Opinion thread- 81 silverado grill you like or ?

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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
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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
 

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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!
 

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