Grille assembly

[ho70]

brothers trucks on YouTube has a great video on how to use pliers with a nut taped to push those white clips in.

[Grumpy old man]

Install video .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15LUCtb3KKU

[old51sedan]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

Install video .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15LUCtb3KKU

Thanks guys for the information and the link to the video. The only problem I see is that my grille does not have the square holes in it for the clips, they are all round (I'm reusing my original grille) so it looks like I may have to use the original style clips and screws. I don't know if a person could grind the edges of the white clips to make them round or not.

[Grumpy old man]

Do you have any pictures of what your working with ? grille/ clips /screws ?

[old51sedan]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

Do you have any pictures of what your working with ? grille/ clips /screws ?

Grumpy, On the first page is the screw and clip, here is a picture of my 69 grille, round holes (I have 3 grilles all alike) also a shot to inner grille with square holes. Were all the originals made with round holes and repo's made with square holes?

[Grumpy old man]

In this instance I do believe they intended for a square clip to fit in a round hole . I gave a grille the same as yours to my neighbor he has it on his garage wall , I'll get some pictures of it tomorrow . I'm pretty sure your going to have to take the corners off your square clips to fit tightly into the round holes of the grille and then tighten the screws to expand the clips .

[old51sedan]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

In this instance I do believe they intended for a square clip to fit in a round hole . I gave a grille the same as yours to my neighbor he has it on his garage wall , I'll get some pictures of it tomorrow . I'm pretty sure your going to have to take the corners off your square clips to fit tightly into the round holes of the grille and then tighten the screws to expand the clips .

I solved the problem, found out it was easier to cut the tips off the back side, grind it smooth on the back side, put it in the grill use the screw thru it into one of the old style c clips. It tightens up nice and looks good.