7 Best Exterior Chrome Upgrades for the Kenworth W900A

Outfit your Kenworth W900A model with stunning exterior chrome accessories and stainless-steel upgrades that seamlessly tie together the entire truck’s theme.

Classic big rig owners take a lot of pride in their trucks. Most owners already know what they want. It's just a matter of sourcing the right parts. 

Here are the best W900A chrome accessories to prioritize. 

The Best Exterior Chrome Upgrades for the Kenworth W900A (1965-1982)

Start with the Big Four: 

• VISORS 
• BUMPERS 
• GRILLES 
• CHROME STACK TOPS 

The rest? Side cowl panel trim, rear bumper light bars, chrome headlights, hood trim accents and emblems, and so much more.

You can essentially add chrome trim to every part of your Kenworth truck, if you want to. 

Best Kenworth W900 Upgrades Based on Your Goal

Kenworth W900A Custom Visors

#1 Pick: Slammed Visors

Wildly popular on trucks with a flat windshield profile, this visor style blocks out the most amount of sun glare and exudes an unmistakable “cool factor.”

Slammed visors come available in various drop heights.

Figure out what’s more comfortable while behind the wheel: a standard 10-inch drop height with max visibility or an 18-inch “Gangster” deep-drop design that covers a good chunk of your windshield view space.

Bowtie Visors

For a classic big-rig look, consider the Bowtie and Reversed Bowtie visor design. These also look stylish on modern Kenworth builds, making them great picks for T880 exterior upgrades or a new T880 visor.

Kenworth W900A Custom Grilles

A stainless steel punch grille can completely and utterly customize the front-end of a W900A model with nearly any series of patterns.

Stylish grille bars (as many or as few as you want) can be overlayed on top of the design for added personality.

For a truly vintage throwback, try a louvered grille.

Old school trucks, including the W900 series, had grille shutters that opened and closed to protect the radiator from extreme cold.

Needless to say, modern Next-Gen semi trucks have done away with this outdated function entirely.

The horizontal, textured layout of a louvered semi truck grille still remains an eye-catching exterior upgrade for retro-style Kenworth trucks. 

Lastly - just for fun - throw in a few grille accessories to flesh out the front-end appearance.

Grille surround trim should be your first go-to choice.

And there's deflectors... While there's no grounded evidence that grille wind deflectors actually do anything to help MPG savings or boost the aerodynamic efficiency of the truck - they can complement the overall aesthetic of the W900A grille setup.

Kenworth W900A Custom Chrome Stack Tops

Chrome stacks are the cherry on top for any custom truck build. Period.

They truly "make" the truck's style. The exact style is a personal choice: flat top, miter cut, curved, or slanted designs. 

Kenworth W900A Custom Bumpers

While you can add a reinforced aluminum or a paintable bumper, the classic finish that every driver wants is mirror-polished stainless steel. 

With a variety of bumper designs to choose from, boxed-end, rolled-end, or tapered-end, and height clearances to filter through, you can find the right style of stainless steel bumper that meets your needs: plenty of ground clearance for a highway-hauler truck, or a low-drop custom look for a show truck. 

Stainless Steel Rear Fenders + Rear Light Bar Setup

If you’re looking for a custom paint job across the entire exterior, add a set of paintable aluminum or fiberglass full fenders with light-hole cutouts to accentuate the rear-lighting setup (sleeper lights, rear T-light bar, underglow frame lights, and various accent lighting).

Rear fenders, whether you choose a full radius, half, or quarter-fender design, are among the best chrome upgrades to level-up your big rig. Each fender has its pros and cons.

The choice comes down to the style you want. 

Half fenders can pair up with stainless steel Kenworth mud flap hangers and lighted mud-flap brackets for added road-spray protection and a cohesive exterior chrome style. 

Kenworth full tandem fender designs pair perfectly with rear light bars or reverse T-bars on the truck. 

Kenworth W900A Headlights

Sealed beam headlights preserve a classic look, while composite and LED headlights offer improved sight clarity and longevity.

Upgrading the light itself might not be enough. Wiring, relays, resistors, and connectors need to be taken into account.

#1 Pick: Heated Lenses

Consider a blacked-out or chromed high-power LED projector headlight with a built-in turn signal and white halo running light.

Crafted by top-rated manufacturers like United Pacific and Trux, these lights upgrade the exterior front-end appearance of your Kenworth while giving your a reliable light beam in harsh winter weather conditions.

These come on modern projector headlight assemblies for drivers who need a performance-oriented upgrade that delivers strong nighttime visibility. 

#2 Pick: Round Headlights 

Add a Maxxima round dual beam or composite LED headlight with a dual-color light bar for the running light. The round headlights are truly a staple of the early 60s and 70s-era truck builds. The modular squared-off headlight setup is more aligned with the classic trucks of the 80s.

#3 Pick: Square Headlights

Those who want custom builds, conversions, or shared heavy-duty applications should focus on adding high beam and low beam rectangular headlights. You can find Ultralit LEDs and headlights with H4 bulbs.

Headlight Cosmetic Accessories.

Top-off the W900A headlight style with some replacement trim and cosmetic bezels.

Consider a chrome visored bezel for your rounded headlights, or dual square headlight bezels with an integrated flatline LED lighting strip (clear and amber colored). 

Additionally, a stainless steel headlight shield can help protect your light setup from very minor debris impact, while casting a luminous reflection from your headlight's beam pattern.

Headlight Conversion Hardware.

If you're converting to or from a square and round headlight, you're going to need supporting hardware.

Thankfully, we stock a plenty of must-have options like headlight relay harness kits, load resistors, male headlight connectors, and more. 

Shop for Kenworth W900A Chrome Accessories at 4 State Trucks

Explore a wide range of custom W900A truck parts at 4 State Trucks in Joplin, Missouri. Shop online, use the mobile app, or visit the store off Exit 3 on I44.