Can You Paint The Parkdistance System - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

LGREM · 26th December 2002, 23:18

I want to paint the black stripS on my bumpers, will it affect the park distance control?

my car is titanium silver, and thats the color i want the black strips.

Thank you

capup · 28th December 2002, 08:35

I just returned from a trip to British Columbia in my X5 with PDC. Sun Peaks Resort near Kamloops. There was a tremendous snow storm. Traffic stopped for hours. I was driving through some 18" to 24" snow to try to get around the mess. The first time I maneuvered into a parking place my front signal was giving me a steady tone, meaning I'm against some object. There was nothing in front of me for 25', so I looked at my bumper and the sensors were covered with snow and that set it off continuously. I suggest you try taping areas you want to paint to find the sensitive areas. Once found, tape the areas you shoudn't paint and shoot the bumber. A little experimenting with tape should show you where the sensitive areas are.
Good luck.

Micsor/DK · 28th December 2002, 09:48

Hi,

You can paint them. It´s a little bit hard to see in the picture, but here goes ->

The paint has´nt affected my pdc in any way.

I will post a better picture later today.

All the best,

lear · 28th December 2002, 17:30

Quote:

Originally posted by capup
I just returned from a trip to British Columbia in my X5 with PDC. Sun Peaks Resort near Kamloops. There was a tremendous snow storm. Traffic stopped for hours. I was driving through some 18" to 24" snow to try to get around the mess. The first time I maneuvered into a parking place my front signal was giving me a steady tone, meaning I'm against some object. There was nothing in front of me for 25', so I looked at my bumper and the sensors were covered with snow and that set it off continuously. I suggest you try taping areas you want to paint to find the sensitive areas. Once found, tape the areas you shoudn't paint and shoot the bumber. A little experimenting with tape should show you where the sensitive areas are.
Good luck.

maybe a winter package should be offered that has heated sensors?