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Old May 5, 2016 | 07:19 PM
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Default Vinyl Wrap Parking sensors

I vinyl wraped my front bumper as seen in pic below and it is effects my front parking sensors. I was told from a few people that I should cut out the circle outlines of the sensors and color them in with a black magic marker, I'm a little skeptical... Does anyone have any suggestions or should I just forget about those sensors and just leave it be?

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Old May 5, 2016 | 08:11 PM
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Damn dude that sucks. But guess what.....your car looks dope lol I'd say "F" it keep it how it is and do without the front sensors.
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Old May 5, 2016 | 08:17 PM
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I've seen people vinyl the front sensors with no issue. It must have to do with the thickness of the vinyl...
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Old May 5, 2016 | 09:26 PM
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Usually it is fine. When people put clear bra on their cars, it typically includes the sensors as well.
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Old May 5, 2016 | 10:49 PM
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I have Xpel on my front bumper. Parking sensors were covered and work fine.
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Old May 6, 2016 | 06:59 AM
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There shouldn't be an issue, I had the 13+ and the only time the sensors would go off randomly was when it was cold, could be same reason but might need to try turning it off and on I know I did and it never occurred again.
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Old May 6, 2016 | 07:07 AM
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Our 3M installer cuts out the sensor circles.

You can change the front sensor sensitivity in Setup/vehicle.

The random "cold" alert is most likely from snow/ice covering the sensors.
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Old May 6, 2016 | 12:20 PM
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It may not be the vinyl wrap... Looks like your license plate mount could interfered. I would take it off and check if you still have issues.
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Old May 6, 2016 | 04:25 PM
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My plate is located in the same area as the OP and I haven't had any issues at all.
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Old May 9, 2016 | 09:32 AM
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I have cars wrapped with 3M and with Avery films and no issues at all
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