Dirty Vegas

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What do you guys make of this? Should I bring it in to the dealer?

VinR1

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absolutely

Ls1CamaroGuy87

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Yeah, try going to the dealer. That's pretty bad considering how new it is.

ThumperNC24

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i would be pissed, go get a free replacement from the dealer. you should still be under the full bumper to bumper, right?

94m6Z28

quick question

you get snow and salt and all that super awesome winter de icer stuff?

i have a few spots on mine, but it is the de iceing cemical is self and comes off with some warm water and a rag

MasterTomos

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Thats bullshit, no matter how much salt and snow you get within a few years of the car being built. I'd definately go back to the dealer...

19xtreme99

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are you sure it's rust?

LS-1Z28

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I've seen a few tiny spots on the chrome bumper of my 08 Silverado and they washed right off with a bug/spot remover sponge.

9WhiteCamaro9

IDK if I would try to do anything to it other than see about what the dealership says. If they won't do anything about it, then I would look into ways to clean it up and get that mess off.

Dirty Vegas

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Yes, it's still under full bumper to bumper. Took it to the dealer last night. Talked to the service manager who said it's pretty common place and to hit it with some steel wool.

VinR1

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steel wool on a chrome bumper? ...I think I'd ask that service manager for a demonstration and let him buy you a new bumper afterwards

chon79

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That's BS. My parents have a 2010 Sierra work truck that see's pretty rough conditions, and there is no rust on the bumpers.

Matt@adams

#0000 steel wool is actually great for polishing neglected chrome. I use it on exhaust tips with a little metal polish all the time and it works great.

In this case however, given the truck is still so new, theres no way that should be as bad as it is. Likely a defective or shoddy chroming job.... I'd go for the replacement versus having to fix it. If its that bad already its only going to happen again and why should you be responsible for fixing a defective part over and over?

Dirty Vegas

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Yeah, I'm going to monitor it for right now and see how it goes. If it comes up this bad again I'll beef with them about replacing it. They did take care of it immediately last night with steel wool. Funny part is that I was just contemplating having the front and rear chrome bumpers powdercoated black in the spring anyway.

MasterTomos

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Steel wool actually works great for cleaning a lot of things including windows/glass. You'd think it would scratch it, but it really won't.

19xtreme99

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What he said ^^^

SoxXpupPeT

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thats horrible. my 82' impala has chrome bumpers front and rear and doenst have rust on it. never garaged or anything. but that was how they built cars 28 years ago...

brian_rs/ss

it was probably due to a discrepancy in the chroming process. i grew up polishing the chrome on my dads harley. his bike god ridden hard and put up wet on a daily basis and i never saw rust on it like that.

9WhiteCamaro9

My dad's '84 pickup has chrome bumpers and has been in the woods hauling out heater wood for the winter and to pull other people out who get stuck and theres not a single spot of rust on the bumpers. And it sits out in any and every type weather there is.

94m6Z28

its not rust in the way you think of metal rustings, its the de iceing chemical oxidizing, its sitting ONTOP of the chrome on the bumper, unless the bumper has been damaged, gouged or anything it will come off with ease. just did it on my truck *canadian winter*