Buying new wheels and tires is pushing me over the edge on paintin' Bertie. Haven't decided on color. She's currently factory paint job two-tone dark gray (anthracite) and silver with red stripes. Will probably go either gray metallic or black all over to save on cost.

Her grill, headlights, and bumpers are all original and in good shape, but the chrome is pitted and old looking.

Looking for recommendations for those parts. Can get it all on ebay, Amazon, and others within my budget, but wonder how good those parts really are. Probably made in China.

Anybody have recommendations?

How about just getting the bumpers re-chromed?

Thanks!

 

I got my smoke headlights, turn signals, grill, and headlight housing trim all from amazon. I had to paint the headlight trim to match since it was gray, but everything fit, and looks nice. No fitment issue at all.

 

If you get aftermarket headlight bezels and grill, I recommend Evan Fischer. I haven't had any problems with them, and they fit good.

 

It would help to know the year of your truck because OBS trucks have more options then bricknose trucks.
Trav

 

He does say in his post that it is for "Bertie". And in his Sig "Bertie" is an 89.

So that makes my first post pretty much irrelevant, since I was speaking for the OBS.

 

Yep, the old girl is an '89 bricknose. Not the prettiest model, but the newest I could get and still run antique plates on her.

Plan on replacing the headlamps because the originals are so yellowed that even the lens cleaning kit didn't work. And if those are new and shiny, then the grill should be too. Just worried that the aftermarket part may have pretty low-quality chrome plating that'll look good for a month or two then go downhill fast.

I've also read that the aftermarket bumpers are a lot thinner metal than the factory stuff, and the chrome may be crappy too.

 

Anything plastic that has chrome on it I end up painting black. The chrome sucks in my opinion and no I am not one of those blacked out truck guys but grill and headlight surrounds suck chrome if they are plastic.
Trav