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If it is light based then yeah it will need to be mounted on a clear section of glass. Mounting the sensor is going to be the easy part. Simple case scenario is tape it to the windshield. Me personally I'd 3d print something in a plastic that can handle the heat of the sun to hold the sensor that can be glued to the windshield and mount it right under the box next to the mirror. At that point you can put a hole the cover somewhere for the wiring then follow the same route to wire it as the ipma wires are using.You're right. There is no space to mount the rain sensor in the maverick. From what I can find, the sensor mounts to the windshield and not to the cover.
Here is a picture of the mount on my truck...
and here is an example of the mount from an F-150. You can see on the right where the senor mounts and you can see that the glass underneath is clear.
I can't find any specific info on how Ford's sensor works but I assume it's similar to GM's system:
GM still calls its automatic system Rainsense, and its basic function hasn't changed much since 1996. Rain is, well, sensed by a module mounted on the inside of the windshield, behind the rearview mirror. It contains eight LEDs and a set of light collectors. When the weather is dry, the LED light bounces off the windshield and into the collectors. But when a raindrop lands in front of the module, some of that light would refract away from the collectors, and the system triggers the wiper blades to swipe.
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