Replacing Cab Help
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80-86 will fit and the dash is basically the same. 87 to 96 will bolt on your frame, but you get into dash and major wiring differences.
Make sure you get a title with any cab you buy, or your vin is not going to match your title you have now. Also if the donor is good except a mechanical problem, you could bolt all the donor stuff on your frame and just license it with the title you get from the donor. It will have your old frame, but be basically the donor truck year and model to the government's eyes.
Make sure you get a title with any cab you buy, or your vin is not going to match your title you have now. Also if the donor is good except a mechanical problem, you could bolt all the donor stuff on your frame and just license it with the title you get from the donor. It will have your old frame, but be basically the donor truck year and model to the government's eyes.
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My truck has no VIN# anywhere, maybe on the frame but I don't no where it is. How hard of a job is it to change the cab? Or would it be cheeper to just replace the floor and rocker panel rust.
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But getting a new cab might be the way to go if you don't have a vin. Unless this truck is off-road only, I would think you are going to need a vin with a title on the truck if you expect to sell it some day.
I have replaced floor pans and rockers before. It's not too bad, depending on how you want to approach it. If you just want to cover it up, then cut out the worst, and lay the new panels over the holes and screw or pop rivet them in place. If you want to do a better job you can weld them in the place.
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There has to be a VIN on the dash, driver side, near the windshield. I have seen that part of the window be discolored/dirty and you can't see the number very well but it should be there. Contact your state DOT and ask about the procedure to swap a cab. In Wisconsin where I am from, it took allot of fooling around and writing back and forth as well as a few long distance phone calls but I was able to sort out the different VIN numbers for the original frame and my replacement cab so I have a valid title.
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Contact your state DOT and ask about the procedure to swap a cab.
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I just drill out the rivits holding the vin tag in the dash and rivit in the one from your old cab. DONE. no worries and no one will even know you switched cabs! O and peal out the door jam sticker from the new cab .
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Thanks for all your help guys. I am going to get a new VIN assigned, it costs $25. A licenced inspector has to do it though. I live in Canada, and this is what my insurance company said. They say it takes about a week. As long as you have the REGISTRATION papers for it, it's no problem. ( so they say!! ) LOL
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That is your choice, but I don't like giving money away for nothing.
There are only two aluminum rivets holding it on. Of course it's a lot easier to remove and re-install the plate if the windshield is out.
There are only two aluminum rivets holding it on. Of course it's a lot easier to remove and re-install the plate if the windshield is out.