Before-After (Chrome removal)

Here is my 2018 the day after I picked it up in January of this year:




And here it is today after swapping out the chrome with Blazing Blue Pearl parts (from Spark Toyota):




Much nicer IMO.

Dan

 

Very nice, agree 100%

 

Looks much better in my opinion!!

 

nice

 

Very nice.

 

Man, that looks great!

 

Looks good just ordered my grill and surround. Had to go with platinum grill so it will still have chrome in the middle. But I bought a SR5 center which is black. Don't know if I will use it or not, I do like those honey combs a lot. Seems that I can not order mics bronze parts like the other colors. Have not decided what to about the bumpers either line x or color matched

 

The honey comb grill that came with the blue surround was slightly different than the grill that came with the Tundra. Original was a dark gray (somewhat matte) and the grill with the blue surround is more of a gloss or semi-gloss black. Much, much nicer.

Dan

 

Much better!!

 

How hard were those bumper corners?

 

They were something of a PITA. The new blue painted bumper end caps were out of plastic, the oroiginals were chrome steel. I had to remove the bumper (following a procedure somewhere on this forum) and R&R the end caps. The TSS sensors were a bit difficult to install as well as the fog light mounts. The fog light mounts were loose when snapped in so I reinforced them with a couple of thread forming screws to keep them from rattling. A little mod job but okay. The bumper work took me most of a day (but I am slow at this stuff).

Dan

 

Nice!!! So much nicer!!

 

That’s not motivating me to get it done! Haha. Good job.

 

Lol. That’s why I plastidipped mine black.

 

Very nice.

 

Looks awesome, color matched was one of the reasons I went with the Sport.

 

The bumper caps are the biggest pain in the ass of this project. And the fact that Toyota Cement paint does not match from one year to another.

 

I saw your thread on your Sport while I was working on mine. It really gave me a good idea as to what mine would eventually look like and was very motivating!

Dan

 

Cool, glad it helped ya!

 

Very nice now get rid of those chrome emblems. Supper easy to do.

 

Thanks for asking that question - that was going to be mine... really don't love the chrome ears on the front either. May have to go the plasti-dip route!

 

Looks great! Exactly how I want my 16' blazing blue to look.

 

I'm okay with the emblems myself. I'm proud of the 5.7 V-8 and the fact that it is an SR5. I check other Tundras out to see how they are equipped and the emblems help.

Dan

 

Chrome looked better

 

Nice, I changed all mine to black including the 5.7 and took the SR5’s off completely. Going for a little cleaner look. Yours looks awesome congrats.

 

I think I’m gonna do the same. Did you have to do any prep? Like scuff up the chrome??

 

QQ... Typically a company monitors feedback from owners/forums/marketing research.... there are quite a few of us that have removed the chrome on their trucks. I mean... put an option "chrome delete" for $500 and they could generate additional income on options. I'd do it.. and I'm sure many others would. I had my bulge and grill (hidden in the home) before I even got my truck delivered.

 

I just cleaned it real good with rubbing alcohol. No scuffing, since I may want to remove it some day.

 

Dang, looks awesome. I need to scrape the funds together to get rid of my chrome.

 

I think you will be really glad you went through the effort, I know I am. I often find myself just walking out in front of the Tundra and just admiring how it looks now. I forgot to mention in the OP that I also changed out the black mirror covers for Blazing Blue Pearl mirror covers, also from Sparks.

Dan