Project "Booger"

[americanthunder]

Well its been a while since I poked my head in here so I figured I better update. Between breaking out the camper and heading to Northern AZ and working my tail off I haven't had alot of time but I have been slowly plugging away!

I've spent the majority of my time trying to put together this aftermarket grill I bought...Let me start off by saying "they don't make them like they used to"...New grill is paper thin and a complete lightweight compared to the original. That said I was able to get it assembled without casualty.

Next came fitting it to the truck...Hmmm Seems the problem I was having with the hood not closing translates into an even bigger problem fitting the grill. After a few hours of loosening and tugging on things I got the grill in place:



Finally got the hood aligned and everything seems to open and close as it should and I knew going in old boogs front end is a tad out of whack from his previous life but with a few spacers here and a little grinding there I got the bumper on straight and boog looked like this:



Did some other things like finishing up the lights, installing a new AC drier, Carpet, Steering wheel, Tailgate handle/latches, door seals (Press on from GMCPauls are awesome by the way) and much more that I didn't get pics of unfortunately. I'll take some of those when I get the interior done.

In any case I rolled old boog out into the sun yesterday while I cleaned the garage and this is what boog looks like today:



At this point I need a radio, speakers, some headlights, side glass and a seat and the first iteration of booger is almost complete

Man I wanna drive this thing...

[Bomp]

Nice work. Came out really nice.

[jlsanborn]

Makes me want to paint my damn truck!!! Front end looks awesome!

[americanthunder]

Originally Posted by Bomp

Nice work. Came out really nice.

Thank you very much bomp! I've said it before and I'll say it again its not perfect and wont win any awards but its 1000X better than it was. If I were to do it all over again I'd have spent even more time on body work but this way I dont have to worry about dings!

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

Makes me want to paint my damn truck!!! Front end looks awesome!

Paint it! Heres a pic all finished up..Boog has eyes!



Boogs name seems to be changing..Everyone calls my GMC "Whitey" and they seem like calling this one "Old whitey" now..LOL