So I removed my front bumper to paint the grill, grill badge, and bumper inserts. All went just fine and it looks fantastic. However, I don't quite remember where two items came from when I removed the bumper. See picture below:



Does anyone know where these clip into? And what the hell they are in general? They have the Siemens logo stamped into them and FoMoCo (whatever that is).

Here's a picture of the inside of the bumper for reference:



And here's a picture of how well the whole painting went:

 

That is one of your tire pressure sensors it clips into a slot on the under tray, FoMoCo is ford motor company.

The paint came out great.

 

Thank you! I actually went back and took another stab at it and figured it out.

 

I'm usually partial to the chrome look and bling....but I have to say that looks bad-***

 

Thanks. Now I just have to figure out how to remove the side vents without breaking any tabs so that I can paint that little chrome piece too.

 

That looks great. Did you use a gloss black?

I've been thinking about painting all my chrome trim with something like Duplicolor Shadow for a black chrome look.

 

This is how I spent my weekend:

1. Removed chrome parts
2. wet sanded with 400 then 800 grit
3. Primed all parts (3-5 coats) with Rustoleum Self Etching Primer
4. Painted all parts (3-5 coats) with Rustoleum 2X Coverage Gloss Black
5. Wet sanded all parts with 1500 then 2000 grit sandpaper
6. High speed buffed all parts using Meguiar's Scratch X 2.0

 

Your XF looks great! Good job!

 

Thanks.

My new wheels get delivered the beginning of next week and my new headlights get delivered this time next week (hopefully). So I'm planning on looking pretty sweet by next weekend.