Switching 90 front end for 97??

[90'rado]

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[90'rado]

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[1badgmc]

Well I swapped over the grill from the 'Hoe so that I can be legal, have turn signals etc. I'm going to wait to swap the rest over until this stupid hot weather subsides.

It seems that my core support on the 'rado is not drilled/tapped for the filler panel mounts, so the grill from the 'Hoe does work, but I'll need to swap core supports to fully bolt it up. It will work for the time being.

You can make it work with the older core support. Just cut some slots in the support for the tabs to hook into and drill some holes for the screws. Been there. Done that.

 

[frito-bandito]

There must be a difference in a 90 model core support and one from a 93, cause I didn't have that problem.

 

[Swims350]

I thought the inner bumper brackets were different too.

 

[1badgmc]

I thought the inner bumper brackets were different too.

They are as well as the 2 corner filler panels.

 

[Swims350]

ok thought so.

 

[90'rado]

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[1badgmc]

Yeah. The bumper brackets are a simple remove & replace swap.

 

[frito-bandito]

If you change out the fenders, you won't have to worry with the corner filler panels cause they're attached to the fenders.