Just bought a Denali, missing front clip. need help!

[07Burb]

I think most of us are in that boat

 

[tybardy]

of course there is that OTHER boat.... The one where the guy has all the money to make it happen and uses it to build the most god awefull shit-waggon I have ever seen

 

[07Burb]

of course there is that OTHER boat.... The one where the guy has all the money to make it happen and uses it to build the most god awefull shit-waggon I have ever seen

Unfortunately, I think this happens more often than not Almost like he has TOO much money and it clouds his judgement....

 

[Tahoewhat]

You know there is a guy on here w/ a escalade front, and a guy w/ a yukon w/ that HD front bumper and grille. Cant remeber thier names, but i have them saved somewhere. But that GMC HD w/ hd hood would be sweet... THink im going to search for that.


Found the Yukon esclade thread.. Indianmark
http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15934

 

[tybardy]

that thread RULES tahoewhat!

However, I still dont love the escy front clip without ALL the other esky body parts... but thats just me.

 

[Tahoewhat]

yeah, its missing a few things i agree that need to be there.. trying to find the one w/ the yukon HD front

 

[07Burb]

The biggest thing for me when doing a clip conversion is making sure the wheel wells all match and that everything flows. Too often you see some dude just throw on a front clip and some paint and it looks completely different than the rest of the truck. You've just wasted your time right there and might as well strip off all that paint and fix the issues you just tried to paint over.

 

[Camaro Chris]

So i'm kind of upset today. I went to my storage unit today and looked over my "Denali" and its really just a Yukon XL 2500. so now finding out that it ha leaf springs not coil has me kind of stuck on who sell drop kits or if i can even drop it.

 

[tybardy]

I didnt know the yukon XL was sitting on leaf springs! Learn something new every day. What motor is in that thing?? If its a 2500... does it have the big block?

 

[Camaro Chris]

It has the iron head 6.0. I guess I cant be too upset because I only payed 500 for it

 

[07Burb]

yeah, I didn't know they were on leaf springs either. I think they were all the same. very interesting info there! I like learning stuff. Like you said, at least you only paid $500. You could still put the Denali front on it and just do a 2500 Denali "clone"

 

[Camaro Chris]

I'm liking the HD front end idea, there is just none to be had from junk yards around here. I don't want to be out 2000$ buying on online

 

[Camaro Chris]

Well I found an HD front end and front doors also comes with another motor

 

[07Burb]

Let's start seeing some build pics now

 

[tybardy]

Lets get this party started!!!!!!

 

[Camaro Chris]

Its a chevy front. the guy is driving his truck to my shop Friday tearing everything off that I need and then I'm towing hie truck home. so how long do you think it will take to tear his truck apart? i'm thinking 15 hours

 

[Tahoewhat]

Well I found an HD front end and front doors also comes with another motor

well if this is what your taking off. Might be a weekend project. Keep us posted. and im guessing your going w/ a chevy hd front end now? (sorry didnt re-read thread)

 

[Camaro Chris]

here is some pictures of the front I just got from the guy, I guess its not the HD but it will do. I don't want it to look like a suburban but O well. whats the difference in the HD besides hood grill and bumper? I bet i could just buy those parts down the road. The price is good so I'm still going this route

 

[tybardy]

hood, grille, and bumper (and for that matter, its only the top portion of the bumper, which can be purchased seperately)