Very nice!

My only preference would be to debadge the rear like I did.

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Makes for a cleaner look

 

First thing I did when I brought my new 2021 home.... debadged the crap out of it hahaha!

to OP; how did you prep the surface of the painted areas? Thought about plasti-dipping, but was unsure because I was hoping to find black chrome accents instead.

 

wait.....GM charges like $2500 for the black emblems on their big SUV's. at least in the Escalade line.
you saved a buck or two!

good job

 

Tell me about it. GM Design department where I used to work, received those emblems and badges from suppliers to check for quality, before putting them on the cars. We used to scrap thousands of them, every few years.

Honda charges good amount as well.

 

Looks good. Less chrome the better lol

 

Did the front logo area as well.

This was an easy one. The black edition CR-V is almost here.

My Plasti dip can is empty.. need to buy a new one to finish the other parts now.

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Did the front logo area as well. View attachment 153257

This was an easy one. The black edition CR-V is almost here.
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My Plasti dip can is empty.. need to buy a new one to finish the other parts now.

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The only things I bought are two cans of regular Plasti dip paint and one blue masking tape. After finishing all the parts I wanted to de-chrome, I'm still left with almost one full can. Total expenses 15$.

Plasti dip from Walmart

I like the idea of the running board, but could never find the design I really wanted under my budget. Left the idea now, as my 4 year old kid can manage to get inside by himself.

JSport side steps

I'm on double mind about the window surround chrome and the wheels. Those are the only external parts with some bit of chrome left in them.

You can have the chrome window trim wrapped in flat black. I've had great results in the past.

 

Black subtle coverings for the headlamps next?

(Not sure whether thats legal where you are?!)

 

I don't think it's legal anywhere in the world.
But Honda offers darker inserts inside the headlights for some markets (in the black edition CR-V). That would have been my preference if they offered it here in US market.

Even the license plate stands out a lot more now. California has an option to go for yellow lettering on black license plates (50$ yearly fee). I think it will be an overkill in the humble CRV.

 

You should try your hand at navigating the car-related taxes on this side of the pond....you'd soon be swimming back to US-shores!!

 

Spot the differences..

An year and 8000 miles between the two clicks

First picture on Jan 01 2021
Second one on Jan 26 2022

Beautiful weather in SoCal..

 

Loving that location!

 

Meant to ask - when you wash your car, let us know how the Plasti-Dipped parts hold up.

 

Once in a while, I take it to a Costco car wash. And that doesn't clean the rear and the lower areas that good. So hopefully the Plasti dip stays on.

Also I have recently added a roof mount bike rack, which will further block the automated washing brushes.

Also I have snow mountain trip planned this weekend and a San Diego trip the following weekend. So the car is going to be covered in lot of mud for a long time now.

In short, I won't be washing it any time soon.

Still I'll keep a bottle of Plasti dip handy to finish the remaining parts and to repair any damages, if it happens.

 

Looks great!!

I did this with flex seal on the bottom trim of my truck to hide rust

 

Rear chrome delete work is complete. After and before clicks

Love how it's coming out (I hate chrome).
Front bits are pending.

 

Very nice

 

Looks sharp!!!

 

Finally it's all done.. competed the dipping project. It was time consuming, but fun..

Only chrome bit left are around the windows, which I'm not planning to do.

Final outcome.

Total money spent, 17$

 

Very nice! I used to really enjoy modifying the looks of my cars. I remember spray painting the grill black on a 63 1/2 Ford Galaxie 500 in high school. Yes I am getting old!

Not my exact car, but same year model:

 

Plasti dip is holding good after 5 months usage.
No particular care given. Even survived two automated machine washes.
Black theme really comes alive on Sand Dunes.

 

That’s awesome!

 

hhhm interesting, I might have to give this a go when I get some annual leave from work
maybe have tints and running boards install to complete the look? that's what I am thinking to do on mine.

do you mind listing the parts use to dechrome your parts? and link to online store?
I'm based on the other side of the world to you so i will look up locally..

 

hhhm interesting, I might have to give this a go when I get some annual leave from work
maybe have tints and running boards install to complete the look? that's what I am thinking to do on mine.

do you mind listing the parts use to dechrome your parts? and link to online store?
I'm based on the other side of the world to you so i will look up locally..

The only things I bought are two cans of regular Plasti dip paint and one blue masking tape. After finishing all the parts I wanted to de-chrome, I'm still left with almost one full can. Total expenses 15$.

Plasti dip from Walmart

I like the idea of the running board, but could never find the design I really wanted under my budget. Left the idea now, as my 4 year old kid can manage to get inside by himself.

JSport side steps

I'm on double mind about the window surround chrome and the wheels. Those are the only external parts with some bit of chrome left in them.

 

Back after mountain, valley, lake, and temperatures from 60 to 105, all in three days. Didn't face much water other than some occasional splashes to clean the bugs. Yet to give it a proper bath.

 

Hi I like the look of that cracking job

 

Chrome vs dipped. Spot the difference. 😊

Ran out of sunlight while finishing up and didn't do a good job of peeling the overspread.

 

Looks rather tidy from what you've shown

 

Thank you everyone for your kind words and your likes. I have taken inspiration from multiple owners here to bring it to what it is today.
But I had to let it go and my project had ended very close to what I wanted, when I started two years back. Hope the next owner takes care of it as good as I did till date.

Here is a weird perspective photo as a final thanks.

 

i was about to post a thread if the bumper trims are removable without taking the bumper down so I could do what you just did with them haha. question did you use some kind of primer or just straight up paint the bumper trims? also I know its a while back but do you remember the type of plastidip you used? I was thinking of doing chrome delete, but I wanted the chrome parts to be gloss black, Im not sure if it would be a good idea to DIY it or a shop