Pulling off the front and rear bumpers tonight, going to sandblast them real good/ hit them with etching primer and shoot them midnight blue to match. Matching grill shell and hood trim piece and a billet grill also. I'll try to post up some in progress and completed pictures. Next full debadge and molding removal.

 

Sounds like a plan, looking forward to seeing the pics.

 

man i want to do my bumpers so this thing will look like a denali... im not a fan of the grille chrome being painted... not on white anyways.. that one guy has his all black and it looks pretty good...

 

That's the look I'm aiming for. I love chrome on old cars but this sorry **** they call chrome now looks like ***. I love the stuff all matching

 

is it a chevy or gmc??? the chevys look real good all color matched...

 

It's a GMC

Oh holy mother of god is the front end a major pain in the *** to take apart on these new trucks. Leave it to gm to make you have to remove the top part of the bumper before you can take the ****** grill and headlights out. That top of the bumper trying to figure that bitch out. GM shop manuals suck it's a two step process according to the manual. Back bumper wasn't much easier you should check out the nasty clip those sorry bastards used to hold the spare tire let down cover in place. Try to post pics tonight late

 

Oh yeah dont break the chrome trim piece on the hood like I did while trying to remove not cheap. It's one ben franklin.

 

Yea! I was replacing my grille and freaking cursing and yelling, "What the hell is holding this thing on!!!!???" Luckily I didn't break any of the tabs on either piece. That would have ruined my day.

 

In for pics, I wanna see how the front bumper looks painted.

 

Anyone have a denali they can go peak at. Is the lower valance on the denali smooth and painted to match the truck or are they textured and black regardless of body color.