85 grille to an 88 grille???

[project85]

does anyone make a grille kit to swap a 85 grille to an 88 grille? i like the 85 look but i love the 88 double headlight look. i wanna do that with the directionals in the bumper. not sure if anyone has done that before on here or if you know if there is a kit out there to make this easier.
thanks

[three8six]

81-82 is the year with directionals in the bumper....It's easy though buy the head light buckets, head lights, radiator support, cut the holes in your bumper/buy a new bumper, buy the lights. Nobody sells a "kit" though.

[topp]

88 P/U grill or Blazer Grille?

[project85]

i'm looking to convert my 85 single headlight to a dual headlight, then get a bumber that has the directionals in it. or i'll cut my bumper and put the directionals in that. i'm not sure if its a blazer or an 81-82 year. i thought the 88 had dual headlights.
the one in the upper left is the look i want.

[topp]

I think you need the following-

From an 82-88
Harness for Quad headlights
2 "high beam" buckets
Radiator Support
Both Bezels for Quad headlights
Grille

[project85]

so what year had the dual headlights like that? or was it a specific model? i havn't seen anything in the few books i have that is rea clear.
thanks

[topp]

The Square Headlight years (82 (I think)-88) had over/Under Optional Quad lights...
89-91 Had side by side Optional quad Lights...

That is for Blazer and Suburbans. In 88, the Pickup went to the new body style and those lights are entirely different..

[project85]

So if I order or hunt down stuff for an 82-88 dual headlight set up ill be all set? Is the grille different from an 85? I have a billet grille for my 85 and not sure if it will work with the dual headlights.

[topp]

According to some online catalogs , the grille for single/Dual is the same for 85-88

[Irish_Alley]

Thought the quads only came with 85-87. And my 82 had bumper marker lights

[topp]

Thought the quads only came with 85-87. And my 82 had bumper marker lights

The catalog page the OP posted shows them in 81-82 as well as 83-88

[jaredts]

I've heard the quad headlights on squarebodies called the "Silverado front end."  Don't know that it was a Silverado only option, though.  My '83 has them.  Either way it was optional.  There's a lot of these in the junkyards, so it should be easy to find the parts used.  Seems to be hard to find a good grill, but they're cheap enough new.  I don't care for the single square headlight, so I would make the switch too if I didn't already have them.

[Grim 82]

My 82 and 84 Silverados, and 88 suburban all have the over under quad lights, but the 84 and 88 have the turn signals behind the grille. I have only heard of the bumper mounted blinkers on 81 & 82 models. I plan to use the suburban grille and move the blinkers up, and use the holes in the 82 bumper for fog lights.

[VileZambonie]

The 81 and 82 front bumper had the signal holes. The quad headlights were available 83-up

[80stepsideguy]

The 81 and 82 front bumper had the signal holes. The quad headlights were available 83-up

I agree here, my 83 blazer(sigh wish i never sold it) had the stacked headlights.