Can't paint PDC sensors??

[chadcham]

I just got the M-Sport rear bumper and arches put on my X5, and I was more than a little surprised when I saw that the PDC sensors were still black (against an Alpine White bumper). When I asked them about this, they said that they did not think you could paint the sensors so they left them black. They thought that I would have to buy them color matched from BMW. Does this sound correct?

Thanks for any help!

Chad

[Biff Grissel]

I have an AW x5m and mine are color matched I believe.

[jspdr]

I just did the same thing, but i had them painted to match

[chadcham]

Thanks for the replies - I called the shop and they finally found out that BMW only 'allows' it to be painted once and since mine was never painted, they agreed to color match mine tomorrow.

I'm putting on the AC Schnitzer front bumper, and need to get the paintable side skirts to replace the running boards I have now (and if anyone has the part numbers for the paintable side skirts I would love to know - it's kind of hard to find it on the parts site.)

Thanks!
Chad