Dealership Says They Won't Put Chrome Bumpers on a Custom Built Longhorn

[Goose55]

Seems rather a-nal retentive. I am looking at ordering a custom factory built 2023 Longhorn. They have chrome bumpers all over the place at the assembly plant in Saltillo, Mexico. They build and are putting chrome bumpers on Laramies and Limiteds,... why not just grab a couple and bolt them on? How hard is that?

I tried to reason with the lady at Mark Dodge in Lake Charles, LA about this but got nowhere. All she said is I could swap out the bumpers, aftermarket. What? And then what do I do with a pair of red painted bumpers? Fooey. I'd like to get an email address of management in Saltillo because I bet I can manage to accomplish this. Anyone have any ideas as to how I can find an email address at the Saltillo Plant?

 

[SniperDroid]

My money says you'd find it easier to urinate up a rope
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[Stavinksi]

Good luck with that. Do it aftermarket. Sell the painted ones. You won’t get full value but someone will buy them who backed over their lawn mower on accident.

 

[TotallyHucked]

Unfortunately they pay people lots of money to make the building process as efficient as possible and any deviation from processes that are written by management is not allowed. Doesn't matter how easy it "could" be, it won't happen. Same reason we can't just pull a set of bumpers off the line prior to chroming because one guy wants a set to paint, it'll interrupt the whole thing.

 

[BWL]

I see why you'd want them vs going brown.

 

[Goose55]

I see why you'd want them vs going brown.

Yes. Thanks!

 

[Docwagon1776]

There are no custom builds at the factory. You use a build sheet to select available options, that's as close to custom as you can get. They aren't Burger King, they aren't going to make it your way, and the dealership has zero control over that. It's not worth the maker's time and effort to customize to that level, and the prices would be nuts if they did. See: Jailbreak Chargers/Challengers which are much closer to a true custom, but still not quite there.

 

[stevenP]

Honestly the chrome were a lot easier to keep clean, and didnt chip. But if you have to have the Laramie longhorn its part of the package, you want the two tone paint. They used to offer the colored bumpers and 2 tone trim, in other colors, but now its only brown.

 

[Zoe Saldana]

Seems rather a-nal retentive. I am looking at ordering a custom factory built 2023 Longhorn. They have chrome bumpers all over the place at the assembly plant in Saltillo, Mexico. They build and are putting chrome bumpers on Laramies and Limiteds,... why not just grab a couple and bolt them on? How hard is that?

I tried to reason with the lady at Mark Dodge in Lake Charles, LA about this but got nowhere. All she said is I could swap out the bumpers, aftermarket. What? And then what do I do with a pair of red painted bumpers? Fooey. I'd like to get an email address of management in Saltillo because I bet I can manage to accomplish this. Anyone have any ideas as to how I can find an email address at the Saltillo Plant?

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Ask for "parachoques cromados" and you will get them.

 

[Riccochet]

My 2020 Laramie Longhorn has chrome bumpers.