This is my 2000 Chevy 3/4 ton work truck. It has a quarter million miles of wear and appears to have seen a little abuse too. I'm going to try and fix/improve some things to make it like I want it. Here's what it looked like when I got it a few months ago:
Notice the painted bumper and work truck grille have been swapped for a chrome bumper and grille by previous owner. He also put some later model (GMT800 I think) aluminum wheels on it. I like these changes. It's still heavy duty but looks pretty too, without being too fancy. Only thing I would like different is a front bumper without the plate holes or rub strip.
One of the first things I needed to fix was the turn signal. Had an intermittent problem where the driver side brake/turn lamp would not light and the front would blink fast. I put new modules and bulbs in the rear lights but still had the problem. So I looked for poor connections in the front. I found a huge bundle of splices behind the bumper and thought maybe one of them was bad. I didn't like how the splices weren't staggered and it was just a big ugly lump, so I got an entire forward light harness from the junkyard to replace it. Turns out it wasn't the front, but the connector to the module at the back. Oh well. I'm still glad I took it apart and replaced the harness though.
I found some more problems when I took the front end apart to do the wires. The front bumper felt flimsy, turns out it was missing the outer support brackets on both sides. I thought maybe someone just left them out, but the passenger frame horn is actually bent such that it won't line up. Apparently the truck was wrecked before and the fenders and hood were replaced. I got a hydraulic ram and a hammer and managed to reduce the damage on the frame. It's not perfect and the core support alignment still seems screwy but it's close enough that you can't tell from the outside and I was able to get all the bumper brackets on. Nice and solid now. Turns out the core support is actually the wrong one for this grille. It works, but the filler panel and some other pieces have been modified to make it fit. Can't tell once it's assembled but it's not like it should be. One day I'll put the right one in but for now I'll have to live with this.
I also replaced all the front lenses. What it had on it was some 10 year old aftermarket ones. All yellowed and starting to crack. I think it looks better with the orange corners.
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Notice the painted bumper and work truck grille have been swapped for a chrome bumper and grille by previous owner. He also put some later model (GMT800 I think) aluminum wheels on it. I like these changes. It's still heavy duty but looks pretty too, without being too fancy. Only thing I would like different is a front bumper without the plate holes or rub strip.
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One of the first things I needed to fix was the turn signal. Had an intermittent problem where the driver side brake/turn lamp would not light and the front would blink fast. I put new modules and bulbs in the rear lights but still had the problem. So I looked for poor connections in the front. I found a huge bundle of splices behind the bumper and thought maybe one of them was bad. I didn't like how the splices weren't staggered and it was just a big ugly lump, so I got an entire forward light harness from the junkyard to replace it. Turns out it wasn't the front, but the connector to the module at the back. Oh well. I'm still glad I took it apart and replaced the harness though.
I found some more problems when I took the front end apart to do the wires. The front bumper felt flimsy, turns out it was missing the outer support brackets on both sides. I thought maybe someone just left them out, but the passenger frame horn is actually bent such that it won't line up. Apparently the truck was wrecked before and the fenders and hood were replaced. I got a hydraulic ram and a hammer and managed to reduce the damage on the frame. It's not perfect and the core support alignment still seems screwy but it's close enough that you can't tell from the outside and I was able to get all the bumper brackets on. Nice and solid now. Turns out the core support is actually the wrong one for this grille. It works, but the filler panel and some other pieces have been modified to make it fit. Can't tell once it's assembled but it's not like it should be. One day I'll put the right one in but for now I'll have to live with this.
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I also replaced all the front lenses. What it had on it was some 10 year old aftermarket ones. All yellowed and starting to crack. I think it looks better with the orange corners.