F-150 pickups often come with some chrome, but owners still add more bling.
While scrolling through the F-150 channel on Reddit, we came across a thread by SirBorisDiaw. The OP shared his truck to show off the chromed-up front end while pointing out that he typically doesn’t care for chrome. Much of the Redditors who post agree, but there is always that one person who has to be negative.
Chrome F-150 Introduction
When the OP first posted this picture of his Ford F-150, he did so with the following, brief comment.
“Not usually a fan of chrome but she pulls it off well”
As you can see in the picture, his truck is an 11th generation F-150 XLT SuperCrew with four-wheel-drive and the 5.4-liter Triton V8. Some of the chrome came from the factory, including the wheels, the badges, the bumpers and the headlight bezels. The owner has also added a bold, chrome aftermarket grille and a chrome bug guard that protects the area of the hood above the grille from bugs and stone chips.
Finally, this F-150 appears to have more-aggressive-than-stock tires on those chrome factory wheels and it looks like there might be a slight lift, but that could just be the tires. The truck looks great and while there is quite a bit of chrome up front, it really isn’t overpowering. Most of the people who commented, agree that it looks good, but not everyone.
To which the OP replied with a bit more information on the truck.
“Thank you. I inherited her from my grandfather who took great care of her. Any compliment on the truck is a compliment on him so it’s much appreciated.”
However, because every conversation on the internet needs someone to be negative, RPL79 doesn’t like it.
“Yea you should pull it off.”
Considering that much of the chrome came from the factory, the additions are the grille and the bug guard. Those two items don’t take the look over the top, so we have to wonder if the last Redditor to comment just doesn’t like chrome in general. However, as 11th generation trucks with factory chrome go, this one looks sharp, especially for its age.
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