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I might buy an 07 nbs silverado lt2 and want to change front bumper chrome strip with painted. Is there an aftermarket replacement available.

 

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You can buy an already black primed black bumper from the dealership but it still has to be painted and clearcoated. The bumper is around $300. I took mine off and painted it myself. Just make sure if you do it yourself to prep the chrome right so the paint sticks. If you need help on how to do that let me know and I will tell you how I did mine. I would definitely take the bumper off and spray it off the truck.

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You can buy an already black primed black bumper from the dealership but it still has to be painted and clearcoated. The bumper is around $300. I took mine off and painted it myself. Just make sure if you do it yourself to prep the chrome right so the paint sticks. If you need help on how to do that let me know and I will tell you how I did mine. I would definitely take the bumper off and spray it off the truck.

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Thank's. I'll definitely have it painted off of the truck.

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Cool. Yeah, if you could I would also take the old one off and reinstall the newly painted one yourself. Only because since it takes about 2-3 hours to remove everything on and around it, a bodyshop may charge you excess because of that. It's not that hard, just time consuming to get to all of the bolts, there are tons even some in areas you can't actually see but feel with your hand. There's also one or two buried behind each front wheel well cover.

 

Just make sure you lay down a blanket cause the front corner painted pats of the bumper (that contain the foglamps) could fall onto the ground and get scratched.

 

Good luck!!

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