I refuse to put any chrome or chrome like substance on my 83. Bumpers/side mirrors/top and bottom grille trim are getting powder coated Monday. I've tried sanding down priming and painting the crappy chrome covered plastic parts and it looks worse than my model cars I did when I was 10. Is the junkyard the only place I can get the chrome less xl grille parts? Any Internet suggestions? Anyone with some lkq connections?

 

LMC has a charcoal grille...#7 on the page below

LMC Truck Parts - Page 64

 

The XLS 1982 or 1983 models are the only ones that had "black chrome" headlamp doors, and upper and lower grille moldings, and windshield moldings. Would almost be impossible to find in good shape at a wreckers, as the XLS was very rare.

If you want to buy new, I'm not sure if any of the XLS stuff is being reproduced, but you can search for: 1982-1983 XLS

 

LMC used to sell the black bezels years ago, guess not anymore. So the search is on for a XLS truck...

I happened to stumble upon a guy at a car show last summer that parted one out and bought all the bezels from it. So, my only suggestion is keep your eyes open.

 

Yeah I remember lmc had them, but like most things in life, didn't have the cash flow back then! And now that I do.... Haha oh well, anything worth doing isn't easy. Let the XLS search begin!

 

If you are wanting to get away from the chrome look and get more into the black look, then I would suggest that you sand and prep what you want to paint and spray it with some black epoxy primer.
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Yep!!! As long as what you got is in decent shape

 

Could always do the Black Chrome thing to.
They sell the stuff to do it at Pep Boys. No idea how good it works, never used it.

 

Def look into the black chrome thing. What do you guys think about getting it all line-x'd??

 

Depends on what you plan to use it for. Knew a couple guys that did that with there Jeeps. They liked the protection it provided but after a short while they just couldn't seem to get it to look clean. Not a big deal as they were mostly trail Jeeps but something to think about if you want looks to. BTW, that's the original use it was developed for down under in Aussie land.

 

Does anyone have the parts number's for the XLS windshield trim and door mirrors??

 

The black windshield trim can be had from 93095 lightnings and the 94+ bronco along with the 91/92 nite trucks

 

You do realize this is a 3 year old thread - right? Does the OP know you are hijacking his thread? Oh, wait! You ARE the OP!

XLS windowshield trim and door mirrors? Nothing in the catalog about XLS trim for those, but the windshield moulding can be black. But, no black mirrors I can find. However, the grille upper and lower moulding did come in black.

 

3 years?!?!? Where does the time go? But, thanks! Time to stock up on parts.

 

Let me know what you find. I'm curious to see what can be done. Had actually thought about that for Dad's truck.