Wildfyre116
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- 2017 Ram 1500 Big Horn 4x4 V8
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Hi All,
Wondering your thoughts on what the cheapest, but still being quality (if possible), way to get the chrome on my truck (all the chrome on a big horn) changed to body-color dark grey (paint code PAU). I talked to a body shop about paint-matching the grill, bumpers and door handles, but they said they won't warranty it as chrome isn't technically paintable and it will eventually chip and deteriorate much quicker.
Right now, I can think of three options:
1) Find a spray paint that is close to RAM's PAU code and spray it myself, and just accept that it'll not be a perfect match and probably chip and show the chrome underneath sooner than I'd like (cheapest option).
2) Buy new, painted-plastic pieces from the dealer (obviouslly the best option, but by far the most expensive)
3) Find some used parts with the same paint code, and trade my chrome to them or buy it outright so I can return it to stock for lease trade in, if it comes to that (middle ground, but could be hard to find used parts that all match).
What are your thoughts on this?
EDIT: Looks like the sport/one-piece bumper also requires different supports, and would definitely be too much money and work to swap over, so I'll just skip the front bumper. Door handles are cheap, so I'm not worried there. As for the grille, looks like rockauto has a paintable grille for $148 so that's not bad. I'll probably just end up buying replacement parts for the door handles and grille, paint matching them, then just doing black plastidip on the front and rear bumpers. That way, it'll stay pretty cheap and is also reversible.
Wondering your thoughts on what the cheapest, but still being quality (if possible), way to get the chrome on my truck (all the chrome on a big horn) changed to body-color dark grey (paint code PAU). I talked to a body shop about paint-matching the grill, bumpers and door handles, but they said they won't warranty it as chrome isn't technically paintable and it will eventually chip and deteriorate much quicker.
Right now, I can think of three options:
1) Find a spray paint that is close to RAM's PAU code and spray it myself, and just accept that it'll not be a perfect match and probably chip and show the chrome underneath sooner than I'd like (cheapest option).
2) Buy new, painted-plastic pieces from the dealer (obviouslly the best option, but by far the most expensive)
3) Find some used parts with the same paint code, and trade my chrome to them or buy it outright so I can return it to stock for lease trade in, if it comes to that (middle ground, but could be hard to find used parts that all match).
What are your thoughts on this?
EDIT: Looks like the sport/one-piece bumper also requires different supports, and would definitely be too much money and work to swap over, so I'll just skip the front bumper. Door handles are cheap, so I'm not worried there. As for the grille, looks like rockauto has a paintable grille for $148 so that's not bad. I'll probably just end up buying replacement parts for the door handles and grille, paint matching them, then just doing black plastidip on the front and rear bumpers. That way, it'll stay pretty cheap and is also reversible.
