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Re: 87 Chevy crew cab build Ls swap with lots of pics
« Reply #105 on: May 30, 2017, 08:34:46 pm »
Has anyone bought the rear cab cover from this site store. If so how did it turn out and how does it attache to rear cab.


There has been a bunch of people that have bought those from me.  They turn out as well as your skill level.  The weld into the body.
Here is a post of a member that bought from us...

http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=5661.0

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Re: 87 Chevy crew cab build Ls swap with lots of pics
« Reply #106 on: June 01, 2017, 08:26:20 am »
OK thanks,   sounds good

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Re: 87 Chevy crew cab build Ls swap with lots of pics
« Reply #107 on: June 01, 2017, 08:30:37 am »
Captkaos oh I was asking about rear cab cover abs plastic piece. Not the rockers and floor pieces. Piece goes behind rear seat.

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Re: 87 Chevy crew cab build Ls swap with lots of pics
« Reply #108 on: June 03, 2017, 04:46:06 pm »
Vintage air and painless wiring harness starting to go in.

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Re: 87 Chevy crew cab build Ls swap with lots of pics
« Reply #109 on: June 03, 2017, 04:54:34 pm »
Not to happy with the vintage air kit so far. The rear evaporator bracket was not the right on. The metal lines for heater hoses where 2 inches away from coming out firewall and pushing dash out. I saw 2 other videos people installing the kit my bracket was different. When I called them said must be installing it wrong. Told them so don't you think possible someone packaged it wrong. Plus bracket can only go one way. Didn't get anywhere with them. So bracket was modified to get evaporator up against firewall. Since they don't want admit. Sometimes aftermarket world just sucks. Seems way easier to keep old truck all stock parts.

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Re: 87 Chevy crew cab build Ls swap with lots of pics
« Reply #110 on: June 03, 2017, 04:57:41 pm »
As you can see in the above pic with the finger clearance between glove box area and evaporator. That I will have pretty much no glove box. That's with bracket modified and evaporator touching firewall. It can't go anymore further.

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Re: 87 Chevy crew cab build Ls swap with lots of pics
« Reply #111 on: June 03, 2017, 05:04:23 pm »
So anyone looking in to aftermarket a/c. Check into classic auto air also before deciding on vintage air. Know I read a lot of good reviews about vintage air. But just my experience so far with them. The evaporator is to wide even up against firewall.

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Re: 87 Chevy crew cab build Ls swap with lots of pics
« Reply #112 on: June 03, 2017, 08:56:30 pm »
Did you send them pics so they could see it?
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Re: 87 Chevy crew cab build Ls swap with lots of pics
« Reply #113 on: June 04, 2017, 07:53:51 pm »
No I didn't send them a picture of bracket. Should of but just didn't feel like messing with it anymore after talking to them 3 different times. Since bracket was modified to make it work should be OK.

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Re: 87 Chevy crew cab build Ls swap with lots of pics
« Reply #114 on: June 05, 2017, 01:39:06 pm »
Well found out today missing a part from vintage air kit. The liquid line. Evaporator to drier line. So called vintage air there sending me one. So waiting on that. Hoping nothing else go wrong. And hope this a/c kits works good lol.

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Re: 87 Chevy crew cab build Ls swap with lots of pics
« Reply #115 on: June 05, 2017, 04:57:58 pm »
More progress today a/c condensor. And power steering/transmission cooler. More wiring done.

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Re: 87 Chevy crew cab build Ls swap with lots of pics
« Reply #116 on: June 05, 2017, 04:58:55 pm »
More pics

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Re: 87 Chevy crew cab build Ls swap with lots of pics
« Reply #117 on: June 07, 2017, 08:17:25 am »
Pics of Dakota guages wiring going in.

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Re: 87 Chevy crew cab build Ls swap with lots of pics
« Reply #118 on: June 08, 2017, 07:02:37 am »
Pics of glove box liner cut down to fit behind evaporator. I will have little storage left.

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Re: 87 Chevy crew cab build Ls swap with lots of pics
« Reply #119 on: June 08, 2017, 06:21:04 pm »
Pics of a/c compressor with high mount brackets. Get a/c compressor away from bottom of motor and away from frame.