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11-16-2007, 04:08 PM
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Grille thread!
Buddy has a 78 C20 and wants to replace the tired stock grille with a new one. What are the options? I want to see some customs, billets, square and round tube, ALL THE OPTIONS!!!
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11-16-2007, 05:26 PM
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Re: Grille thread!
this is the one i ripped off my 1982 cause i wanted the stock one back on there these have to be the cheapest POS i have ever seen pure jap junk
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11-16-2007, 05:29 PM
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Re: Grille thread!
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11-16-2007, 05:45 PM
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Re: Grille thread!
Ebay has lots of different kinds. I bought this one on there. It's powdercoated and polished aluminum. Not too bad. I had to secure my blinkers in there myself, but there was a plate for it. I searched for 87, but you can search a particular year.
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...ill&category0=
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11-16-2007, 06:49 PM
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Re: Grille thread!
the c10 is an 82 and the c30 is an 84 ,I think.. Im not sure if this style grill will fit on a 78
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11-16-2007, 10:23 PM
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11-17-2007, 01:21 AM
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Re: Grille thread!
Check out the special edition grills that LMC just came out with. They are on the cover of the catalog. Kinda pricey but very good looking.
There's also the stock replacement 73-80 grills they sell that have no logo. Anyone got a pic of one of these actually on a truck ? Quite a bit cheaper for a black or silver painted one for about $40. They have a chrome one that costs more as well. |
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11-17-2007, 01:46 AM
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Re: Grille thread!
mine...
  I love the phantom style
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11-17-2007, 09:15 AM
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Re: Grille thread!
knightlife,
Where did you get your phantom grill? How does it fit?
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11-17-2007, 10:17 AM
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Re: Grille thread!
Here is a 78
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11-17-2007, 11:13 AM
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Re: Grille thread!
very nice tvblazer78, whats that shining right behing the grille in the middle?
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11-17-2007, 11:24 AM
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It's the motor from the fan, you can only see it in that pic.
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11-17-2007, 11:31 AM
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Re: Grille thread!
I am having a hard time finding a stock grille for my 75 with a 454 logo on it --- they make them plain, but with the 350 or 454 motor id's on them
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11-17-2007, 11:36 AM
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Re: Grille thread!
does no one have any SERIOUSLY custom grilles? i know i have seen some on newer trucks that are made from a plate of diamond tread aluminum that have designs in them...
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11-17-2007, 04:28 PM
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Re: Grille thread!
78 TVBlazer that is an awesome looking truck. I love that chrome and black combo.
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11-17-2007, 08:24 PM
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Re: Grille thread!
I got my phantom from stylin concepts back when they were brand spankin new on the market, cost me 500 bux back in the day. they are only at most 300 now. Fits like a glove, very seamless and smooth
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11-17-2007, 09:50 PM
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Re: Grille thread!
Thank you...
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11-18-2007, 07:05 AM
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Re: Grille thread!
I considered the Phantom style before I bought mine. I have seen a couple running around here. They do look sharp, but I just couldn't see how you could easily clean the headlights with that in place.
A couple times a year, we get outbreaks of things we call Love Bugs. Nasty black bugs that seem to float around coupled up their whole life cycle which usually lasts from a couple weeks to a month. The only natural enemy these bugs have is the automobile. They flat wreck havoc on windshields and headlights and they can easily destroy a paint job and often do. These beings are what held me back from the Phantoms. My original was still in fair shape, but had a few of the small bars craked on one end. Old plastic. I think I paid about $100 for the grill in mine. It is made of solid extrusions. The back is powder coated black and the front is semi-rounded and polished nicely. Love bugs wipe off it pretty well.
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11-18-2007, 07:38 AM
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Don't Crush em Restore em
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Re: Grille thread!
Well I am old school, nothing better than a clean stock grille.
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11-18-2007, 02:56 PM
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Re: Grille thread!
I use those medical q-tips to clean my headlights, yea its a pain during LB season, but heh... I love the way it looks, if nothing else, its 3 screws to uninstall it, and clean headlights, but I only do that if Im cleaning the front of the radiator thoroughly as well
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11-18-2007, 06:14 PM
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11-18-2007, 10:15 PM
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Re: Grille thread!
stock and billet.
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11-21-2007, 07:33 AM
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Re: Grille thread!
I know what you mean Pyrotechnic, I have like 4 different GMC grilles I have picked up at different swap meets. The one installed in my truck is repaired, I have one grille I have cut up to make a couple good ones, using some plastic expoy to glue them back together. I just can't seem to find the right color spray paint to match the original.
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11-21-2007, 08:57 AM
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Re: Grille thread!
Have ya'll looked at what they have on Ebay?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GRILL...spagenameZWDVW Look kinda OEM to me.
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11-21-2007, 05:12 PM
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Re: Grille thread!
Boatpuller your truck is the same color as mine. Only mine is a 3/4 ton lwb. I love that billet grill. Looks very
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