Swapped Out My Chrome Bumpers This weekend

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So I swapped out my SLT chrome bumpers for color matched bumpers this weekend, all and all it was a fairly easy swap mostly thanks to the info on this forum, getting the dual exhaust kit I got from truckexhaustkits.com and the Carven Black Ceramic tips I got from nick@gotexhaust installed tomorrow. Let me know what you guys think and if you have any questions.

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Looks good. What did it run you and where did you make your purchase?
 
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I got mostly everything on ebay
Rear bumper was 261.00 already painted.
Front bumper painted with all the parts I needed was @800 not including the fog lights and wiring for them.
 

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Nice!

Nice job. I really like the swap.
I would like to ditch my chrome bumpers one day too.
 

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Looks really good. I like the sports look a lot better
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wow looks great, aside from the front piece did you need anything else like brackets etc?
 

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I got mostly everything on ebay
Rear bumper was 261.00 already painted.
Front bumper painted with all the parts I needed was @800 not including the fog lights and wiring for them.

So are those actually Sport bumpers or look alikes made to swap out just for the SLT? I thought if you swapped front bumper on SLT to sport you would need to swap the grill as well, at least this is what I have been told.
 
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Thanks! Yeah these are the parts I needed beside the Front bumper cover itself:
- Ram 1500 Impact Bar 68196999AB
- Ram OEM 13-14 1500 Bumper Face-Foam Impact Absorber Bar 68145441AC
- Ram OEM 13-14 1500-Grille Grill-in Bumper 68207015AA
- Ram OEM Front Bumper-Spoiler Lip Chin Splitter 68033135AA
- Ram OEM Front Bumper-Air Deflector Retainer 68003844AA (11 clips total)

All the nuts and bolts needed I reused from the old bumper.
 
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Exhaust has been installed.Thanks again to nick@gotexhaust for the nice deal on the Carven tips.
 

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Nice!!!

Really like the painted look. Have a black truck and had my chrome bumpers LineX'd. Looks great on the black truck, but for anything else, I think the painted bumpers is the ticket. Great job!
 

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Looks a lot better. My truck is black with chrome bumpers and need changed out. Just trying to decide if I should powder coat them, wrap them, Line-X them, or just swap them for different ones.


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Well Done!
Looks super sharp.
 

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I really like the Monochromatic look. That's the only reason I bought a Sport over any other model. Those black tips look great.
 

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