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First Time Posting Pics Of My 09 Sierra With New Denali Parts.

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I'm still new to this forum, so this is my first time posting pics. My truck is a SLT, the exterior is white diamond, and the interior is black. I picked the truck up about 2 months ago, and in that time these are the mods I have done.

 

-15% tint side, 50% windsheild

-6inch side steps

-Bedliner

-Rail caps

-Denali upper grill

-Denali lower grill and air dam

-Painted front and rear chrome bumpers

 

I have a bunch of future mods planned, too many to list right now LOL.

 

The truck is dirty in the pics, I will take some more tomorow after I get it washed.

 

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Irv Enthusiast

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Looks good, were the bumpers hard to paint? (lots of prep, special paint etc?) Do you know if it will last painted over the chrome?

 

Also what he said, "front windshield" 50% tint?? I know that is illegal where I live, for obvious reasons.

 

You truck looks great btw, thanks for sharing your pics. :flag:

tobias Senior Enthusiast

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Looks pretty good. Not a fan of the Denali clones but it was executed pretty well. :flag:

 

Is the bumper paint as far off as it looks in the pics?

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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Truck is attractive enough but I don't really understand "changing" a truck and making it look like another stock truck. :flag:

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50% tint on the windshield? That thing hard to see out of at night?

Nope, you really can't even tell it is tinted. I have 35% on the windsheild of my other car.

 

 

Looks good, were the bumpers hard to paint? (lots of prep, special paint etc?) Do you know if it will last painted over the chrome?

 

Also what he said, "front windshield" 50% tint?? I know that is illegal where I live, for obvious reasons.

 

You truck looks great btw, thanks for sharing your pics. :thumbs:

 

Thanks! The bumpers were a little hard to paint. I bought the rear bumpers from GM primed, so they were not hard. The front bumper for the Denali that comes primed looked like it had a different mounting bracket, and I didnt want to take a chance on fitment. Instead of buying a new front bumper the shop sent my bumper out to have the chrome blasted off, then they used a metal etching primer. The shop has done this before with no issues.

 

Looks pretty good. Not a fan of the Denali clones but it was executed pretty well. :flag:

 

Is the bumper paint as far off as it looks in the pics?

Truck is attractive enough but I don't really understand "changing" a truck and making it look like another stock truck. :D

 

I could have bought the Denali if I wanted too, but what really stopped me from buying it was the poor fuel economy from the larger 6.2, and the full time all wheel drive. Another reason was I could not find one in the white diamond pearl, they were only made in the non-pearl white. I could have gone with aftermarket grills, and mabe just left the bumper chrome, but OEM part quality is always better than aftermarket, and IMO the Denali is almost perfect looking, no need to change :D .

 

You are correct about the bumper color being off too. The bumper matches up with all of the metal on the truck, but the bumper does not match up with the plastic trim under the grill and front 1/4 panels. The problem is the plastic that comes painted from the factory has a flex additive so the color on that piece is off from the 1/4 panel and the bumper I had painted. That is one of the reasons I didnt have the shop paint the lower air deflector because it is plastic and would also be slightly off from the color of the truck.

 

Thanks for the comments everyone!

 

Tom

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Truck looks nice

I have a 07 white sierra denali, And i love it

Can you tell me which running boards you have?

also which bedliner and caps did you go with?

Im having issues making a decision on these items

thanks

Tklei14 Enthusiast

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Truck looks nice

I have a 07 white sierra denali, And i love it

Can you tell me which running boards you have?

also which bedliner and caps did you go with?

Im having issues making a decision on these items

thanks

 

 

The running boards are the OEM 6inch GM, and the bedliner is also the OEM GM hard plastic bedliner. (look on GMpartdirect.com, they seem to have the best prices).

 

The caps I have are NO GOOD, I really do not know what brand they are, but I had a set from Bushwacker, and now these. Fitment is no good, and they look like crap in-person. I'm going to get a set of OEM GM bed rail caps, people on this forum have had good luck with them.

 

Tom

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