Blackout the chrome on 2018 Sierra

[Grinnen]

2018 Sierra Kodiak edition. I want to black out the majority of the chrome on it since I find the bumpers and front grill detract from the looks.

Is there a guide on how to pop them off so I can scoot some plasti-dip and paint over them?

[DominatorZ71]

Mention plastidip one more time...

[Grinnen]

Plasti-Dip!

I like to use plasti-dip it then paint over it. Plasti-dip has been pretty reliable and fairly easy to remove the plasti-dip after it's been on there for a while.

God Bless Plasti-dip

[Penguin VII]

@Grinnen I don't know your experience with it but I had used it on the front of my Audi and rims and it was a terrible mistake. I could never get it clean, it always snagged dirt and started to tinge brown over time. YMMV but my experience has been poor. A better thing I've come across is to plasti-dip THEN paint. You can get a halfway decent rattlecan or spray and then it's a non perm mod if that is your concern.

 

Outside that if you're just trying to blackout I'd recommend powdercoating since it will last over the chrome unlike paint (unless you are able to really sand it down).

[Grinnen]

Just now, Penguin VII said:

@Grinnen I don't know your experience with it but I had used it on the front of my Audi and rims and it was a terrible mistake. I could never get it clean, it always snagged dirt and started to tinge brown over time. YMMV but my experience has been poor. A better thing I've come across is to plasti-dip THEN paint. You can get a halfway decent rattlecan or spray and then it's a non perm mod if that is your concern.

 

Outside that if you're just trying to blackout I'd recommend powdercoating since it will last over the chrome unlike paint (unless you are able to really sand it down).

That's exactly what I said in the original post, plasti-dip then paint. It's fairly straight forward.

I just need to know if there are any tricks to removing them.

[Penguin VII]

1 minute ago, Grinnen said:

That's exactly what I said in the original post, plasti-dip then paint. It's fairly straight forward.

I just need to know if there are any tricks to removing them.

Oop, sorry missed that part.

 

Haven't done that yet, so unsure. Only removed the grille which was fairly straightforward and you can find youtube videos for. Just here to cause issues apparently