I am waiting on a 23 denali yukon. The wife hates the chrome grille. Does anyone know if I can get a grille that has not been chromed yet? So I can have it painted. Paint shop says painting over chrome is sketchy and would not warranty it. Or buy a gloss black oem grille with matching hood trim. Or best case she likes the Vader grille but the dealer couldn‘t tell me if it would fit. Any suggestions I’m up for. I like oem ideally. Buying cheap junk online will not do. Thank you in advance.
Black Grille options?
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DuraYuk
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What about this ?
GMC Yukon 2021-2023 Glossy Black Denali Style Grille and Hood Molding Trim
www.topgearautosport.com
U can definitely just find a custom shop and have it painted to whatever color u like as well as the chrome trim. Check out @Stbentoak truck, he could give u details what he did. His is the original Vader chrome Denali
Funny my wife had the same reaction when I took her to the dealership. I was so ready for the purchase and she said "why so much chrome? Sales said the local paint shop can black out for $5k-$7K but then the price will be very close to a Ultimate Denali.
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What about going with a vinyl wrap? https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/trim-blackout-any-truck-or-suv/amp/
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I just ordered this today. https://www.ebay.com/itm/3745141744...5P0aASmITAqLQe0otsPDRweLOJ|tkp:Bk9SR_KiirzLYQ
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I'm interested to see how this works out for you. I'm sure the price is a lot less than having a shop paint the stock grill but I'm wondering more about the quality and fit of this eBay black grill.
enali|Year:2023|Model:Yukon&hash=item5732c8ca03:g:36AAAOSwpNtj7Cze&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAAsMECGtzO0nqVfE0CEPiN8v0MKyXlr8O89Ej+/TThSdcfGEe9L/tzdlLsWqBWddLeDissepFdGaO2GreXnsFJ6HxCPEEwHWPMVkNn8k0zt8X+C1z0XAMsrvko7xIyMfQp+hUHuTxUzJW29Jhq8pmo+Mkds9+reWe5y478+rdrRwi1MGa2lDlHA+HnV4QBm6GgWv6TSmwKjW8jI3BeFx5P0aASmITAqLQe0otsPDRweLOJ|tkp:Bk9SR_KiirzLYQHad my dealership do a chrome delete on my new 23 XL Denali. Another dealership quoted me 5k for vinyl but dealership I ended up buying car from charged me 6k for a combo of paint+vinyl, ceramic pro gold on entire truck and front half ceramic pro PPF including door cups. I’d reach out to a few dealerships and just compare pricing.
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Amazing what stealerships can get away with charging. I did a chrome delete (part paint, part wrap) using a local vinyl shop and it was around $1200. That included getting some factory paint and color matching my rear GMC logo and the trim strip on the fixed running boards. I'm sure most of your cost was the ceramic work but seems going somewhere other than the dealer is the way to go for chrome delete
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WNile this is true, most people don’t have time to shop around or have 2-3 other cars to drive. They want to look they want, they wanna be able to pick it up and have it done, and potentially they even want to finance it into their financing.
Mine was bought hours away from home, and I didn’t have time to mess around. I just wanted it done and done right, which it was, before I picked it up. I paid a little more than I possibly should have for it but I don’t have time to have it out of commission for fluff like this. I didn’t pay any dealer add-on fees, or expensive document fees and got it at MSRP + 195 paperwork, so the blackout fee was worth it to me to have it behind me….
Mine was bought hours away from home, and I didn’t have time to mess around. I just wanted it done and done right, which it was, before I picked it up. I paid a little more than I possibly should have for it but I don’t have time to have it out of commission for fluff like this. I didn’t pay any dealer add-on fees, or expensive document fees and got it at MSRP + 195 paperwork, so the blackout fee was worth it to me to have it behind me….
I called a few shops around who had food recs and just the chrome black out was $5k. Dealership actually gave me what I think was a good deal including chrome black out, ceramic and PPF. I am out of state so again, convenience of one stop shop and having everything done prior to shipment to me was perfect. Also seemed like a pretty good value based on other quotes I got.
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I just finished installing it today. This was not a fun install but it looks amazing and was cheaper than painting the grille and I don’t have to worry about chips in the paint.
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I went with a cheap route and wrapped the grill surround. Then put an overlay over the main part. Overlay was $130 or so from ebay (I'll update post with link soon - see 'edit' below) and $150 for the wrap. Very pleased with the outcome.
EDIT: Link to Ebay Overlay
EDIT: Link to Ebay Overlay
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Did you get it? Hows it look?
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I am curious to see an AT4 with this grill swap out done. As I like the Denali style over the AT4 style.
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