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72 GMC upper grill trim
My kids bought me a new chrome upper grill trim for Christmas (great kids!) I would like to mount it without removing the entire grill because installing the grill after I painted my truck was a pain and I don't want to risk scratching the paint. Have any of you done this? Am I going to have to pull the grill? Thanks!
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Re: 72 GMC upper grill trim
If you have already drilled out all the rivots from your old one you can use small bolts and nuts to put it back together. You will need to spread your fenders a bit to keep from scratching the paint. Being repop you should check the fit at the eyebrows....you probably won't like what you find. I ended up using NOS eyebrows and trimming and reworking the top bar ends to get mine to fit and I'm still not happy. I also had my grill (OEM) off and back on 3 times before I was half happy with the fit of everything.
Good Luck.
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Re: 72 GMC upper grill trim
Not all top bars were rivited on some had small bolts depends what factory the truk was built at I guess.
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Re: 72 GMC upper grill trim
My top bar (the only repop piece on my grill) was, and is poorly cast junk. The shape on the ends does not match the org or fit well into the eyebrows. Yes, I had to cut about a 1/4" off of each end.
You will need to loosen the fenders from the core support so you can get everything to fit. Put it together loose then tighten it up as you go. You'll figure it out, I bet I have 12 hours in adjusting my whole front end with the fender to hood gaps included.
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Re: 72 GMC upper grill trim
Mine had a ton of little rivots holding the top bar to the grill, and bolts to the fenders. Had to leave all the little bolts loose until I got it all lined up with the fenders and eyebrows, then go back and tighten all those little suckers up one at a time. Lots of work to get it to my standards (which I set very high for this build).
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Re: 72 GMC upper grill trim
You could do like the PO of my truck did and cover the top chrome trim piece with alumanized tape!
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Re: 72 GMC upper grill trim
After reading all the headaches I think I'll wait till spring. I don't want to spend all day standing in two feet of snow getting pissed at a grill not fitting! Thanks!
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Re: 72 GMC upper grill trim
Is yours off the truck? If so compare the ends where the eyebrows go. I would rechrome the old one if you can, but don't tell the kids
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Re: 72 GMC upper grill trim
If you could rechrome parts at realistic prices you could stay busy just off this forum....really.
Quit your day job! BTW check out the pics of my truck and Scotty in my profile..album....Rose. Competition for TOTM maybe ![]() Posted via Mobile Device
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Re: 72 GMC upper grill trim
Yes, it has the step down, that did not seem to be a problem. I did have to trim on the eyebrows and oval out the holes that the bolts pass through into the fenders. No real big deal though. I cannot remember if they were counterparts or not. This has been a 9 year frame off, and I can't remember what I had for dinner last night.
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Re: 72 GMC upper grill trim
Check the fit with your eyebrows, mine was a terrible match to both oem and nos sets that I have. The only way to get it right is mock it up. If you want to talk to me about how I did it pmme and I'll give you my #.
BTW I think they all come from the same place on the other side of the planet ![]() Posted via Mobile Device
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