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Old 12-27-2007, 07:26 AM
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please correct me if i am wrong, but all the nnbs trucks come with chrome rear bumpers..... i want to color match the front AND rear, but i dont want a roll pan. i want to keep the trailer hitch and plug... for now.

from what i understand, the chrome is next to impossible to remove, and gm dosen't make a raw bumper. do i have a third choice?

also, is there a paint matched tail gate handle and bezel? i couldn't find one.
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I have done all of the above plus smoothed/painted complete mirrors...lol





The only choice on the rear bumper is to sand/etch/paint like I did...or....buy the denali paintable ends and fill the backup sensor holes and paint those...they come primered.

http://www.fullsizechevy.com/forums/...r-black-2.html

http://www.fullsizechevy.com/forums/...er-handle.html
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nice!!!! what did you sand the chrome with? (grit#)
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First I used 60 grit then 100 grit sanding pads on my oribital sander, be sure to get every square inch.
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Looks nice, I would also like to paint my rear bumper to match. Probably do it later on.
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If I'm not mistaken doesn't the base work truck nnbs come with a non-chrome front and rear bumper?
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Nope...all NNBS have the chrome rear bumper...only denali has a painted rear bumper and it has the backup sensors so if you buy it you will have to weld/smooth those holes...unless yours has sensors.
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Originally Posted by JB1
I have done all of the above plus smoothed/painted complete mirrors...lol





The only choice on the rear bumper is to sand/etch/paint like I did...or....buy the denali paintable ends and fill the backup sensor holes and paint those...they come primered.

http://www.fullsizechevy.com/forums/...r-black-2.html

http://www.fullsizechevy.com/forums/...er-handle.html
Now that's a sharp truck!
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JB I didnt know YOU painted your rear bumper yourself. Didn't you have someone paint the frontend? Or did you do that yourself too?
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No I did the rear bumper myself, the front bumper/mirrors/tailgate handle were done at my painters and of course the grill came like that from GM.
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