Opinion on tailgate trim and roll pan - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

8t5Silverado · 02-12-2004, 04:10 PM

What is your opinion.

Can you sport a roll pan with the Silverado tailgate trim?
Should you remove the tailgate trim if you run a roll pan?
Or keep the tailgate trim and get a suburban bumper?

Low87 · 02-12-2004, 04:59 PM

I've seem some that look fine with a pan and the tailgate trim, just depends on the style of the truck. If all else is shaved, then the gate trim will just make it look like you got lazy. I much prefer the straight across pans to the v-shaped pan on the yellow truck pictured. I like a shaved gate and either a roll pan or a Blazer/Burb chrome bumper.

Low87on20s · 02-12-2004, 05:05 PM

What about a bumper and no Silverado trim?

I plan to smooth the tailgate.

Low87 · 02-12-2004, 05:17 PM

Looks cool to me, smoothed or not. Are you going to leave the chrome on the taillights? Just curious, looks good either way. Nice truck.

*1FaastC10* · 02-12-2004, 05:19 PM

8t5Silverado, what it really boils down to is what do you like?

8t5Silverado · 02-12-2004, 06:09 PM

I like the trim if it has a suburban bumper. Sometimes the roll pan and trim look ok together, and sometimes it doesn't...

I guess it depends on the truck....

shavedchevy · 02-12-2004, 07:59 PM

not much of a tailgate kinda guy... but I'm all for a smooth look...

C&C Chevy · 02-12-2004, 08:04 PM

I actually like the smoothed tailgate look with a nice chrome bumber. But I'm weird like that.

pissonNOS · 02-12-2004, 11:14 PM

might i suggest this mod with a roll pan

BowTieMan · 02-12-2004, 11:31 PM

Or no bumper or tail gate

. Nobody else ever does that.

But I seriously I like the look of the bumper without the trim.

Low87 · 02-13-2004, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by pissonNOS
might i suggest this mod with a roll pan

I don't really care for that mod, I prefer the pan recessed a bit. I guess it just keeps with the lines of the truck. Looks too "mini truck" for me.

bigblock73 · 02-13-2004, 12:27 AM

I like this look, stock bumper with a shaved TG handle.

...except for the cheesey Champion trailer hitch ball cover, what was I thinkin back then!

**N2TRUX** · 02-13-2004, 01:33 AM

Here's another option. It's a Silverado Blazer trim panel.....

**N2TRUX** · 02-13-2004, 01:36 AM

Here's another view....

low 84 · 02-13-2004, 02:09 AM

i don't have a pic of the back of it but a buddy of mines truck has the trim panel with a roll pan and i think it looks good. if you want to see a pic of it he was featured in Truckin either last month or the month before. the issue that had the calender in it. is a purple and silver two tone. i'm not sure if they got a pic of the back of it in the feature, i don't have it with me

ocbaud · 02-13-2004, 02:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by N2TRUX
Here's another option. It's a Silverado Blazer trim panel.....

yeap

thats what i'll be doing

8t5Silverado · 02-13-2004, 10:54 AM

That blazer trim looks really good with the bumper, but so does low87on20s without the trim. I don't think I will go looking for one because my tailgate trim is in mint condition (but says Chevrolet).

low84, I have seen that article and it looks decent. I just think it might look funny on my lwb.

I am going to start looking for a blazer bumper again and do the no tailgate/no bumper thing for a while.

**swervin ervin** · 02-13-2004, 11:10 AM

I'm weird I guess, but I like the v shaped roll pan better. The straight across kind must have the tag hanging down below the rest of the pan and just looks tacky to me. Anyway, I also like the way our tailgates have the recess in them. I don't like a smoothed gate on our trucks. It's too much smoothing to me or something. To me these trucks need some things to not be flat everywhere. I also don't like the chrome trim on the taillights if it has all the other trim removed. But that's just me I guess. To each his own. It's good we all don't like the same things or else every dang truck on here would look just alike, same color and all. Wouldn't that be boring?

Oh, and a rear bumper on a lowered truck just don't cut it. I wish our front bumpers were not so danged big. Especially if it's down 6" or more. The gate panels are a toss up. I like them both ways. I've seen some real nice trucks with and without and they all looked good. I do like Jeff's relocated handle though. This is what I plan when/if I ever get my truck repainted. Someday.

**N2TRUX** · 02-13-2004, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ocbaud
yeap thats what i'll be doing

Well let me know when your ready. I have one or two laying around

8t5Silverado · 02-13-2004, 03:06 PM

I agree with Mike, I like the recessed tailgate. I also think the chrome trim on the lights looks out of place on a truck that has had a lot of trim removed elsewhere.

However, I think a lowered truck can look good with a Suburban bumper, depending on the truck. N2TRUX looks good with one, cause his truck has all of the trim.

I don't know. Sometimes I think a LWB needs a rear bumper, but then again it looks good with a roll pan on some trucks (shavedchevy). I think it has to do with the height of the truck. The higher it sits, the more it needs the bumper.

bagged81 · 02-13-2004, 03:49 PM

I am liking that on that N2TRUX posted and Low870n20's.

Here is mine. It was a major pain in the butt and if I were to do it again, I would use a filler panel and weld the gate closed.

Low87on20s · 02-13-2004, 03:55 PM

I had the rear bumper off for a long while. With just the 5 inch drop in the rear, it didn't look right without the bumper. I put the bumper back on and it made the rear of the truck "look" lower. Plus in my opnion, on a black truck with all the chrome removed, the bumpers and the polished rims bring a persons eyes down to actually focus on the stance of the truck.

gchemist · 02-13-2004, 05:51 PM

No trim unless it's a two tone color!!

BowTieMan · 02-13-2004, 06:51 PM

N2TRUX do you have any more pictures of that truck? I like the way that rear looks. But I like the way the whole truck look. And are those the same rims as yours? What brand are they?

**N2TRUX** · 02-13-2004, 07:35 PM

The pics I posted above are of my buddies truck. He goes by n2billet, but he doesn't post on here too often. He lurks a lot, but doesn't post much. Anyway, the wheels you see in the second pic were borrowed from my Blazer. They are 18/20's Budnik "Famosa's" which is the same as the Billet Specialties "VinTec" 20's that I have on my 77 Cheyenne.

Here are a couple more pics. This is with 17" Billet Specialties "Talladega's".....

02-12-2004, 04:10 PM	#1
8t5Silverado Mudslides 'r my specialty Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: STL Posts: 1,106	Opinion on tailgate trim and roll pan What is your opinion. Can you sport a roll pan with the Silverado tailgate trim? Should you remove the tailgate trim if you run a roll pan? Or keep the tailgate trim and get a suburban bumper? __________________ Always on the lookout for old cars and parts...(20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, etc.) http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/500339

02-12-2004, 04:59 PM	#2
Low87 been here longer than Liz Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 2,437	I've seem some that look fine with a pan and the tailgate trim, just depends on the style of the truck. If all else is shaved, then the gate trim will just make it look like you got lazy. I much prefer the straight across pans to the v-shaped pan on the yellow truck pictured. I like a shaved gate and either a roll pan or a Blazer/Burb chrome bumper. __________________ ~Greg~ Mac's Garage '87 SWB 6/8 drop "Piso" '08 CCSB Silverado DD the departed '89 GMC K5 Jimmy 4x4 "Rusty Nuts" '77 Chevy K5 Blazer 2wd '83 Chevy stepside "You get what you pay for" - Mike 'swervin ervin' Ervin

02-12-2004, 05:05 PM	#3
Low87on20s Live from Atlanta Join Date: May 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 511	What about a bumper and no Silverado trim? I plan to smooth the tailgate. __________________ Paul

02-12-2004, 05:17 PM	#4
Low87 been here longer than Liz Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 2,437	Looks cool to me, smoothed or not. Are you going to leave the chrome on the taillights? Just curious, looks good either way. Nice truck. __________________ ~Greg~ Mac's Garage '87 SWB 6/8 drop "Piso" '08 CCSB Silverado DD the departed '89 GMC K5 Jimmy 4x4 "Rusty Nuts" '77 Chevy K5 Blazer 2wd '83 Chevy stepside "You get what you pay for" - Mike 'swervin ervin' Ervin

02-12-2004, 06:09 PM	#6
8t5Silverado Mudslides 'r my specialty Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: STL Posts: 1,106	I like the trim if it has a suburban bumper. Sometimes the roll pan and trim look ok together, and sometimes it doesn't... I guess it depends on the truck.... __________________ Always on the lookout for old cars and parts...(20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, etc.) http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/500339

02-12-2004, 05:19 PM	#5
1FaastC10 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 6,399	8t5Silverado, what it really boils down to is what do you like?

02-12-2004, 07:59 PM	#7
shavedchevy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 315	not much of a tailgate kinda guy... but I'm all for a smooth look... __________________ Dennis

02-12-2004, 08:04 PM	#8
C&C Chevy Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Midwest City, OK Posts: 1,001	I actually like the smoothed tailgate look with a nice chrome bumber. But I'm weird like that. __________________ Robert Current: 1986 SWB Silverado 4.3 / TH400 Past: 1985 SWB Silverado 305 / TH350 - sold 1995 1987 1/2 ton Silverado - FI 350 / 700R4 sold 2007

02-12-2004, 11:14 PM	#9
pissonNOS senior member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: fort macleod alberta Posts: 2,770	might i suggest this mod with a roll pan Attached Images __________________ 69 GMC bagged

02-12-2004, 11:31 PM	#10
BowTieMan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 747	Or no bumper or tail gate . Nobody else ever does that. But I seriously I like the look of the bumper without the trim. __________________ "A true hotrodder wouldn't be content untill he had created a car so violent, so hairy, so totally sick that the very act of dropping the hammer would result in instant death. Anything less results in the need to go faster." - Tony DeFeo

02-13-2004, 12:27 AM	#12
bigblock73 yeller Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 13,824	I like this look, stock bumper with a shaved TG handle. ...except for the cheesey Champion trailer hitch ball cover, what was I thinkin back then! Attached Images __________________ Jeff 73-87.com 73-87.com Facebook page 73-87 cab corner 6x9 speaker brackets for sale 67-72 cab corner speaker brackets for sale 47-54 cab corner speaker brackets for sale

02-13-2004, 01:33 AM	#13
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	Here's another option. It's a Silverado Blazer trim panel..... Attached Images

02-13-2004, 01:36 AM	#14
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	Here's another view.... Attached Images

02-13-2004, 02:09 AM	#15
low 84 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,144	i don't have a pic of the back of it but a buddy of mines truck has the trim panel with a roll pan and i think it looks good. if you want to see a pic of it he was featured in Truckin either last month or the month before. the issue that had the calender in it. is a purple and silver two tone. i'm not sure if they got a pic of the back of it in the feature, i don't have it with me __________________ '51 F100, backhalf with a narrowed 9 and coil overs, 18.5" mickeys, monte front clip, +400" sbc in the works '05 1500 Crew Cab RIP '84 swb 5/7 drop, solid cammed 408 w/ fully ported dart heads, th350 w/ 10 inch hughes, 12 bolt w/ 3.73 richmonds and a locker '80 swb 4x4 in progress: 7" lift, 350 th350/np205, d44 and 1.5" ORD tie rod, 14BFF w/discs , armored diff covers, 40" MTR's

02-13-2004, 10:54 AM	#17
8t5Silverado Mudslides 'r my specialty Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: STL Posts: 1,106	That blazer trim looks really good with the bumper, but so does low87on20s without the trim. I don't think I will go looking for one because my tailgate trim is in mint condition (but says Chevrolet). low84, I have seen that article and it looks decent. I just think it might look funny on my lwb. I am going to start looking for a blazer bumper again and do the no tailgate/no bumper thing for a while. __________________ Always on the lookout for old cars and parts...(20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, etc.) http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/500339



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02-13-2004, 11:10 AM	#18
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	I'm weird I guess, but I like the v shaped roll pan better. The straight across kind must have the tag hanging down below the rest of the pan and just looks tacky to me. Anyway, I also like the way our tailgates have the recess in them. I don't like a smoothed gate on our trucks. It's too much smoothing to me or something. To me these trucks need some things to not be flat everywhere. I also don't like the chrome trim on the taillights if it has all the other trim removed. But that's just me I guess. To each his own. It's good we all don't like the same things or else every dang truck on here would look just alike, same color and all. Wouldn't that be boring? Oh, and a rear bumper on a lowered truck just don't cut it. I wish our front bumpers were not so danged big. Especially if it's down 6" or more. The gate panels are a toss up. I like them both ways. I've seen some real nice trucks with and without and they all looked good. I do like Jeff's relocated handle though. This is what I plan when/if I ever get my truck repainted. Someday. __________________ Mike 1985 Chevy C-10

02-13-2004, 03:06 PM	#20
8t5Silverado Mudslides 'r my specialty Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: STL Posts: 1,106	I agree with Mike, I like the recessed tailgate. I also think the chrome trim on the lights looks out of place on a truck that has had a lot of trim removed elsewhere. However, I think a lowered truck can look good with a Suburban bumper, depending on the truck. N2TRUX looks good with one, cause his truck has all of the trim. I don't know. Sometimes I think a LWB needs a rear bumper, but then again it looks good with a roll pan on some trucks (shavedchevy). I think it has to do with the height of the truck. The higher it sits, the more it needs the bumper. __________________ Always on the lookout for old cars and parts...(20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, etc.) http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/500339

02-13-2004, 03:49 PM	#21
bagged81 Signals in the bumper. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: East TN Posts: 856	I am liking that on that N2TRUX posted and Low870n20's. Here is mine. It was a major pain in the butt and if I were to do it again, I would use a filler panel and weld the gate closed. __________________ Jeff C. 1981 Chevrolet Silverado - Under major construction...again. link 1962 Chevrolet Impala 4D Sedan moredoorclassics.com 1936 Ford Pickup - Frame-off in progress link 1979 Chevrolet Camper Special Flatbed link Last edited by bagged81; 02-13-2004 at 03:53 PM.

02-13-2004, 03:55 PM	#22
Low87on20s Live from Atlanta Join Date: May 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 511	I had the rear bumper off for a long while. With just the 5 inch drop in the rear, it didn't look right without the bumper. I put the bumper back on and it made the rear of the truck "look" lower. Plus in my opnion, on a black truck with all the chrome removed, the bumpers and the polished rims bring a persons eyes down to actually focus on the stance of the truck. __________________ Paul

02-13-2004, 05:51 PM	#23
gchemist BAD BOW-Silverado XST Join Date: May 2000 Location: Senior Member from Austin, TX Posts: 6,431	No trim unless it's a two tone color!! __________________ Gerardo a.k.a. Mad Chemist Silverado XST videos

02-13-2004, 06:51 PM	#24
BowTieMan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 747	N2TRUX do you have any more pictures of that truck? I like the way that rear looks. But I like the way the whole truck look. And are those the same rims as yours? What brand are they? __________________ "A true hotrodder wouldn't be content untill he had created a car so violent, so hairy, so totally sick that the very act of dropping the hammer would result in instant death. Anything less results in the need to go faster." - Tony DeFeo

02-13-2004, 07:35 PM	#25
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	The pics I posted above are of my buddies truck. He goes by n2billet, but he doesn't post on here too often. He lurks a lot, but doesn't post much. Anyway, the wheels you see in the second pic were borrowed from my Blazer. They are 18/20's Budnik "Famosa's" which is the same as the Billet Specialties "VinTec" 20's that I have on my 77 Cheyenne. Here are a couple more pics. This is with 17" Billet Specialties "Talladega's"..... Attached Images

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