I finally found me another GMT400!

[67_C-30]

That cargo light lens came in today, so I popped it on there. The ol girl looks nice out in the wild with the fresh new lenses!

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[GrimsterGMC]

That cargo light lens came in today, so I popped it on there. The ol girl looks nice out in the wild with the fresh new lenses!

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Looking awesome.

 

[Erik the Awful]

With the high price and poor quality of aftermarket lights, I am thinking polishing up the stock rear lamps might be a better way to go rather than paying up and buying aftermarket ones.

?? I'm looking at well under $100 to refresh all the lights on Roscoe. The TYCs are pretty good quality - I put them on WCJr a few years ago and they still look like new. TYC is also now an OEM supplier to several brands.

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[Jimmy D]

Mostly my aftermarket lamp replacement experiences have been head lamp assemblies. I have used TYC as it is the most sold brand through the parts stores here. In my experience, unless one is wanting to swap out to some new fangled led, halo or what have you latest fad, I see a polished up OEM lamp holds up longer. IMO

 

[67_C-30]

Mostly my aftermarket lamp replacement experiences have been head lamp assemblies. I have used TYC as it is the most sold brand through the parts stores here. In my experience, unless one is wanting to swap out to some new fangled led, halo or what have you latest fad, I see a polished up OEM lamp holds up longer. IMO

You may be correct. This cargo lens was a GM part, and came in a bag from a country of origin I’ve never heard of..

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[Kens1990K2500]

Wow, what a beauty, and great find. I've owned both early and later OBS trucks, and like the earlier ones a bit better. That's cool everything is original. Mine still has the factory radio and cassette player. I also like the digital heater and A/C controls on our trucks.

I was actually looking for an single cab 4X4 when I found this one. I was also looking for a K1500. I watched Craigslist and Marketplace for months and kept seeing a lot trucks that were clapped out, too far away, or priced way higher than my budget. The few potential trucks I was truly interested in were got snapped up before I could even go look at them.
I prefer the earlier trucks, but I looked at all year models. When I ran across the thumbnail pics of this one I thought it was a K1500 because of the 6 lug rims.

This truck was just so original and overall checked too many boxes for me to resist

 

[Kens1990K2500]

Cool. Even has the original style twin tail pipes.

What?! No moon gauges?! I kinda miss the moonies from my old 2500LD........

I also dig the moon gages. I thought 1990 was the last year, although some people on this forum have said some carried over into the '91 trucks.

 

[Kens1990K2500]

I got the frame finished up and put the new shocks on. I’m going to put the bed back on and finish it up tomorrow.

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What product did you use to paint the frame? What did you do for prep?

 

[67_C-30]

What product did you use to paint the frame? What did you do for prep?

I used Ace Rust Stop enamel. I’ve used for years with great success. I pressure washed and wire brushed the frame to remove crud and surface rust.

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[Kens1990K2500]

I used Ace Rust Stop enamel. I’ve used for years with great success. I pressure washed and wire brushed the frame to remove crud and surface rust.

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How did you apply the paint: brush, spray or roller?