OEM grille material

[Silver Square]

Anybody know what the factory original grille and headlight trim was made out of on these trucks? 1977 specifically. Best I can tell is it was plastic, but that seems highly unlikely? The headlight trim I have now is metal, but the grille is a plastic "billet" unit.

 

[PrairieDrifter]

Anybody know what the factory original grille and headlight trim was made out of on these trucks? 1977 specifically. Best I can tell is it was plastic, but that seems highly unlikely? The headlight trim I have now is metal, but the grille is a plastic "billet" unit.

Grilles are plastic, some had metal trim on the grille. The factory headlight bezels are metal.

 

[Silver Square]

Huh, well I'll be damned. I figured every truck in the '70s had all metal grilles. Good to know.

 

[PrairieDrifter]

Huh, well I'll be damned. I figured every truck in the '70s had all metal grilles. Good to know.

80's grilles and bezels were both plastic.

 

[TotalyHucked]

'73-80 were plastic grilles with metal headlight surrounds. '81-up is all plastic. Throughout all of the years 73-87, certain trim levels got various stainless pieces added to the grille or surrounding the grille

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Grilles are plastic, some had metal trim on the grille. The factory headlight bezels are metal.

At least on the squares you have the separate headlight bezels, so if someone hits a corner it doesn't destroy the entire grille..... Got a corner whack on the Burb a couple years ago and just the grille was over $400. Other driver's Allstate paid for it though. Total damage was over $2500, bumper and brackets were tweaked.