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Old Sep 26, 2016 | 02:52 PM
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2005 Grill and Headlight Conversion

You guys may be tired of looking at these but this was my weekend project. Spent $200 for the grill, headlights, header panel, and electrical connectors off of a local parts truck with a blown engine.



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I had to loosen the bumper and drop the slotted connection down as far as it would go to get the header panel in and still had to trim just a slight amount off of the bumper top valance to make it fit. Grill went in just fine though. It touches the bumper on each side but I was able to make the bottom clips snap in. I still have to decide on what I'm going to do to fill in the small gaps left under the headlights from dropping the bumper down.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2016 | 03:00 PM
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That's an aggressive looking brush guard, me like it.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2016 | 11:23 PM
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Instead of lowering the bumper, you can trim the bottom of the Grill. Here is an example of the modified grills you can buy.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121085308630?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
 
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Looks good! The 05-07 front end looks much better than the 99-04 stuff. You got a steal on the parts for that cost as well.
 
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Old Sep 27, 2016 | 10:28 PM
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Yes, it looks good. For that price I'd do it also.
 
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Old Sep 28, 2016 | 03:12 PM
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Agreed on the price. Thanks for the compliments. The bumper mod was oddly enough to fit the header panel, not the grill even after dropping the bumper down. Also, I may still try to find a 05-07 factory chrome bumper and want it to work right with the header and grill. The bumper on the truck I pulled the parts from had two major damaged areas or I would have grabbed it.
 
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