Rebuilding Front End

[Sramos03]

Hey guys wanted to get some help knowing what to replace on the front end of my truck. I was recently rear ended and pushed into another car and my bumper and grill got damaged. My insurance deemed it salvage so now I start the rebuild process. Since this is my first truck (just bought it from my neighbors brother in December, and did my first oil change) I want to keep it forever and learn from fixing it myself. Any guidance on parts I should get or tools I should invest in would be of great help. This is the first time I’ve worked on a car and this forum has been helpful and I’ve accomplished things that I wasn’t so confident on trying but thanks to everybody on here, I’m getting out of my comfort zone working on the the truck. Thanks for the help everyone…

 

[Caman96]

Tranny cooler looks like it was bipped. Might want to either replace or at least flush that. Good time to fix AC if that’s in the budget.

 

[DonYukon]

As Cam said even if that Trans cooler is not leaking at the moment it might start leaking. I got one from a junkyard years ago for like 20 bucks and still works fine. the bumper horns need to be replaced. by the looks of it the rad support is fine. These trucks are great to learn on.

 

[df2x4]

If you do decide to replace the transmission cooler, the TruCool M7B is a great upgrade that will fit with some minimal trimming of the factory mounting brackets. There's a thread on that here.

https://www.gmt400.com/threads/how-to-factory-auxiliary-trans-cooler-upgrade.18104/

The TruCool M7B is the exact same product as the B&M coolers mentioned in the original post, even made by the same parent company. Just cheaper.