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Old 11-28-18, 08:27 AM
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Looking for photos/ideas of painted grilles and/or trim. My GX is silver and was thinking of going gloss black.
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My GX also has exterior silver trim and I'm not fan of it, once I figure out rims situation thinking about eventually taking to shop and doing some sort of flat paint on silver trim to tie in rims
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Here you go.. gloss black factory grill
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My GX also has exterior silver trim and I'm not fan of it, once I figure out rims situation thinking about eventually taking to shop and doing some sort of flat paint on silver trim to tie in rims

nice! So I just ordered new wheels and tires (an early Xmas gift for myself). They will essentially look exactly like the pic below so I was thinking of having them match the black of the rims once they are installed. Also, I bumped up to 20’ wheels.


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Here you go.. gloss black factory grill
Looks good, big fan of white and black combination, unfortunately I ended up with black GX, still trying to figure out good toned balance.

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nice! So I just ordered new wheels and tires (an early Xmas gift for myself). They will essentially look exactly like the pic below so I was thinking of having them match the black of the rims once they are installed. Also, I bumped up to 20’ wheels.



Merry Xmas to ya, I was given warning shot about unnecessary spending at the moment, she said there won't be another because ammunition prices gone up!.

Those rims will good, especially with that roof rack IMO...Was checking something similar the other day and was also thinking about 20's. Post a picture once you have them installed..my only concern about going bigger that it will further impede acceleration.
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Here you go.. gloss black factory grill
looks good! Did you paint the rear end badges and chrome around the license plate as well?
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Ahh.. that’s not my truck. Just one at the dealership that was for sale. Yeah.. all the chrome was blacked out and the logos were in blk.
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Originally Posted by JDMUSCLE


Here you go.. gloss black factory grill
when



and


make a baby.



j/k I like the look
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Here's another example. From user goodtogo

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Here's another example. From user goodtogo

that looks nice. I was thinking of taking mine to a shop and having them black out all the chrome with gloss black vinyl. Need to see about getting a price.
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I’m doing the grille conversion... let’s see how that goes.



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Will be nice to see some project pics.
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Will be nice to see some project pics.
yeah.. I’ll document it. I’d have to remove the bumper to get this on.
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Originally Posted by DBLex1

that looks nice. I was thinking of taking mine to a shop and having them black out all the chrome with gloss black vinyl. Need to see about getting a price.
I recently had a chrome delete done with gloss black and powder coated the emblems for $700
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I recently had a chrome delete done with gloss black and powder coated the emblems for $700
do you have photos?
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