What year front clip do you like best?

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gmbellew

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I'm partial to 73-74 grilles....but as @Redfish says, you gotta love the one your with...
 

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Those are almost as ugly as the old Escalades….
Btw are either of those real? Never heard of or seen a square body Escalade and is not April 1!
As stated above, they are just rendering but I fully expect to see someone build one based off the renderings pretty soon. Ford built an F150 based 4 door SUV in the 70's I. Mexico and those are starting to show up here at shows.
 

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As stated above, they are just rendering but I fully expect to see someone build one based off the renderings pretty soon. Ford built an F150 based 4 door SUV in the 70's I. Mexico and those are starting to show up here at shows.
I've always wondered what a square Escalade would've looked like. I'd imagine something similar to those renderings, with a more elaborate interior.
 

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The headlight lenses are from LMC. the bulbs are LED's, can't recall the who makes them (have to look it up when i get home) but they do work great.
 

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@RecklessWOT yeah it's very irritating because I've used this phone for over 4 years with zero problems. I have no problem with any other site. So it's something with this site. Maybe it's the new software on the site. Idk but it suddenly changed and started fcking up. I use my phone to browse the web with zero problems. So yeah I'm annoyed about. And others were having problems too. It's something to do with android phones I guess. I'm not gonna explain it again. So get used to it. If it was happening to you I'm sure you'd be irritated to. My laptop is hooked to my laser engraver and I don't sit on it browse the web. It's a new phone with everything updated so idk. Guess I'll just deal with it. But yeah time to I'll biotch about. Done explaining about it.
 

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I bought the sealed beams from lmc but didn't see the ones with changeable bulbs. I'll have get those they look much better. I've called everyone who sells led headlights and nobody makes the 150mm ones. The 4x6 are everywhere but are too big for the side by side lights. They work for the 2 headlights or 4 stacked lights but not the side by sides. Thanks for the link @gmbellew this us what I was looking for.
 

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What headlights are those. I'm looking for brighter ones for mine.
Check out RMS lighting. I bought the Gen1 LED and love them - they look just like the old sealed beams until you turn them on. The Gen2 have a more distinct cutoff but I spoke to the owner (Hector) and he only made them because 'the keyboard warriors were fussing about it'. Jusat went to look st their page and I don't see the Gen1 anymore. He had them on sale for $159 so they may now be discontinued.
Call Hector beforer ording though and make sure.
 

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@RecklessWOT yeah it's very irritating because I've used this phone for over 4 years with zero problems. I have no problem with any other site. So it's something with this site. Maybe it's the new software on the site. Idk but it suddenly changed and started fcking up. I use my phone to browse the web with zero problems. So yeah I'm annoyed about. And others were having problems too. It's something to do with android phones I guess. I'm not gonna explain it again. So get used to it. If it was happening to you I'm sure you'd be irritated to. My laptop is hooked to my laser engraver and I don't sit on it browse the web. It's a new phone with everything updated so idk. Guess I'll just deal with it. But yeah time to I'll biotch about. Done explaining about it.
Hey man, I wasn't trying to diss you. I know it must be frustrating I hate when technology doesn't work, I was just saying you seem to be the ONLY member here that is having this problem currently. Yeah I come here on a PC, but I know 90% of people are probably on smartphones and most people have Androids (I know iphones are popular too, but that's literally just one brand, any other phone besides apple is an Android besides maybe some chinese sh!t, technically even my flip phone is an Android I just don't use forums on it because the interface doesn't quite work right). I know some people at work who don't even own computers and just use their smartphones to access the internet. Seems crazy to me but it's becoming more and more "normal" (despite being a terrible option), so it's not like you're the only one here doing it. I was just saying you're the only one I see experiencing this particular problem, I was just thinking it might have to do with the settings specifically on your phone or something. Not trying to get you riled up, just saying I don't think it's the forum itself because other people would probably having the same problem. But I only see the big spaces on your posts, and you're the only one talking about it. Seriously no offense intended, just mentioning my observation
 

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Nit a problem I was already irritated with this. Idk what it is that changed it doesn't do it on any other site. It just started happening the day Joe mentioned it on his phone. I think he quit using his phone on here idk. Anyway enough with it in this thread. I'll just deal with it and get pissed about it because idk how to fix it. Lol
 

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I think he quit using his phone on here
Most of the viewing and posting I do from my desktop. My phone does not allow me to "quote" and post quite often. It is cumbersome and jumbles the screen sometimes too. It does the same with the Mitchell 1 repair site that I use. You are not the only one that has phone issues on this site though.

Strickland
 

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Clean 83/84 is hard to beat.
 

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For 80s I like the look around 84 with the lights behind the grille. Also like 81 or 82 with amber lights in bumper. But my all time favorite is the 73-80 round headlight look.
 

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