Dechrome and wheels?

[chrmbly]

I'm sure I know the answer already based on most peoples opinions on dechroming. My 'Hoe is in pretty good shape for her age w/ only 85k miles ('05 LT). For reference here she is:

One of the eyesores was the wheels which had started to corrode around the mismatched metals from the wheel weights, so I have an appointment to get them painted on Friday. I originally planned to get them painted silver and keep the stock look, but now he's got me thinking of going black and keeping the center hubs chrome. If I do this, it got me thinking of blacking out my chrome bumpers and grille. So, what do you guys think? I'm not planning on going crazy w/ it, but I thought it may be a way to give it a mild custom look.

I just bought new tires and I figured paining them was going to be cheaper than buying brand new wheels. I have the P25 option on the 'Hoe -




1) Black wheels - keep center chrome caps or just paint all black.
2) Black grille w/ gold bowtie -or- paint to match the rest of the body
3) Black bumpers - both of my chrome faces have little circular dents in them, so I figure I could just swap the chrome faces with new primered ones and either paint them black myself w/ a clearcoat or have them done professionally.

What do you guys think? Opinions would be appreciated!

 

[chrmbly]

The other thing that sucks is that my center caps were pristine before my mechanic did my brakes - when i got them back they looked like they played street hockey with them, so I'll have to either repaint them eventually or source better looking ones.

 

[kwOH]

Heres my 05 that I blacked out the grille and bumpers and the same stock 17s you have.

 

[chrmbly]

Looks Sweet! Thanks - that’s super helpful for me to see. Much obliged!

Heres my 05 that I blacked out the grille and bumpers and the same stock 17s you have.

 

[chrmbly]

Did you paint the bumpers and grill or did you have someone do it. Looks like you did that lower trim piece too eh.

Heres my 05 that I blacked out the grille and bumpers and the same stock 17s you have.

 

[kwOH]

Did you paint the bumpers and grill or did you have someone do it. Looks like you did that lower trim piece too eh.

Did everything with black plasti-dip, took about 6 cans, I did the whole front bumper, even the lip, rear bumper, wheels, escalade roof rack, and escalade rear quarter panel appliqués.

 

[matt00]

I'm sure I know the answer already based on most peoples opinions on dechroming. My 'Hoe is in pretty good shape for her age w/ only 85k miles ('05 LT). For reference here she is:

One of the eyesores was the wheels which had started to corrode around the mismatched metals from the wheel weights, so I have an appointment to get them painted on Friday. I originally planned to get them painted silver and keep the stock look, but now he's got me thinking of going black and keeping the center hubs chrome. If I do this, it got me thinking of blacking out my chrome bumpers and grille. So, what do you guys think? I'm not planning on going crazy w/ it, but I thought it may be a way to give it a mild custom look.

I just bought new tires and I figured paining them was going to be cheaper than buying brand new wheels. I have the P25 option on the 'Hoe -




1) Black wheels - keep center chrome caps or just paint all black.
2) Black grille w/ gold bowtie -or- paint to match the rest of the body
3) Black bumpers - both of my chrome faces have little circular dents in them, so I figure I could just swap the chrome faces with new primered ones and either paint them black myself w/ a clearcoat or have them done professionally.

What do you guys think? Opinions would be appreciated!

All black

 

[chrmbly]

Welp - Got the wheels painted black and tried my hand at plastidip (actually flexidip - the rustoleum version). Overall pretty happy. I screwed up a couple things, but learning is a process I suppose... You can see some chrome on the top edge of the bumper where I either taped too low or I pulled it off too fast and pulled a bit off... AAAAND i tried removing my bowtie before doing this and cracked it...



Anyway - here's the pics.

I may try to touch up those edges with a notecard and another spray, but as is it's only really noticeable if you are down low looking at it head on. I still have to do the rear bumper as well to finish out the dechroming. Overall, happy w/ the product - time consuming but works pretty darn well.

CB