i love the chrome, not at first but it grows on ya. personally preferred the look of the xe but couldn't do without all the bells and whistles the se offered. plus the pre-wiring the se has versus the xe in terms of future upgrades with oem components. eg. fog lights, utili-track system. plus even getting the preferred package for the xe still lacked several components i felt were necessary, imho. plus the se comes with an alarm system, so yeah the chrome was tolerable and now i have grown to like/love it over a month's period. sorry to hear you don't like it!!!
