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Offline Motorhead337

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1991 v1500 Front End Help
« on: August 01, 2015, 10:48:44 PM »
Well someone decided to turn in front of me so I totaled their car for them. Long story short the Suburban needs grill components. It has the chrome package and the dual headlights. It needs all the grill chrome, the painted trim that goes around the headlights/turn signal lights, and the center piece. These are the only components I'm having  a hard time finding. Does anyone have a parts explosion with names? I easily find Chevy parts but the 89-91 GMC grill stuff seams impossible. Any help, links, pics would be much appreciated I really want my truck back  :'(
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Re: 1991 v1500 Front End Help
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2015, 11:11:11 AM »
grill( of course) and headlight bezel (left and right)
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Re: 1991 v1500 Front End Help
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2015, 01:08:26 PM »
I have brothers truck, NPD, and classic industries catalogs. Should I be weary about buying cheap fenders?






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Re: 1991 v1500 Front End Help
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2015, 01:11:37 PM »
we have a store on here
http://store.73-87chevytrucks.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=7&Category_Code=7F
Captkaos owns/runs this site and he only sells stuff he would put on his truck
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Re: 1991 v1500 Front End Help
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2015, 01:17:03 PM »
Cool! I was going to get a fender from these catalogs but they want $200 just to ship one fender! I see online I can get fenders for $130 shipped.
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Re: 1991 v1500 Front End Help
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2015, 01:19:08 PM »
be cautious of cheep parts unless you dont mind parts not lining up
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Re: 1991 v1500 Front End Help
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2015, 01:21:15 PM »
Well I see the online store here isn't much better to ship... I'm sure they are great quality but I think I'll cheap out on the fenders, I might buy that chrome trim though. Wonder if Classic Industries would give me a deal if i buy a lot of parts? Looks like I'm going to have to fork out the dough for the correct grill and bezels.
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Re: 1991 v1500 Front End Help
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2015, 01:52:57 PM »
Don't mess with aftermarket doors if you don't have to, but I have one cheap aftermarket fender and am very happy with it.
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Re: 1991 v1500 Front End Help
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2015, 01:56:28 PM »
MIGHT get fenders from classic industries because the have a 20% off sale. Do you think there is any damage to things behind the headlight bezels? I don't know if there is a bunch of plastic mounts. What holds the headlights in place? Mine are loose...
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Re: 1991 v1500 Front End Help
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2015, 02:22:25 PM »
OKAY, I have 2 Fenders, grill, both turn/parking light housings, and both headlight bezels in my cart from classic industries, with shipping everything comes to $500, not bad I think. The side marker lights are on back order but I found a pair of them for $26 on a site called 1A Auto... ?? I know I'm forgetting the front bumper and filler panel but I want to go aftermarket I think.. I want something heavy duty incase another incident.. but I do like the factory look. What do you guys think? I have to place this order by midnight though.
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Re: 1991 v1500 Front End Help
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2015, 01:27:52 AM »
Once you buy something that required truck freight shipping in our store, you can add a good deal of sheetmetal to it for the same shipping cost.
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Re: 1991 v1500 Front End Help
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2015, 08:33:05 AM »
Just an FYI, any aftermarket fenders you buy won't be galvanized like your original equipment 88~91 fenders are. I don't know if rust is a problem where you live but it is a concern where I am.

When I rebuilt my '77 I put the '91 V series front end on it. I didn't mind the pain of tracking OE for this (rust), and other reasons. Forget about NOS, but there are still plenty of used out there.

And that front bumper you have with the chrome body side molding trim is really, really rare. I know of one and the guy won't sell.
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Re: 1991 v1500 Front End Help
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2015, 10:37:30 PM »
Thanks for the replies! I went with 2 fenders from classic industries since I was buying everything else. I decided to go with the front bumper without the molding because I couldn't buy the molding for it.
   So I'm having a problem, I got both fenders and bumper on it (had to pull rad. Support forward on passenger side) shimmed up the fender on the passenger side and it fits very nicely. The driver side fender (inside of it was very wrinkly/deformed) but the skin was very nice, will not align. It is a hair low and already has a stack of shims and it is sticking out past my driver door, its not flush but its impossible to move it in anymore since I don't even have and shims on that adjustment in it. The gap between the hood and fenders is very straight but there is a smaller gap on one side then the other.
Do you guys think the front end is shifted to the right(causing the rear of the drivers fender to poke out)? How can I measure? Is my frame bent or just the rad. Support is shifted? Or maybe just a crappy fender? I'm freaking out because its not really noticeable unless you're looking at it close but I know its there and I'm OCD about things being symmetrical.
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