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Funny. I’m in a parking lot, where’s the chrome? Unless you’re talking about a couple of plastic accent pieces with silver colored plating?
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Chrome the steel bumper or nah?
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Exactly my point. It's everywhere. Even though it's fake plastic. Those moons look great on that throwback beetle though.Funny. I’m in a parking lot, where’s the chrome? Unless you’re talking about a couple of plastic accent pieces with silver colored plating?
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Are you joking? I was mocking you over the 3 pieces in the photo...
You do you, but please post photos.
I de-chrome every vehicle that I own. All badges get removed or are replaced with black ones. Chrome Bronco on the swing gate will be removed day 1. Will replace with a black one in time. Chrome needs to stay away from the new Bronco especially something the size of a bumper.
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I know you're really trying to mock me for some reason. You must be a blast at parties.Are you joking? I was mocking you over the 3 pieces in the photo...
You do you, but please post photos.
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Pretty close. Last chrome bumper I had was on a '77 T-Bird, full-size. Some yahoo borrowing mommy's new fangled Trans-Am rear-ended me at a stop light. Not a scratch, bent my license plate. Crunched the front of that Trans-Am up so bad it was taken away on a flatbed.
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I fully support this, particularly when it comes to the faux plastic chrome, which my good pal has posted a picture of.
I'm really just trying to think of a way to make the white top work.
me!
Yeah, I don’t think the white top is going to look good either but adding chrome won’t help. I do have an irrational hatred for chrome on modern vehicles though.
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With the way bumpers are integrated into vehicles now I agree it usually looks tacky and too loud.
Since the Bronco has a traditional bolt on bumper separate from the body and the retro look, I think there might be a way to make it look right. The key is to keep it minimal and simple, like the original and to use actual chrome. But a raw light carbon gray steel might look better (something that would look closer to silver than black.)
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You mean the response I give myself about crying about the white top? I really wanted a white top, not sure I would pay 2k for it though...
White top, white rims, white bumper = sweet!
I think you took the teasing a little too harshly. When my adult daughter says "you do you dad" it is typically after I tell her about what she considers "questionable" design choices.
So first off for all the people saying it doesnt look good these days, thats just dumb. Its not like it racist or sexist its just what some one who owns something wants something to look like. So saying its out of date or isnt in fashion is completely irrelevant unless you base your entire life on what others think of you. Which is probably the number one issue with society in modern days. Dont add yourselves to the pile of bodies that just die when someone doesnt like a picture they post of their butt or rooster hair-do.
If someone likes chrome let em chrome without holding them on trail at The Hauge.
As for the style. I like both, jeeps I think look better with black because in my mind jeeps are meant to be beaten on. I have only rarely rammed a ford into a tree to bounce out of a rut, but jeeps all the time. So black makes sense on em so I cant touch it up with a can of primer. Since we are talking about a 40-50k vehicle I wont be beating mine like that. I personally have been thinking about fabricating polished aluminum bumpers for mine as well as rock rails. To complent that I would like to have body color(VB) matched flares and a set of the steel wing flares for mudding days or just rainy season. I also gave though about chromed mirror caps and a chrome (or polished allow)grille. I also think it would look great with any added lights to have chrome or polished shine to them. I always loved the trucks with KCs when I was a kid.
Im not a 21 year old criminal hiding from the cops anymore. I like my vehicle to stand out from the crowd. Not because I want someone else to see me, but when I walk to a parking lot and see my bright blue bronco from a mile away, it puts a grin on my face and a tickle down below.
Also im 36 and not some polish my car twice a day fool. I like my vehicle to look good but like it even more when its completely covered in mud.
I kind of think the blacked out think has reached its peak. Its probably gonna be the bronco that kills it too. So if you have to be trendy try being a leading and dont push down ideas, because they may be the next big thing.
I wonder if speckled paint and fuzzy dashes will come back? Its multicolored so unoffensive and safe and cushy for the snowflakes.
If someone likes chrome let em chrome without holding them on trail at The Hauge.
As for the style. I like both, jeeps I think look better with black because in my mind jeeps are meant to be beaten on. I have only rarely rammed a ford into a tree to bounce out of a rut, but jeeps all the time. So black makes sense on em so I cant touch it up with a can of primer. Since we are talking about a 40-50k vehicle I wont be beating mine like that. I personally have been thinking about fabricating polished aluminum bumpers for mine as well as rock rails. To complent that I would like to have body color(VB) matched flares and a set of the steel wing flares for mudding days or just rainy season. I also gave though about chromed mirror caps and a chrome (or polished allow)grille. I also think it would look great with any added lights to have chrome or polished shine to them. I always loved the trucks with KCs when I was a kid.
Im not a 21 year old criminal hiding from the cops anymore. I like my vehicle to stand out from the crowd. Not because I want someone else to see me, but when I walk to a parking lot and see my bright blue bronco from a mile away, it puts a grin on my face and a tickle down below.
Also im 36 and not some polish my car twice a day fool. I like my vehicle to look good but like it even more when its completely covered in mud.
I kind of think the blacked out think has reached its peak. Its probably gonna be the bronco that kills it too. So if you have to be trendy try being a leading and dont push down ideas, because they may be the next big thing.
I wonder if speckled paint and fuzzy dashes will come back? Its multicolored so unoffensive and safe and cushy for the snowflakes.
With all the naysayers on chrome, what's your alternative? All black everything? How 2001 of you
I think the factory bumpers are too busy for it, but I'd love to see a stripped, straight polished aluminum set of bumpers. I have no design sense let alone automotive/fabricating knowledge so not really sure what is doable or how it would be done - but I would be into a super simple bumper. throw some fogs on it and call it a day.
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I was thinking more like this, but I only have an iPhone to work with. Note: I'm trying to delete the push bar here not make it black. This isn't the best angle to speculate on whether it would work with a white top...Quick and dirty mockup for you.
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