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DaneS

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My wife wanted a louder exhaust and the chrome blacked out on her Denali so that was her anniversary present.

Shaved the badges and chrome strips, wrapped all the window and rear hatch chrome in black vinyl, painted the handles/grill/fog lights, and installed a Corsa sport cat back. I think it turned out pretty well. Definitely wish GMC didn’t pile on all the cheap-looking faux chrome on these trucks. 0E34A042-4A19-4974-920A-5B13751302FC.jpeg09CF3C74-617A-4DF7-BBA8-4DE73A438E72.jpeg 59C2D6A0-D31A-4620-B221-07BF68AA8002.jpeg
 

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My wife wanted a louder exhaust and the chrome blacked out on her Denali so that was her anniversary present.

Shaved the badges and chrome strips, wrapped all the window and rear hatch chrome in black vinyl, painted the handles/grill/fog lights, and installed a Corsa sport cat back. I think it turned out pretty well. Definitely wish GMC didn’t pile on all the cheap-looking faux chrome on these trucks. View attachment 227542View attachment 227547 View attachment 227546
Much better.
 
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DaneS

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Looks good! Wifey has good taste. My wife would call that my anniversary gift, disguised as hers :doh2:
Well since it’s her truck, she couldn’t say it was for me although she sure reminded me that I like working on vehicles more than shopping.
 

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looks good

& fyi, corsa has a black chrome exhaust tip
the 1st pic kinda looks like black chrome, but 2nd pic looks like regular. not sure if just lighting trick
 

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how hard was it to do the vinyl on the window trim?
 
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DaneS

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looks good

& fyi, corsa has a black chrome exhaust tip
the 1st pic kinda looks like black chrome, but 2nd pic looks like regular. not sure if just lighting trick
I got the black tips. It’s just more of a gray than real black.
 
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how hard was it to do the vinyl on the window trim?
It’s not terrible. If you have a second set of hands it would be a cakewalk. Definitely easier than painting would have been.
 

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My wife wanted a louder exhaust and the chrome blacked out on her Denali so that was her anniversary present.

Shaved the badges and chrome strips, wrapped all the window and rear hatch chrome in black vinyl, painted the handles/grill/fog lights, and installed a Corsa sport cat back. I think it turned out pretty well. Definitely wish GMC didn’t pile on all the cheap-looking faux chrome on these trucks. View attachment 227542View attachment 227547 View attachment 227546

That looks great!! Much cleaner without all the badges and chrome trim. I think for her next birthday (or anniversary? lol) I'd suggest blacking out the white mirror panels, and putting black vinyl on the pillar between the rear door and rear side window to create a more unified black section. Sharp looking GMC!
 

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