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Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
So I saw an ad on craigslist a few weeks back for a guy parting a 91 suburband cheap so I call and he let me take all this stuff for $200 !!!!! Now I have to decide If I am going to keep the two tone or if I am going to stick with all one color (the color of my '01)
I pulled the entire front clip including grill, headlight buckets, wiring harness etc.. two pw/pl front doors w/no rust, gauges, dash bezel, bench seat, tow hooks, bumper, visors. I am gonna try and get it all swapped over this coming weekend So what do you guys think? should I keep the two tone white and the newer blue or all blue?
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Adam That's why they call it a shortcut Kyle, if it was easy it would just be the way. 86 c-10 SWB 85 CCSB 90 GMC K30 Crew SRW 1985 C30 Dually |
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
You gonna do the 89-91 full front clip conversion??? cool! I can't believe what you paid for all of that stuff. Man, I paid $250 just for the core support, grille, lights, etc. I think your seller was just parting out his neighbor's truck while he was out of town for that deals. Congrats!
The two tone, especially like how it's painted is just classic looking. I would wholeheartedly vote 2-tone, no questions. Not to mention the way the upper and lower trim set it off. What are you doing with that rear bench? Might be a tough fit in your standard cab. ![]()
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
I vote two tone also. Honestly, either way would look good, though.
Redz, that is a front bench. It just doesn't flip forward, though. |
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
Two Tone!!
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
Wow, I can't believe you got all that for 200 bucks, and it looks great! I vote two-tone!
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
if you go two-tone, keep the original blue,
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
Two tone man! There simply isn't a better look on these trucks IMO!
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It'd be alot cooler if you did
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
two tone all the way...
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
I agree with the two tone. That reminds me of when I had my 83 Monte Carlo. I bought a doghouse, decklid, complete doors, and hood for $250. I used what I needed (hood and fender) and sold the rest and made some money. You gotta love good deals!
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
sounds like most of you guys like two tone ha ha. Blue and white or blue and silver? I was thinking silver would be kinda cool. I realy like the paint on this truck
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
Do the blue and white! Its just so classic
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
Yah, gotta love the 2 tones. And the paint on that truck u posted is awesome.
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
What are you doing with the front clip that's on there now?
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
![]() I'm thinking for colors. The blue that is on my '01 and pearl white (cadillac color) like what was on my '70. Maybe a silver pinstripe to separate the top colors and the regular chrome molding to separate the bottom?
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Good score on the clip...wish i was closer to buy your old stuff!
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
Whatever color you paint it,should be with the original round headlights!
My vote is to leave it with the original clip. If it means anything,I used to not be a fan of the round headlights myself. Then I bought one with plans of changing it "down the road" but it grew on me and now I like it. Plus in my area there's not to many round lights but the newer ones are way more common. I like to stand out!! |
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
I vote 2-tone... white and with the original blue. The silver w/blue came out years later... it doesn't "fit" your era of truck with all the chrome (IMO). Keep the CLASSIC look...
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
The original two-tone is cool if you were leaving the front clip. If you are dead set on changing to the late model clip then that combination won't look right. You will need to consider doing the later style two-tone.
I know you don't want to hear this but I would leave the current clip on it, and sell the Burb clip.
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
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Nice truck
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I completely 100% agree with what ken says here. and I like the look of the round headlights as well... and I have one of each (my dd is a 91 burb) |
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
IMO the early clip looks alot better on these trucks than the later.
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Re: Scored some parts cheap!! now help me paint please
I am not a huge fan of the burb front either, but I like it way more than the round headlights/fenders. I guess I need to get some better pictures of the '80 and get someone to photoshop some colors.
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