Removing factory pinstripe

We have another month in Virginia where front plates are required by law, so I had to leave the front plate on. The dealer had just installed their advertising shrouds around both tags, which I never paid attention to until yesterday. Once we get to Georgia I may remove the front plate mount....or just use it to display our Tennessee Volunteer pride.

It is my Wife's truck though and she could care less about college football, so more than likely I'll ditch the mount all together and clean up it's preexistence.

 

I actually have plans to "black out" all of the badges and emblems.

 

That’s on my list too. I absolutely hate the chrome on mine .. my issue is I’m not a big fan of plastidip. Used it on my Tacoma and it was meh after a year
Also not crazy about spending 100.00 for some cheap plastic stick on covers. I find I’m in a dilemma

 

I was reading where some others here have removed the badging and painted them using quality paints and coatings.

 

You can do that but I gotta day it’s kinda a PITA.. I don’t have problems with taking on big jobs and routinely make a lot of work for myself but peeling that adhesive off and reapplying it is a chore I don’t care for

 

@scottalot I wanted to tone down the chrome but not delete it entirely. So I did the vinyl from Rich here https://tvdvinyldecals.com/collecti...lem-inlay-decals-for-2010-2018-toyota-4runner

They look great and were pretty easy to do.

 

Thanks man I was looking at those the other day and think that may be the route I end up taking