Whats the deal with Chrome? (chip, purchase, Ford, paint)
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I'm old school, so I love chrome. Engine parts, suspension, etc. But I guess you guys are talking about newer cars, and I don't do anything with those, so I really can't comment.
"Shiny" sells. Its a fact, Not for all folks, but for the Majority. Its kind of like an "Animal Instinct." Many Animals are drawn to "shiny? "Man" is one of them. We may not know it, or admit it, but it is true. The people in high places that build cars know this. It also gives a perception of Value, even if the item is not valuable. We all will turn and look at a Truck that's been decked out in Chrome, with Chrome Bars, Wheels, Exhaust, Steps, and Shocks, as it goes by, but ignore the same truck if it was stock, with no chrome, as it goes by. There are many Animals that will steal and collect Chrome items. I know there are some folks that like that mean, lean. dark, look, but many more like the Chrome trim look, including Bikers, Truckers, and Boaters.
If you took a New Chevy 4WD Step side, with no Chrome at all, and took another one exactly the same, and decked it out in all the chrome you could get, which one do you think most folks would choose?
Not always, personally I think the F-150 FX4 with the charcoal trim looks better than the one with the chrome.
Chrome is great when it's in limited fashion. My POV has chrome trim. The proper thing to do, in my opinion, is to put chrome rims on it. My car looks great once it's washed, waxed, tires sprayed with 'wet' gloss, and the chrome rims are shined. It's a major PITA on a semi-truck and quickly becomes extremely high maintenance.
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My god man -- there's is a difference between a little chrome here and there, and going nuts to the point where the station wagon in Vacation is legitimized.
My god man -- there's is a difference between a little chrome here and there, and going nuts to the point where the station wagon in Vacation is legitimized.
The glare can be dangerous. With some new trucks, especially Fords, the entire front end is a wall of glare. That may get ugly in a few years when the lawsuits start.
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