I am trying to style my SD up a little. I have the white faced gauge clusters going on tomorrow and I also bought stainless steel door handles to find out they are plastic stick-on covers. they are going back. Does anyone know if somebody makes replacement handles (door and tailgate) out of SS?

Also what have you guys done to dress up your trucks? I looked at Billet grilles, but don't want to spend that much. I want to keep it $100 to $200 for now.

The only exterior thing I have done is a bug shield. Thanks for your help.

Jman

 

I looked at the billet door handles at 4 wheel parts. They have a web site and are a national company. I saw the stainless covers also and they look cheap but the all billet are a little spendy but well worth the look. They run about $260.00 a pair. I have a CC so with everything it will be about $800.00 installed. I already have a billet gas cover and stainless wheel lips. LED lights are a somewhat inexpensive dress up. Look at my gallery and there are a few pics of a couple of LED on my truck. I'm in the process of putting one LED bullet on each of the 3 bracket faces for my steps. Good luck

 

weather tech vent shades, bed cover, tint, speakers,bed mat,muffler,kn, led marker lights,seat covers, floor mats. all under $200 and good looking add on's see my gallery for pics....

Tony

this list could go on and on.........

 

I am hoping to dress up the exterior. Now that I think about it, I have tint, floor mats, improved intake, leather seats. But that's got the wheels turning. I took and look at what ebay had, but I didn't really see anything in my price range.

This is what I'd really like:Light Bar
But that would not allow me to park my truck in the garage anymore. Or a functional ram air hood, but those are $$

Anyone have platinum faced gauges? White is on back order, so I either have to wait or put these in. They do happen to match my a-pillar autometers.

Thanks!

jman

 

I went through the same thing a half a year ago. I know you don't want to spent alot of money but as I found out it all adds up. here are the products I'd recomend and my impressions after having them. Check my Gallerie for photos.

Stainless grill inserts: $80 - look great with the painted grill

Stainless Rocker panels: $200 - look good on darker colored vehicals (hard to see on white and silver trucks)

Stainless bedrails - $200 - great accent if you have the cab steps.

Stainless Cab Steps - $300-$500-functional and look nice

Molded Mud-Flaps/Splash gaurds - $40-100 - help with chips but not perfect

Stampeed Bug defeltor and Vent Visors - $100 & $100 - don't know if they do much but do add a little something to the pizaz of your truck.

Bed Cover - nice, functional, also gives some contrast to the exterior. range from $300-900 depending upon the style and brand

If you buy a bed cover get a tailgate seal as your box will become a dust pit without one. $30

Remote Starter/keyless Entry/ Alarm - nice when living in the northern climates when temps start dipping below zero. $200-$800 you can go crazy with these like any electronics.

Vinal pin striping-$100-$500 - I personally like just a simple pin stripe - I put a black and silver one on the top body line and really like the definition it gives the body. also you can have just about any design made or thought up.

This ones a bit pricy but RIMS and TIRES make a hudge difference - I went with AR Slider Chrome Polished rims @ $220 per rim. The right tire will give it a much nicer stance over the factory stuff. I went with 75/285/R16s but each brand will look a little different. tires ran $165 a peice. Wouldn't waist my money again on tires untill the truck actually needed a new set. I didn't get cr%$ out of the old ones when I tried to sell them.

just pick up a aftermarket book from a local parts dealer and you'll get more Ideas than you can probably aford. thats what I started with and it helped tremendously, also watch for other SD in your area and look for what makes them look good and bad. sure helps the decision making.