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Old 12-29-2009, 11:16 AM   #1
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GMC Tailgate Band on a Chevy???

Has anyone modded a GMC tailgate band and put it on a Chevy? I'm looking for ideas. I have recently bought a GMC tailgate band from KrazyRay. I'm thinking that I could get a brushed, polished or powder coated piece of stainless to go behind the Chevy logo as kind of a shadow effect and just put it over the holes the GMC logo will leave once removed. That is unless the Chevy logo wll hide all the GMC logo holes.
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Old 12-29-2009, 03:38 PM   #2
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Has anyone modded a GMC tailgate band and put it on a Chevy? I'm looking for ideas. I have recently bought a GMC tailgate band from KrazyRay. I'm thinking that I could get a brushed, polished or powder coated piece of stainless to go behind the Chevy logo as kind of a shadow effect and just put it over the holes the GMC logo will leave once removed. That is unless the Chevy logo wll hide all the GMC logo holes.
a 07 avalanche tailgat bowtie will almost cover all the holes from the gmc badge
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Old 12-29-2009, 08:50 PM   #3
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Re: GMC Tailgate Band on a Chevy???

I have a GMC band on my Chevy. I used a 1996-1998 Chevrolet C/K tailgate emblem to cover the GMC holes. Nobody has ever noticed the emblem is on the wrong side for a Chevy. GMC emblems are on the left while Chevrolet is on the right....as we all know

This band is actually a 81-87 band on a 1978 tailgate. It doesn't fit perfectly but close enough where nobody has noticed or said anything.

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Old 12-29-2009, 09:53 PM   #4
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Old 12-30-2009, 01:41 PM   #5
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Re: GMC Tailgate Band on a Chevy???

im glad i stumbled on this. that would explain why i have never seen another band like mine:



i know now that its a gmc band with a chevy emblem.

im thinking about getting a blazer band and relocating my handle.


and fyi, that emblem you have was first used in 98
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Old 12-30-2009, 02:16 PM   #6
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Old 12-30-2009, 03:47 PM   #7
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im glad i stumbled on this. that would explain why i have never seen another band like mine:



i know now that its a gmc band with a chevy emblem.

im thinking about getting a blazer band and relocating my handle.


and fyi, that emblem you have was first used in 98
What year is the emblem on this truck I like it best so far?
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Old 12-30-2009, 04:27 PM   #8
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Man I miss Colorado you guys have it made out there! Nice trucks, beautiful women, big mountains. sigh
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Old 12-30-2009, 05:00 PM   #9
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What year is the emblem on this truck I like it best so far?
its a stock 81-87 emblem, just mounted on a gmc 81-87 band

factory chevy, on the left, also the truck when i first got it:

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Old 12-30-2009, 11:01 PM   #10
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its a stock 81-87 emblem, just mounted on a gmc 81-87 band

factory chevy, on the left, also the truck when i first got it:

Did it cover all the GMC letter holes?
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Old 12-30-2009, 11:25 PM   #11
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Re: GMC Tailgate Band on a Chevy???

yes it does, i got the tailgate with the gmc band from my boss who got the truck in march. at that time i didnt know the band was from a gmc and was wondering why my emblem was on the left. then today i stumbled onto this thread and there was my answer

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I have a GMC band on my Chevy. I used a 1996-1998 Chevrolet C/K tailgate emblem to cover the GMC holes. Nobody has ever noticed the emblem is on the wrong side for a Chevy. GMC emblems are on the left while Chevrolet is on the right....as we all know

This band is actually a 81-87 band on a 1978 tailgate. It doesn't fit perfectly but close enough where nobody has noticed or said anything.

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