come with parking sensors originally? Or are you adding them
 
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Nice transformation!
Are you also doing the front bumper?

Yes, i already started buying parts for the front bumper. I will have to buy the sport front facia because i have front sensors as well.
 
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Did your truck come with parking sensors originally? Or are you adding them

Truck came with front and back parking sensors. I just needed to paint them to match, originally they were silver.
 

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Nice post pictures of the whole progress!
Might be interested in doing this as well lol
 

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Truck came with front and back parking sensors. I just needed to paint them to match, originally they were silver.

Doesn't the paint cause problems with how the sensors work? I know a lot are color matched at the factory, but I thought maybe they were a little different.
 
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Doesn't the paint cause problems with how the sensors work? I know a lot are color matched at the factory, but I thought maybe they were a little different.

I sanded all the silver paint off my old sensors and had them painted to match the truck. I have done this previously with my old truck (2011) and never had an issue.

Backup sensors are usually Ultrasonic or Electromagnetic......in either case they send out an Ultrasonic wave or Electromagnetic wave that senses something behind you and the computer in your truck translates this information. So there is no issue with painting them.
 

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Looks so sweet....nice man!

The painted bumpers do look slick. I went from a TRX to a black edition Express, and yes the interior is definitely lacking from the TRX.....
 
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