Best Way to Black Out Chrome
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No experience with wraps but I used to use PlastiDip on my Tacoma bumpers. I would avoid doing that if you want it to look nice over time. PlastiDip once it starts to "chip" just comes off. Any little scrape and you might as well pull it off and redo it again. A wrap or paint would be best IMO. Or replace the bumper :dance:
Yes, I looked at those kits. As far as I could tell, none of them had the piece for the top of the rocker panel.
I just bought a set of pre-cut vinyl for my '15 Limited today. Somehow in my ~3 years of searching I hadn't found the company yet but it was cheap enough to take a flier. Should be here this weekend and their install videos make it look pretty painless so with any luck I'll have a review in a couple days.
Vinyl Chrome Delete Wheel Sides Front Rear Bumper Trim Blackout Decal | Bogar Tech Designs
Vinyl Chrome Delete Wheel Sides Front Rear Bumper Trim Blackout Decal | Bogar Tech Designs
Got around to doing the vinyl on Saturday. There's definitely a learning curve to it. Happy with it for the time and cost (~$130) but will probably re-do some of the pieces now that I've got a better feel for the process. Luckily the pre-cut pieces left a lot of scrap material so that new pieces can be cut, for instance instead of getting the kit for the back bumper insert I just cut a piece from the scrap and used it. Looks great from ~20ft. Will be happier after I re-do two of the window strips and re-work some of the lower side stuff.
Interesting - that’s what I imagined would happen so I used vinyl wrap on my front chrome. Then I figured plasti-dip would be a low risk experiment on my rear garnish. It may be because the front gets more abuse than the back, but the plasti dip is holding up better than the vinyl wrap. Car washes, ice, bugs, rocks(?) tend to be creating small tears in the wrap, whereas the plasti dip is still perfect.
