Thank you, good to hear from a chrome guy, as you can tell I am not a chrome fan, but I still have a bit left around the windows and on the doors. That rest of the chrome will probably stay on it unless it starts to rust.
Yea I am big jeep fan I have had my wrangler since 1998, I like to show off the brand as well but I think that most people can tell its a jeep logo or not. I am still going back and forth between having the logo on the front or not. I kinda of like it on it looks a bit more stock.
Not sure who voted no , but its all good. Some guys like chrome everything, grilles, grille mesh, mirrors, tow hooks. I can respect that. Seems like the guys that want chrome don't have it on their vehicles and the guys that don't want want the chrome do have it on their vehicles...
We should start a chrome / body color swap thread.
well Thank you! Your thread here will inspire others and the Jeepgarage mystique will continue to grow. Every member is as important as any other member. This is why we are a great community family!
I had originally posted this when I put up the thread. I thought it was a bit long so I will post it now.
Since I purchased the WK2 I have wanted to get the overland black mesh grille and also paint the chrome grille black. Done & Done! I was scared to do it myself but I was able to do it on my own. Somehow I now feel closer to my WK2, there’s just something about doing it yourself.
Just recently I saw a few guys getting their taillights done and decided to do it as well. I may have gone a shade to dark but I think that it looks sick with everything blacked out.
Badges I recently decided to take them off, I couldn’t stand the back with the 4X4 on there. I am debating on whether or not to put the Jeep logo back on the front or not?
Future mods; Tint the front 2 windows / 20 inch overland rims either the stock ones or the perma chrome. I am leaning towards the stock 20’s, it looks pretty dark as it is. This mod wont happen for a long time as it is the most expensive.
Thanks to everyone that helped me with the mods!
Scottina06 for making and maintaining this site! I have had a yj since 98 and I could never related to all of the guys on the other wrangler / jeep forums. JG.org is my favorite site!
Lastly to my wife for going on vacation with our 5 month old son, so I could install the grille / tail lights! It’s a surprise she doesn’t know that I blacked out the Jeep. I hope she likes it. If not I guess I’ll be sleeping on the couch for a while. .. Yea right…
Thanks Brad! I am debating on whether or not I will paint the rear back piece. I am already a bit worried that it will look to black. At least in the cops mind, I am not sure if it is legal to have dark tint on my taillights or not. nor do I want to find out. But it has definitely crossed my mind.
O I already de badged it except for the trail rated circle on the driver side. Im thinking about leaving that one.
Thanks man! I probably wont black out the entire jeep. Possibly the rear piece. But I won't be blacking out the chrome side moldings. Maybe one day. As you can tell I'm not a chrome fan either. But I do think that the lines really clean with the chrome on the sides.
The front looks awesome, ditch the rest of the chrome and flip them white letters to the inside, IMO But I'm kinda partial to the blacked out look myself.
Juan,
Great work man, looks awesome. Sorry if I missed it but what color did you paint it? Factory Brilliant Black or just a gloss back? Did you tint the 3rd brake light? If so, was it as much of a PITA to remove as I thought it would be?
FTMFW was going to be the title of my thread, but I wasn't sure if everyone would get it.
Damn thanks man, it's good to get some comments from the WK SRT guys! l I sweat your SRT, it looks much better than the new SRT. I am leaving the chrome on the side of mine chrome just like yours. The lines make it look really clean. I think I would throw the same rims / same color rims on mine. Are you running 20's or 22's and what is the color of your rims?
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The jeep looks soo much better with a color matched grille. The only thing that would make it look better is if you remove the chrome moldings on the doors. It gives the jeep sharper lines and a better look. They look crappy IMO. Nice job on the grille though looks great
Thanks LiquidOX, I agree color matched is the way to go. Im gonna leave the side moldings chrome for now. I don't like chrome but I think the lines look good with the chrome how it is. Kind of how some of the black SRT guys leave theirs chrome. Going for that look vs entirely blacked out.
I say get those driver and passenger windows tinted, and you're set. I just got mine color matched to the factory tinted rear windows on my Inferno Red, and it looks much more uniform.
Nice man! Let's see some pics. I wish I could just get the front windows tinted and be done, if I had the stock 20's I would probably be done. But I'm not a big fan of my stock 17's .