color match Vinyl wrap questions

[Machin217]

Hey all, wanted to color match my silver 2017 Silverado LT. Not a fan of the chrome bumpers and grille/headlights. Anyone here have any experience with this project and/or suggestions.  I’ve heard that wrapping is a long term way to go but also been told the opposite by other sources and told to paint.. thanks!

[Nasty]

Paint 

[adamj2121]

Vinyl should last about 5 years and requires a lot less prep work. It also allows you to experiment with different colors (i.e. you could try gloss black and if you didn't like it switch to silver)  Finding a silver vinyl that matches may be difficult, I don't have silver so I don't know if there is a vinyl that closely matches or not.

 

If you are confident you want the color match and plan to keep the truck for more than 5 years, I would get everything powder coated, it is more durable than paint or vinyl.

If you are planning to get rid of the truck in less than 5 years then I would go vinyl.

[24v]

Paint will match the best, powder coat will last the longest, vinyl will be the least expensive.  Choose based on what is most important to you.

[krzyd]

On 4/3/2018 at 4:37 PM, Machin217 said:

Hey all, wanted to color match my silver 2017 Silverado LT. Not a fan of the chrome bumpers and grille/headlights. Anyone here have any experience with this project and/or suggestions.  I’ve heard that wrapping is a long term way to go but also been told the opposite by other sources and told to paint.. thanks!

I too had the same question, I said f'it and painted, it's all coming together nicely

 

[Xpensive Chevy]

Hey all, wanted to color match my silver 2017 Silverado LT. Not a fan of the chrome bumpers and grille/headlights. Anyone here have any experience with this project and/or suggestions.  I’ve heard that wrapping is a long term way to go but also been told the opposite by other sources and told to paint.. thanks!

 

I’ve had my grill bars wrapped for about a year now and I wash my truck at least once a week by driving through a high powered cloth car wash. They still look as good as the first day I wrapped them.

For those that say paint it, let me just say I absolutely love my color matched front but I hate ROAD RASH AND ROCK CHIPS... If that’s not a worry for you then good but if it potentially would cause any heart ache, I would go with wrapping the front...

I dropped my truck off this past Monday to fix and respray my front bumper. After I pick it up and the paint cures, I’ll be installing an Xpel Ultimate or 3M Pro invisible bra (PPF) for the entire front to include the mirrors and half of the side panels. Both are warranted for 10 years and are self healing by way of heat....

BTW... If your truck is The Metallic Silver Burch color, the 3M 1080 vinyl that matches the paint is called “Gloss White Aluminum”...

 

 

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