Color matching Chrome

[aha1987]

Has anyone had success in color matching the chrome bumpers? Any suggestions? 

[redvettez06]

I’ve wondered about that myself. Whether it be paint or vinyl wrap, it would be cool to delete a lot of the chrome on the LTs. 

[BigMick2023]

No offense, but that's why I liked the RST models.......

They painted the front/rear bumpers and eliminated most of the chrome.

 

I had put PPF on them so they don't chip.

 

Not sure how you would paint chrome and make it stick? 

[Sauce]

On 8/13/2020 at 10:48 PM, Aycock1987 said:

Has anyone had success in color matching the chrome bumpers? Any suggestions? 

I wrapped my 17 when I had it. You can paint chrome but there’s a lot of prep work needed and once you sand it there’s no going back. With wrap peel and your good as the day you put it on. 

Edited August 16, 2020 by Sauce

[aha1987]

1 hour ago, Sauce said:

I wrapped my 17 when I had it. You can paint chrome but there’s a lot of prep work needed and once you sand it there’s no going back. With wrap peel and your good as the day you put it on. 

I tried finding a company that could color match the wrap but said they can’t. My truck is shadow gray metallic 

[Sauce]

Oh yeah you might have a hard time with that my 17 Silverado was white so it was easy my 20 is silver ice metallic and I think the chrome works well


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[superhighsierra]

30 minutes ago, Aycock1987 said:

I tried finding a company that could color match the wrap but said they can’t. My truck is shadow gray metallic 

 

There's a wrap out there that would work. Not saying it's a perfect absolute match but there is something that is 99.8% exact that nobody would take a second glance at. Wrapping is the way to go but unless you do it yourself and buy the wrap in bulk you might just be better off selling the chrome parts and buying color matched ones. 

 

Personally, I think the chrome bumpers look great where as the painted ones look cheap. However, the mirror covers and door handles look cheap in chrome... 

[AdamAT4]

Just did my fog light bezels.

Sanded with 1000 grit, plastic adhesion primer, 5 coats of paint and 3 coats of clear.

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[hotrodz37]

Just did my fog light bezels.

Sanded with 1000 grit, plastic adhesion primer, 5 coats of paint and 3 coats of clear.

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Those look great! Where did you get the paint?


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[IMPALADAKID]

See if someone local has a truck with painted bumpers that would be willing to trade. I did that. I wanted chrome, and someone wanted my black bumpers, and grill.

 

[AdamAT4]

Those look great! Where did you get the paint?


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Dupli color perfect match.. get it at many hardware/ automotive stores

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[nobaddays]

13 hours ago, AdamAT4 said:

Just did my fog light bezels.

Sanded with 1000 grit, plastic adhesion primer, 5 coats of paint and 3 coats of clear.

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Looks great! I just did the same, but I want to add PPF to them before I install them.

[pewterliftedz]

Your best bet is to buy paintable bumpers and send them out to be sprayed along with your sensors.  There really is no proper way to paint metal bumpers that have been chromed unless you send them to a chrome shop to have the chrome chemically removed first.

[sharkeysierra]

Chrome can be sand blasted. Also, you can scuff the heck out of it and use Epoxy primer rather than regular primer.