Bought a 89-91 lower valence today

[SUX2BU99]

Since I needed one to do my 89-91 nose conversion and the one from the donor Suburban I got the nose from was wrecked during removal, I luckily found another one at a local parts yard. $30 and THEY pulled it!    So I'm happy about that. But, it is not OEM. It was made in Taiwan and had a part number on it. In another thread on this forum, somebody has said that part is not being reproduced. I would say it is or recently has been because the rest of the front end on this Suburban was MINT. The grille surround, grille, and headlight doors are in awesome condition so something tells me it's not too terribly old. It's too bad it's a GMC setup, otherwise I'd buy it too. But all I needed was the lower valence so that's what I bought. I've attached a pic of the sticker on the back side.

[Captkaos]

needed that pic.  Tell me how it fits.

[MohterTrucker]

"Too bad its a GMC..." 
That will really help to clean up the look of the front end. I got lucky and found one on a suburban at the local pull-a-part and left w/ it for $12.

[VileZambonie]

That part costs me $22.78 from Keystone new. Part # GM1200251

[SUX2BU99]

^ Wow, good to know. From what I gathered in another thread, I thought they were unavailable. But then I read it again and I see that it was only said that GM disco'd them, not the aftermarket.

The Burb it was installed on had a really good looking and well-aligned front-end. So while I am happy to know new ones can be bought, and cheap apparently, I'm also happy that this one has been previously installed so hopefully any installation hassles of using a Taiwan-made part has been addressed  

Capt, I hope that helps. Perhaps you could sell that now on your site and you can offer a complete conversion package.

[nucknoel89]

Which wrecker did you go to?  Pick-A-Part?  Riteway?  Somewhere else?  You're in Chilliwack right?  Those are the only 2 in Chilliwack that I know of, but I'm not familiar with the town, I only go there for school.

[SUX2BU99]

I went to A-Combined actually. They have a red/silver 89-91 GMC 'Burb there. If you are looking for a front end conversion, the grille, chrome surround and headlight doors are mint. The core support is okay. Some surface rust here and there. Front bumper is great too but it has the rub strips which I don't care for.

I found a retailer on Ebay selling the valence panel too. $38 + shipping I believe.

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Got going on the conversion. Progress as of right now. Tonight I'm cleaning everything and may try to find a new place for the tranny cooler. The hoses keep developing weeping leaks at the cooler hose ends. Drives me crazy. I'm guessing they are stressed somehow. I've got the new core support repainted and ready to go in.