To black out or long live chrome ?

Back out or not ?


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Cshaffer126

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What do you guys think?

Black out the chrome or leave it as is ?



Also if I black it out how would you do it ?

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Cshaffer126

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Tell me what to do, and how I should do it ... I see you’ve given this some thought ... Lol ... Good luck


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Thank you for your valuable input, Just looking for suggestions because I can’t decide lol. I was leaning towards vinyl wrap but I have no experience with it.
 

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Black it out, if you could give it a black chrome look that would look awesome with the granite crystal.
 

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I didn't want to go all out and replace all the chrome. I just wanted to break some of it up. I replaced the chrome clad wheels with AEV Mesa wheels, which are almost the same color as the granite crystal with partially polished spokes. I also broke up that all chrome front end by swapping out the horizontal grill with black honeycomb and debadged the truck.

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I vote blacked out, but I have been blacking my trucks out since 1984
 
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I appreciate all the comments keep the pictures coming !
 

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Leave the chrome. I was set to get the same truck but bought an express blacked out (couldn’t beat the deal). All I do now is add some color to get away from the storm trooper look.


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I didn’t realize those just snapped in!

Sometimes finding them is the issue, not the install. Easy breezy to swap and totally changes the front end look imo
 

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Went bars to honeycomb on my Sport, and like it sooooo much better ... Black quads too ...
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There are very few vehicles I like that are blacked out. Ram is one I don't like blacked out as well. Personally I like chrome. I also like when guys will buy black wheels that still have a fair amount of chrome on them especially if they still have chrome bumpers and other accessories. FOr the OP, I think if you added some nice color match fender flares it would look great. Maybe a bit more aggressive tires too. It is a good looking truck though.
 
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