qustion about 85 chevy front clip on a 80 chevy

[Robertw]

ok i have a 85 chevy front clip and i want to put it on my 80 short wide how hard is this to do thanks for any info

[Rob73-87]

Originally Posted by Robertw

ok i have a 87 chevy front clip and i want to put it on my 80 short wide how hard is this to do thanks for any info

Rob,
I hope I got you right, normally you`ll need the fenders, hood, grille, lamp bezels, lights, radiator support and the lower grille panel to get this job done.
Be sure to get all those parts, then it`ll be easy.

Rob

[Robertw]

yeah i have a front clip from the 85 and was woundering what all i need to do to get the job done

[Robertw]

what i have is a 85 suburban i dont have a title to it plus my cousin is takeing most all the other parts for his suburban and i want to put the front clip on my 80 are the doors the same if so i will use them 2 thanks and yeah its robert or rob lol

[lolife99]

Your going to have to mod the cowl to accept the '81-'87 style hood hinges. That's the biggest deal. Eveything else is a bolt on. If you can transfer the the hole for the hinge off the donor truck,... is should be alot easier.

[Robertw]

do you mean cut it out of the suburban and weld it in the truck i can do that

[Robertw]

thanks lolife99 and rob

[Twisted78SS]

I know there was a thread on this once before, and I think it contained a link from the K5 forums. Anyway here is some info for the swap.

http://coloradok5.com/grilleswap.shtml
This article covers it pretty good.

Hope it helps,

Oh, and you mentioned you had access to the whole clip, make sure you also get the cowl panel and wiper arms with the linkage if you can. These require drilling a couple of holes near the current one's to mount them. They are required as they have longer shafts than the 73-80 style.

Hope this helps..
Drew