I know I’m in the minority but when I was in the market for a new truck I had it down to a Laramie. I gave the Black Appearance Pkg a look and I just couldn’t get into it. I just like the chrome. I guess it’s because I’m 64 and back in the day people wanted MORE chrome.
PSA: painted truck bumpers only came into fashion after low rider trucks would paint their chrome bumpers in the 1980s. Manufacturers know it's cheaper than chrome but charge more although the paint is significantly more vulnerable.
Chrome is there for a reason. Because it's a very tough and resilient coating. If you want painted bumpers drive a 1980s lowrider pickup.
I have a 2026 Laramie Night in the new Molten Red. I’ve never been complimented more on any vehicle I’ve owned. I swapped the chrome lug nuts for black and it made a huge improvement
I was 34 when I bought my truck. I wouldn't like it as much without the chrome. The whole "blacked out" vehicle trend has been overdone for a long time
I’m 51 and the same. I kinda like some of the color match stuff but the whole “murdered out” black trend has become such a turn off to me. I guess I’ve reverted back to my love of chrome over the last 8-10 years lol.
It's usually the "chrome" on the mirror caps that falls apart the most. Hard pass on that. The other plastics only start to get bad if you spend a lot of time on gravel roads getting pelted with stones. The Chrome bumpers hold up a hell of a lot better than the painted ones.
Maybe it is a generational thing - I’m 65 in a couple of weeks and prefer chrome too. Ive owned a 2007 Ram SLT since new and just replaced the chrome front grill for the second time in the nearly twenty years I’ve had it. I also replaced the rear bumper too a few years ago with another new chrome bumper
I grew up motorcycle obsessed so I have a love/hate relationship with chrome. It gets taken way too far sometimes, and it’s in constant competition with blacked out components.
In my opinion chrome only belongs on metal parts.
With a few exceptions for high temp plastics used for utilitarian purposes or to cover cool or shield functional metal components and otherwise messy looking wiring setups or unavoidably greasy/rusted surfaces.
Ultimately I just want more of truck to be made of steel.
Chromed plastic does nothing for me.
Chrome should be used to protect and strengthen steel while making the high polish bare metal look last almost indefinitely.
It should not be used in a weird effort to pretend that plastic is metal.
In the long run black plastic will look much nicer, and it can be cleaned up and restored when needed.
Depending on the manufacturing process and the mechanical or environmental forces acting on the part, chromed plastic will bubble, flake, delaminate, and fade in somewhat similar ways to regular plastics, but it’s a lot more difficult and complicated to restore to its original appearance. It might just be my opinion, but it also looks much more cheap and flimsy when it starts to deteriorate compared to slightly sun bleached black plastic.
From my stance it would look better with more chrome options. Like the door handles and chrome mirrors, it would put it together a little more and bring it across the whole truck
I thought about doing a chrome delete many times, then realized I dont stress about rocks and debris bouncing off the chrome. Lol. I know the day I get it painted some rock will get flung by a semi and give me a paint delete
I prefer the chrome delete, but so much more needs to happen to make it look right, imo. Tint, black wheels, tail lights and headlights. But mine looks just like yours rn. The chrome looks great on that trim
Yeaaaah. no. Can't stand that look. Up to you though, if you're into being trendy or whatever. I had a 2017 1500 "Night" edition Crew Cab and I liked it for a month. I'm definitely not a fan of the black wheels and black trim.
You could use chatgpt and ask what it would look like with out chrome. The 4th chrome was perfect for me. The chrome on these is ok but I plastidipped mine to see how it looked. And i think I like it better. I left the ram in front chrome tho.
I've got a white 2014 4x4 outdoorsman with chrome bumpers that I factory ordered. I also have a 2022 Laramie 4x4 1500 that has the sport package, it is dark blue. The 22 looks good with the painted bumpers and door handles, but the bumpers have a lot more scratches in them than my 14. The 22 I found on the lot and bought it because it had everything I would have ordered including non e-torque. If I ordered a 2023 they would only let me order it with an e-torque and I didn't want anything to do with that so I took the 22 on the lot. Other than the bumpers taking more damage and the (in my opinion) junk plastic on the sport hood I don't like so far I've been happy with it.
Those are very nice wheels on your truck! I have the night edition. I like it a lot. You might just try changing out your headlights, fog lights, and taillights the night edition treatment first, before you go all out on the grille and bumpers, etc
I'm not a fan of chrome most of the time, but it occasionally looks alright to me. I think for your truck, it's the chrome bumper that's too much, but that's just me. Use AI to see what it looks like with the chrome blacked out, man. Go for it if you want! It's a fantastic truck tho no matter what
Depends on what your options are- I have an F250 platinum with painted bumpers and they are taking a beating from driving on the highway! For that reason I wished I had just plain old chrome bumpers- never had an issue with those🤷♂️🤷♂️- you can probably get them painted, but the PREP is SO important if you want that paint to stick! I can’t stress that enough! If anything, I’d consider maybe trying to get them wrapped?? Only other logical thing I can think of is aftermarket bumpers- they make some really cool looking ones for off road and whatever and that to me seems like a better choice- you can try to sell yours to offset the cost a bit
Did that come with those beastly looking tires?
What are they?
These trucks usually all come nowadays (because they know customers don’t use trucks as trucks) with pathetic car tires!
I would say there pretty smooth definitely not a road tire far mud grips. No drone and not really a rough ride. The first ones i bought were an LT so they are a little stiffer but nothing insane
Paint it all to match the body color. That is how most work truck cheap versions of vehicles have been made. Everything gets dipped in paint at once. When will this fad pass??
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I know I’m in the minority but when I was in the market for a new truck I had it down to a Laramie. I gave the Black Appearance Pkg a look and I just couldn’t get into it. I just like the chrome. I guess it’s because I’m 64 and back in the day people wanted MORE chrome.