Starting my 2x4 to 4x4 conversion.

[Mattman2010]

Before you go about buying that front clip you should know that the 81-87(91) front clips are different than the 73-79 front clip. You can get it to work, but the hood hinges are mounted to the cab and so it takes some cutting and modifying to get that front clip to fit any of the trucks that you have.

[zip76]

Yeah I'm keeping the truck as it is. (flatbed) It's a nice steel bed and definitely HEAVY DUTY!
Yeah I figured I'd have to do a little Modding for the that front clip to fit... but I love that year front clip. (Bad Azz.)

[jitteryguy]

Originally Posted by zip76

Yeah I'm keeping the truck as it is. (flatbed) It's a nice steel bed and definitely HEAVY DUTY!
Yeah I figured I'd have to do a little Modding for the that front clip to fit... but I love that year front clip. (Bad Azz.)

it's easyer to put the late style clip on early modle truck than it is to do an early clip on late modle truck, the late hood hinge's bolt to the fender.
the clip change will be a breeze compair'd to axle swap.
be sure to get the wire'n harrness, it have to be splice'd into your original harness.