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Got rid of 99% of the pesky chrome (all thats left is the step rails which are leaving once I drop it and the exhaust tip which I haven't quite decided what to do with)

 

So we dipped the window trip, door handles, and mirror caps, swapped the grill and lower valence for an all terrain and dipped both those black as well as the emblems and the wheels, what do you guys think??

 

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xtremes1088 Enthusiast

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When will you get window tint and the taillights tinted?

Haven't seen any lights yet, I want to do the ambient lights on the floorboard though, once I see smoked tails I'll get them

 

As for tint, I probably won't, the cops around here are extremely bad about tint

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Looks great. I don't understand all the options on the new models, but why not just get all terrain if this is the look u wanted?

 

 

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soltys Enthusiast

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Looks great. I don't understand all the options on the new models, but why not just get all terrain if this is the look u wanted?

 

 

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I was thinking the same thing but, to each his own. Does look good though. If your looking to murder it out, have you looked into swapping your chrome boards for the black OEM ones? Your dealer should be willing to make that swap.

GMC-AT Senior Enthusiast

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Honestly, I don't understand this as well. Like others stated... looks pretty much like a AT. Great looking truck.. but if you were going for that look.. I just would have got the AT with the 6.2. Most of that color look would have been done at the factory.. and you would have saved $$

thetruck454 Enthusiast

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If he got an all terrain, he would still have had to dip the wheels, and all the chrome trim. It would have saved him the grill/valence swap and that's about it.

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If he got an all terrain, he would still have had to dip the wheels, and all the chrome trim. It would have saved him the grill/valence swap and that's about it.

 

The swap and a couple of grand. That's about it. Just my opinion but if I bought a Denali, I would have left at least some indication that I did (dipped the emblems instead of removing)

That's just my preference. But the truck does look good. When they finally release the tinted tails, it'll look that much better.

fondupot Senior Enthusiast

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Looks great. I am just curious on how well the Plastidip will hold up to bugs, rock chips, road grime, etc.

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