Opinion thread- 81 silverado grill you like or ?

Grit dog · Oct 24, 2024

mxer147 said:
That’s my led fog light plan. Considering painting my grill and headlights trim white as well. I don’t want to spend $$ on silver paint when I have plenty of white.

Cool plan. Thought about a couple led cubes in each opening. Bright white and yellow fog.
However not a fan of painting grille and bezels white though. For the $30-40 to get a pint of silver/argent. Maybe a bit less if you get creative. JMO. Your truck looks awesome even though you consider it a budget backyard job. White ain’t right in this case! Lol

slammed84 · Oct 24, 2024

They look great on the single headlight setup with the matching bezels

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mxer147 · Oct 24, 2024

Grit dog said:
Cool plan. Thought about a couple led cubes in each opening. Bright white and yellow fog.
However not a fan of painting grille and bezels white though. For the $30-40 to get a pint of silver/argent. Maybe a bit less if you get creative. JMO. Your truck looks awesome even though you consider it a budget backyard job. White ain’t right in this case! Lol

Painting the hood white with a couple rally stripes so it might look okay white. Thanks for the kind words.

TotalyHucked · Oct 24, 2024

Grit dog said:
Cool plan. Thought about a couple led cubes in each opening. Bright white and yellow fog.
However not a fan of painting grille and bezels white though. For the $30-40 to get a pint of silver/argent. Maybe a bit less if you get creative. JMO. Your truck looks awesome even though you consider it a budget backyard job. White ain’t right in this case! Lol

I'm thinking about trying to mount some pods in my valence, kinda like an OBS had.

JD Miller · Oct 24, 2024

Here's some ugly for you

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Gearheadsqce · Oct 28, 2024

Actually, I like all the Square Body Grills. They each have a place.
I'm in the minority on the 88-91 version. I really like it!
JMHO

Memaloose · Oct 28, 2024

I owned and drove an '81 C10 Custom Deluxe for 11 years and I grew to really like the grille. They're unique and seemed sturdier than say the 73 through 79 grilles at least in my opinion.
You have a nice looking pickup. Mine was dark metallic brown like yours, SWB, 250, 3 speed on the column, manual steering and brakes. A very simple and reliable vehicle. I bought it used in AK and like I said, drove it daily for 11 years. About the only modification I did to it was to add a leaf in the rear as I used it to haul firewood fairly often. Excellent truck!

Turbo4whl · Oct 28, 2024

Grit dog said:
Still think it would be cool to use a 81-82 bumper on a later model and have a spot in the bumper for fog lights or driving lights.

Fog lights?

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Grit dog · Oct 29, 2024

Turbo4whl said:
Fog lights?

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Whoa that’s cool! The upper turn signals are fog lights? Is that what I’m seein?

Turbo4whl · Oct 29, 2024

Grit dog said:
Whoa that’s cool! The upper turn signals are fog lights? Is that what I’m seein?

Yes, two large headlight truck. Cut the blank out and added Hella fog lights.

GMC_Nick · Nov 19, 2024

Grit dog said:
Yet another reason I fckin love the look of that truck!
Those just look like a second set of turn signals though. Did he make em in to driving lights or??

I used the stock 81-82 bumper and turn signal housings, wired it to a relay and a flip switch to keyed power so I don't forget to turn them off. Just used stock bulbs that fit in them. I tried LED ones but they never worked right with the grounds. Looks better if you run soft white headlights too. I use them more as daytime running lights.

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