Passenger grab bar

[SamCal36]

Has anybody installed a 96-98 grab bar in a 88-95 truck ? Is it possible ?


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[someotherguy]

Which one? There are two setups - one on the passenger A-pillar, the other in the roof. A-pillar I'd say yes, mostly. Roof...not so much.

Problem with installing the A-pillar one is the plastic is formed to meet up with the handle, and you can't simply swap the newer style plastic piece in without doing a lot more swapping as it's not the same as the earlier piece.

I did a full interior swap on a '94 and included the grab handle. It's work, to be sure, but I wanted the swap to be 100%. I made a template and cut a section out of the pillar on a junk truck, drilled the welds out, and welded it in on the project truck.

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Not the best pics but you can also see in the 2nd one the holes for the roof grab handle which I skipped (donor truck for the headliner was a 4x4) as I was going to just have the headliner redone anyway.

Richard

 

[SamCal36]

I was meaning the a pillar An do you have to get that piece you welded in ?


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[someotherguy]

Didn't think I could be any clearer.

What are you planning to bolt the handle to if you don't have that piece?

Richard

 

[SamCal36]

That's what I was asking did it have to have it but okay I got it


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