Grill swap- "square to round lights added"

[brubakes]

I like it!

[Danbert]

Very nice swap man

[Mark40]

That's the way to do it. I just have to find a valence that is in good shape to do the same to my 88. A member here was kind enough to pass along a really nice razor to me. It is hanging on the wall in my garage patiently waiting.

I plan the same for my 88 as well and mine is hanging on my wall too..

Looks great, I just need to get the upgraded headlights & I'm all set.. (oh yeah, I need the time).

[jaber]

Heres how to put a round light in a square hole.
Use the outer tabs on the round ones and use self drilling screws. The bottom one is the locater for positioning the set up into place. The edges of the tab hole touch the edge of the screw hole in the valance and the edge of the light socket as seen here...



The top outer tab hole is lined up with the edge of the light socket as seen here...



From there, I just made 2 tabs to connect the other 2 tabs to the edge of the valance and assemble...





More pics are here...

http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh14/jeffaber/Parts2/

[brubakes]

Heres how to put a round light in a square hole.
Use the outer tabs on the round ones and use self drilling screws. The bottom one is the locater for positioning the set up into place. The edges of the tab hole touch the edge of the screw hole in the valance and the edge of the light socket as seen here...



The top outer tab hole is lined up with the edge of the light socket as seen here...



From there, I just made 2 tabs to connect the other 2 tabs to the edge of the valance and assemble...





More pics are here...

http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/h...ffaber/Parts2/

Great info there, thanks!

[COLOFIREMAN]

Talk about rollng back the clock....LOOKS GREAT!!!

[palexand]

Interesting and very nice indeed. I like. What donor era has this so called "razor" style? And any major mods to get the roundies to fit (vs. the square stocker headlamps)? I didn't see anything in the Tech Library.

[Logs0012]

Razor Grills are nice but the will NEVER have the iconic value that you get with a RHINO.

Looks great

[jaber]

Interesting and very nice indeed. I like. What donor era has this so called "razor" style? And any major mods to get the roundies to fit (vs. the square stocker headlamps)? I didn't see anything in the Tech Library.

The last set of pics explain how to convert from square to round lights. The Razors were used up till '78.

[mike12]

J10

GOOD LOOKING DOG AND J10

[Billygoat]

When I put the round lights in my Muscle I just moved the tabs on the buckets to match the location of the tabs on the square buckets.

6 of 1 half a dozen of the other - either way works

Looks Great!!

[marshotel]

I think your efforts were way worth it. How much of a hassle was the conversion? I have an 87 GW I would like to do the same thing to. ANy key tips?

[jaber]

Its an easy swap. You'll have to cut the tabs off the valance so the grill will set right. Get some counter sink self tapping screws to mount the bottom and your all set.

[benztechnc]

For the actual grill mounting, think you could just drill out the spot welds on the old razor style valence and rivet them onto the new square headlight valence.. I have a razor, but the valence was so rusted out I picked up a new one from a square headlight setup and the lower part doesn't mount.. I think this was touched on in a previous post I just want to make sure I understand completely..

thanks.

[jaber]

I put a '77 Razor onto an '88 valance with no problems. I hacked the tabs off and just made holes with the screws. It was not on a truck at the time, but it all went together with out any issues. I did not use the center hole, but did not feel I needed it.

For the actual grill mounting, think you could just drill out the spot welds on the old razor style valence and rivet them onto the new square headlight valence.. I have a razor, but the valence was so rusted out I picked up a new one from a square headlight setup and the lower part doesn't mount.. I think this was touched on in a previous post I just want to make sure I understand completely..

thanks.