Looking good! Much cleaner without the chrome door strips. I thought about leaving off the letters on my Jeep but added them anyway and I'm happy with how it looks. Nice job on the painted rear brow as well.
Thanks! I was going back and forth on removing the strips since people love to bang your doors in this area but I am glad I did. It really changes the look. Think I might add the letters this weekend since I've got em.
Keep the mods coming the Jeep looks great. I think I'm going to find a spare tailgate strip and have it painted.. I have a white '11 and thinking about pulling the side trim, anything special to know?
Nope, just read through the threads here...lots of good tips. It's not a terribly difficult process just requires some time and elbow grease to cleanup the leftover 3m adhesive once the trim is off.
The grill and rear trim pieces were pretty easy to install. I used a set of trim removal tools and they really made it go smooth.
So I decided to try some plastidip on the emblems to see how they would look in black. Turned out pretty good. I'm going to see how they hold up after a few weeks and might eventually replace some or all of them with black OEM emblems.
Still deciding on the proper balance between the chrome/black trim. I kind of like the look of the front lower chrome trim. I think the chrome rear step surround needs to go. Probably have the mirrors vinyl wrapped gloss black next.
Looks great! debating doing the tow hooks on mine, but i keep reading mixed opinions. Also in regards to the plastidipped emblems, any issue when removing excess between the small crevasses?
Ty sir! Mixed opinions on the install process or the quality of the hooks? They add functionality and look great - I see no reason not to install them. The install was no where near as bad as I was dreading. The worst part was getting the bumper cover off - I swear I thought I was going to rip the front half of the Jeep off lol. Once the cover was off - piece of cake! Total time was around 1.5 hours.
On the plastidip...the front Jeep emblem, rear 4x4 and 5.7L turned out fantastic. They cleaned up very easily. The side Grand Cherokee emblems on the other hand...well those were a pain. In hindsight I should've done them completely separate from the other emblems cause that stuff dries fast and you want to peel off the excess when it is relatively fresh to get the best results. I may redo the side emblems one day when I get bored.