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On 8/28/2018 at 10:02 AM, mrskiff said:

You wont regret debadging and color matching. I have a silverado the same blue and it looks awesome color matched.db7de244ecf2f6084b83b255b4793c4f.jpg

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This seriously looks so good!  I just got a new 2018 and I want to do something like this on my truck but all the paint shops that I have reached out to have told me that they refuse to paint over the chrome, even with roughing it up first.

 

I just think that the front and back bumper are too much chrome...

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2 hours ago, IncisionInd said:

This seriously looks so good!  I just got a new 2018 and I want to do something like this on my truck but all the paint shops that I have reached out to have told me that they refuse to paint over the chrome, even with roughing it up first.

 

I just think that the front and back bumper are too much chrome...

Try Maaco my local shop even said they'll guarantee it locally. 

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Just now, MikeMartino said:

Try Maaco my local shop even said they'll guarantee it locally. 

 

Thank you and ill look into that, there is one less than 5 miles from me.

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8 hours ago, Jeepin9910 said:

Where did you get those bowties?

You can buy vinyl for like $6 at Amazon or EBay, if you don't need a different contrasting color. I left mine chrome, but could have just as easily painted the plastic. I removed both the front and rear emblems, drilled out the plastic fasteners, wrapped the bowtie emblems and 3M taped them back in.....


 

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Hello all, newbie here. I just bought my first ever brand new vehicle. I always bought a year or 2 old vehicles but, with the rebates GM were handing out new was as cheap as used.  
Anyway I have a blue 2018 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT.  I love it!  Things I've done so far is...2.5" rough country leveling kit, moto metal 970 rims, nitto ridge grappler 275/60/20 tires, few other minor things. 
I wanted ya'lls thoughts on adding flowmaster exhaust, k&n intake, color matching front and rear bumper (I know paint wont hold well on chrome but will eventually get after market front and rear bumpers anyway) want to color match the mirror caps, door handles, front grill, and paint the chrome running boards black. I plan on removing all the badges and chrome door trim as well. Thoughts???20180618_182950.thumb.jpg.7a421f979e2d7548bb1f475ebed5cda7.jpg
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Looks great as is. Chrome breaks up and adds contrast. Intake is a waste, exhaust will typically drone in cab with V4 mode. Biggest improvement I’ve noticed is from the SuperChips tune which has been hands down instant power upgrade and increased fuel economy.


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On ‎9‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 1:44 AM, DHaze83 said:

I couldnt stand the little bit of Chrome that came with the Midnight Edition. So i stripped all badges and lettering and bowties. I replaced all badges with custom Red/Black and then replaced the chrome lettering with the "Redline Edition" lettering. And then replaced the black and chrome bowties with custom Black/Red bowties. Swapped the black tow hooks as well. The little bit of Red that i added brings it all together with the factory tail lights. IMO

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Where did you get the LTZ emblem like the redline?  I have a redline LTZ and it didn't come with the LTZ emblem, it's blank in that spot.

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6 hours ago, Hate Work said:

You can buy vinyl for like $6 at Amazon or EBay, if you don't need a different contrasting color. I left mine chrome, but could have just as easily painted the plastic. I removed both the front and rear emblems, drilled out the plastic fasteners, wrapped the bowtie emblems and 3M taped them back in.....


 

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Where did you get the black lettering, please?

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4 minutes ago, SILVER SLED said:

Where did you get the black lettering, please?

It's plastidip. Tons of YouTube vids. Took me a couple of hours. 5 light coats, 10 minutes apart. 2 coats clear.

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11 minutes ago, SILVER SLED said:

Where did you get the LTZ emblem like the redline?  I have a redline LTZ and it didn't come with the LTZ emblem, it's blank in that spot.

Amazon. There are tons of sites that offer different colors. But amazon has them all as well.

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23 minutes ago, Hate Work said:

It's plastidip. Tons of YouTube vids. Took me a couple of hours. 5 light coats, 10 minutes apart. 2 coats clear.

Cool, thanks. 

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23 minutes ago, DHaze83 said:

Amazon. There are tons of sites that offer different colors. But amazon has them all as well.

Nice, thanks.  

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1 hour ago, SILVER SLED said:

Where did you get the black lettering, please?

If you don’t want to do the Plasti dip they are available on eBay type black Silverado letters in the search on the auto parts page. Silverado, Chevrolet, LTZ, LT, 2500HD, High Country, Transformers, Decepticon, Captain America, Bumblebee and Cheyenne all available in black. Also Silverado, Chevrolet and LT available in redline.

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1 hour ago, wforrest08 said:

If you don’t want to do the Plasti dip they are available on eBay type black Silverado letters in the search on the auto parts page. Silverado, Chevrolet, LTZ, LT, 2500HD, High Country, Transformers, Decepticon, Captain America, Bumblebee and Cheyenne all available in black. Also Silverado, Chevrolet and LT available in redline.

Thanks, because I really don’t want  to have to buy emblems then plasti dip them.  

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On 8/28/2018 at 2:02 PM, mrskiff said:

You wont regret debadging and color matching. I have a silverado the same blue and it looks awesome color matched.db7de244ecf2f6084b83b255b4793c4f.jpg

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Please don't post pictures like this, it's too late for me to go try to debadge to mimic the look. Very nice! ;)

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