What is the fascination with "black"?

Chrome is sexy. Black makes me feel like a pedophile.

 

x2 I'd rock REAL chrome, like the bumpers on my first truck, a 1984 Chevrolet C10 Silverado. Now it is just cheesy plastic coating.

 

There's something about a black vehicle that is clean and polished that just pops! Though near impossible to keep clean. It's just easy on the eyes.

 

I'm ready to see it end. There's a reason base model vehicles generally come with black trim instead of chrome or painted trim. It's cheap entry-level stuff. I tried like hell to get behind blacking everything out, but I'm old enough to remember a time before blacking out vehicles. A time when if you had black wheels, it was because they were factory wheels and someone had stolen your hubcaps. A time when a guy with black nerf bars only had them because he couldn't afford chrome or stainless. I've seen some nice blacked out trucks though. It's all personal preference and it is the current trend. Soon enough everyone will be onto the next trend and everyone will be talking about how black is trashy.

 

X2

 

Hell yeah, my dad bought my 84' chevy brand new, and I drove it for 4 years and he still has it going strong 175,000 mi still running stock 305 and tranny.

 

x3. Exactly! I'm that old too.

 

I had chrome they ok but have to clean them a lot. now i have black and i love them looks better, easy cleaning

 

black truck....is evil, badass, tough, all business, raven, non-comformist. its a sin..besides it matches my jet black hair

 

LMAO! Uh-huh.

 

Chrome trim was an option that grandpop had on his Gran Torino. WTF is it doing on a 2000's Tacoma? I would prefer all body color rather than chrome OR black.

 

Baa Baa black sheep.......lol

 

Yeah, so was a/c. I don't see anyone complaining about that.

 

we used to put chrome rims on our vehicles before there were "rappers". i like the chrome look when it is subtle and done right (well... done right to my standards anyway ).

 

exactly

 

gold sounds cool

 

I've been seeing bronze rising up through the ranks of fashion. Titanium would be cool too.

 

I don't wanna knock anyone on their choice for their rides. Whatever the way they want to roll is fine with me. But I'll be damned if I'm going to change out my wheels, grill, steps, bumpers and wheels just because something else is now "in". I never thought of my truck as 'trendy'. I'm too old for that schit.