Why chrome shouldn't be allowed on modern trucks: A case study

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 08/08/2016 at 15:14 • Filed to: None

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Behold, two white 2017 Chevrolet Silverados, one with chrome, and one without.

jvirgs drives a Subaru > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:16

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PREACH!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:17

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I really want a short cab, long bed one of these.

Your boy, BJR > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:17

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I like the chrome better.

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > Your boy, BJR 08/08/2016 at 15:19

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Impeach!

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:19

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I’d take mine with black chrome, or a normal gloss black

Rico > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:21

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I know it’s likely the angle but in the front facing pictures it looks like that lower valence is SUPER low, like barely any ground clearance.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:23

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And either one looks hideous if the lower strip of lights is the white LED’s instead of the amber lights.

LongbowMkII > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:25

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Chevy desperately needs to drop the square wheel wells.

Stapleface > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:27

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I don't like either one. Looks too derpy.

Sam > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:27

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To be fair, the style and color of the mesh has a lot to do with it.

WiscoProud > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:29

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Its one thing if its actual chrome, but its always plastic with a chrome finish. Not the same.

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This will continue until you see the error of your ways.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Your boy, BJR 08/08/2016 at 15:32

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How does it feel being wrong?

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:33

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I wouldn’t kick either out of bed.

Thanks to this scientific approach we have confirmed that pre-1997 factory chrome is perfectly acceptable.

Your boy, BJR > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:35

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I dunno. Ask yourself.

Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:36

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This. Its the same with Ford. Both trucks look incredible with no chrome, and look awful with it.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:37

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Agreed

jimz > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:45

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I think the larger point is that the Silverado is just fugly, and chrome makes it worse.

but I think “peak chrome” has passed again. it went away in the ‘90s, then came back, and is starting to go away again. Even Harley’s popular current models are blacking everything out.

Probenja > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 15:49

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Question: Why does Chevy not bother to paint the B pillar in they trucks? It looks really cheap and these trucks can cost $50k+.

Also, Can I take mine with the chrome bumper and painted grille?

Ash78, voting early and often > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 16:19

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I'll never forget Bob Lutz quipping about 10 years ago that chrome was a cheap, easy way to get more money out of people. Seriously, people — raccoons and crows fall for this. We are better...I think.

Hellcat Everything > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 16:52

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I like the chrome actually, what I don’t like is the plastic air dam on the bottom of the bumper.

First thing I would do would be to remove it, even if I do lose those two precious mpgs as a result.

jimz > Probenja 08/08/2016 at 19:51

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it’s not paint on the F-150, they’re plastic trim pieces. the one on the front door is so they can mount the keypad, and the one on the rear door is there to match.

Probenja > jimz 08/08/2016 at 20:09

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But it looks better than just body color, and they have them in the versions without keypad too.

And RAM does it too.

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/08/2016 at 20:40

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WO-FTW!!!