Starting to paint most of the full front end

[Kaydee]

I had the same idea. I really liked the appearance of the higher end headlights and nicer leather on the Longhorn and Limited but do not like chrome. So I ordered a Laramie with the Sport package. I told the dealer if they had offered the Limited without all the chrome, I would have gotten that. They said that everytime they get a monochrome color (Tradesman, BigHorn, or Laramie) they sell very fast. My wife thought I was nuts and wouldn't let me pay more for the truck and then tear it apart and paint it. Good for you.

I agree about all the Chrome but I really wanted that upgraded interior and I have done some painting before on motorcycles and some other cars but you're right it seems a shame they don't offer on monochromatic paint for the upper end trucks. I think they would sell very well. I wouldn't have paid someone else to do it though it would have cost thousands

 

[Kaydee]

I agree about all the Chrome but I really wanted that upgraded interior and I have done some painting before on motorcycles and some other cars but you're right it seems a shame they don't offer on monochromatic paint for the upper end trucks. I think they would sell very well. I wouldn't have paid someone else to do it though it would have cost thousands

I modified my plans on my painting of the longhorn front end and did the grill surround just black and all of the other surrounds in pearl white and I think it's going to look really good. I am starting to put it all together tomorrow and I'll post some pictures. The painted mirror caps are already on and I finally got a great match on the Pearl color. Now putting it all together and trying to remember where all the parts go LOL

 

[Kaydee]

I modified my plans on my painting of the longhorn front end and did the grill surround just black and all of the other surrounds in pearl white and I think it's going to look really good. I am starting to put it all together tomorrow and I'll post some pictures. The painted mirror caps are already on and I finally got a great match on the Pearl color. Now putting it all together and trying to remember where all the parts go LOLView attachment 4259

Sorry don't mind the bare foot

 

[marcd118]

Looks great!

 

[Kaydee]

Looks great!

Thanks I think it's going to look great here is the bumper all painted

 

[YoAdrian]

Looks great!

The grill or the foot?

 

[marcd118]

The toe is a little bent

 

[Rammit]

They do offer the limited with painted bumpers as a no cost option. It gets rid of most of the chrome but does leave the chrome grill though.

 

[YoAdrian]

I modified my plans on my painting of the longhorn front end and did the grill surround just black and all of the other surrounds in pearl white and I think it's going to look really good. I am starting to put it all together tomorrow and I'll post some pictures. The painted mirror caps are already on and I finally got a great match on the Pearl color. Now putting it all together and trying to remember where all the parts go LOLView attachment 4259

That is looking sweet, they should hire you to design the front end paint/chrome schemes; nice balance.

 

[Kaydee]

The toe is a little bent

yes my deformity bent toes lol

 

[19BlkRam]

Kaydee How hard was it to remove the mirrors? I want to get mine off to get the chrome painted properly. any way to just remove the mirror portion without the base?

 

[Jlast55]

Nice, cant wait to see the final product, any more photos you can share. I am planning to plastidip part of the front-end on my white longhorn similar to this but will be painting black instead of the white sport bumper. Where can I buy the sport trim in white for the chrome piece just below the hood, (see photo below)? Thinking I will do the grill surround and RAM letters in black or white as well.

 

[Kaydee]

Kaydee How hard was it to remove the mirrors? I want to get mine off to get the chrome painted properly. any way to just remove the mirror portion without the base?

@I Love Grits posted PDFs on how to remove your mirror caps on one of my threads I think it's under mirror cap removal

 

[Kaydee]

Just finished putting my truck back together after painting the whole front end...wow what a job that was!! But could do it way quicker now that I know how! This is the finished product including the side mirrors. Before and after pics

 

[Celtic Sun]

That is beautiful!

I just bought my 2019 Dodge Ram Laramie in Maximum Steel Metallic. I would have liked to have gotten the sport appearance package but oh well. At first, I liked all of the chrome but now, I know for sure that I want the bumpers color matched to the body.

I already know that I will be ordering the Sport performance hood. Just need to decide if I want to have the bumpers painted for color match or just order color matched bumpers. I can't do the work myself because I only have one hand.

 

[Edwards]

Very cool! You've got me thinking now. I really like the painted mirrors too.

 

[PorBoy]

Very nicely done, I changed my mirrors over from chrome caps to Billet silver to match my Ram. I sticking with the chrome bumpers but am doing my appliqué in Billet silver as well as my soon to be Sport hood.

 

[Dustin]

That looks really awesome!

 

[Jlast55]

Just finished putting my truck back together after painting the whole front end...wow what a job that was!! But could do it way quicker now that I know how! This is the finished product including the side mirrors. Before and after picsView attachment 4425View attachment 4426View attachment 4427

This looks incredible, I would like to do the same thing, what did it end up costing you?

 

[Kaydee]

This looks incredible, I would like to do the same thing, what did it end up costing you?

Just the paint about 300 dollars...but one month labour removing sanding epoxy primer and painting then reinstall....would have cost probably 4 thousand for someone else to do it