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Summit - too much chrome?

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#1 · (Edited)
I've had my Overland Summit since November and when I first laid eyes on it I loved it. I liked the chrome touches that it had. Now that 4 months have passed I'm starting to think that maybe it's too much chrome. In a lot of ways I felt as though I was driving a rappers bling car. All that I felt was missing were the spinner wheels. I've already started thinking of ways of reducing the amount of chrome in the car as the years progress and chrome becomes blase'.

Does anyone else feel the same way I do?
 
#41 ·
I think chrome can look cheaper than a vehicle that has everything color matched.

Personally, I wish there was LESS chrome on my Overland; particularly the side mirrors. :(
 
#44 · (Edited)
I've never had an issue with factory chrome.
Aftermarket chrome... that's a whole other issue.

The chrome strip on the back hatch is plastic chrome... how can plastic chrome corrode?
 
#45 ·
I generally look at it like this:

Body colored > Chrome > Black plastic

I would prefer the mirrors and other trim be body colored, but I would rather have chrome covers or chromed plastic instead of the nasty black plastic that fades after a few years.
 
#46 ·
My silver Overland has all the chrome except the grill. That was too much plastic chrome for my taste. An option may be to go to an Overland grill, and the black fog light bezels.
 
#47 ·
I have never cared for chrome on vehicles and in the past actively worked to remove it in some cases. But I really think the chrome looks good on the WK2 summit. When I see a WK2 without it I feel a little special.

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#50 ·
The only thing I'm not a fan of on the Summit is the chromed area around the fog lamps. I do however love the grille insert and that's the one cosmetic change I'd make to the Overland. I wonder if they'll ever do the mesh part below the grille in the chrome finish, I'd like to see that.
 
#53 ·
At first i really hated the chrome on my limited. BUT (and no offense to anyone) I like that the chrome only comes on the higher models. Kinda sets you apart from the base models.
 
#55 ·
Nobody uses real chrome anymore, it's too heavy, too expensive, pits and rusts, doesn't crush in an accident. Even $100k+ luxury cars use chrome plated plastic.
 
#57 ·
I kinda like the crome in general, but the Summit's grill is just too plasticy looking... Like one of my kids toys. I think it would have looked much better in a polished aluminum like the wheels or make the criscrosses thinner so it didn't look so tacky. That being said, I will have to live with it if I buy a GC because I really like the saddle dash that you can only get on a Summit.:D
 
#58 ·
Where are they charging a lot more here for a "chrome" package?!?
 
#59 ·
Again no offense, but when I see another wk2 Grand Cherokee, I immediately look for chrome parts to distinguish whether it is a lower or a higher model trim. Also the wheels set it apart as well.
 
#61 ·
Again no offense, but when I see another wk2 Grand Cherokee, I immediately look for chrome parts to distinguish whether it is a lower or a higher model trim.
So do I...
 
#60 ·
One correction on the "chrome" Mercedes pictured earlier in this thread. It is not chrome; it is white gold. Google solid gold car and it will pop up. But it runs on biofuel....such a deal.

Meanwhile, as the owner of a 2012 Summit without the chrome tow hooks I am unhappy to report that Chrysler says the chrome tow hooks are something they call a rolling change and my unit was assembled before they put them on--and jacked up the price. I am still grumbling becuase the 2012 brochures show the Summit with them, so I should be able to "roll" into my dealership and have them put on so my unit is complete and then "roll" out looking like I am suppposed to look.
 
#63 ·
I have mixed feelings on the plastic chrome. I recently bought the summit in the rugged brown. I went with the off road package in order to lose the 20" wheels. I switched the grill to the limited style 3 days after taking delivery. I am starting to accept the remainder of the chrome (I think).
 
#67 ·
And why would you go to the Limited style grill instead of going to the overland style grill?
 
#71 ·
I'm not a huge fan of my 18" polished trail rated wheels, they are too bling for me. Shiny wheels should be left on Caddys and Buicks. They should have made some gunmetal rims for the 18" trail wheels.
 
#72 ·
I saw a Land Rover and an older Jeep in monochrome champaign gold. The Land Rover looked horrible in that color. I didn't like the Jeep monochrome color (mirrors, grill, and other trim were the same colors). Maybe my chrome on the Summit isn't as bad as I thought. It breaks up the monotomy.
 
#73 ·
I was never a fan of chrome, but I loved every WK2 GC I met on the road. My Limited came with too much chrome for me to wanna de-chrome it. So I embraced with with a summit grill and a stainless bull bar. I personally love the sharp contrast of chrome/red pearl. I'm jealous of you blacked out GC's though, just too much work for myself. Regardless, gorgeous vehicles and I love the personalization this forum promotes!
 
#77 ·
Ha! Bought the Overland in dark forest green and added the Summit grill and other chrome. Twice I've been confronted and asked, "How'd you get a green summit?!"

I like the chrome on the green, silver and black, but on some colors I prefer the black plastic elements.


Robert
 
#82 ·
Ha! Bought the Overland in dark forest green and added the Summit grill and other chrome. Twice I've been confronted and asked, "How'd you get a green summit?!"

I like the chrome on the green, silver and black, but on some colors I prefer the black plastic elements.
When I saw your Jeep and then you said it was green I almost asked the exact same question as you wrote above, "how did you get a green summit?"
 
#78 ·
Personally, I happen to like the chrome on my Summit and am not drawn at all to the mods that remove such things. This is a very subjective thing...and it's great that we all have choices!
 
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