New front end setup??

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raptorforme93

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Im getting ready to raise my front bumper after the body lift (finally) and want to get a new grille and bumper and eventually get a new hood also. What do you guys think of this set up?

I was thinking possible this grille without any emblem:
http://www.lmctruck.com/features/csd/CSDGR0.htm

And then this bumper #39-9816
http://www.lmctruck.com/features/csd/CSDBMA.htm

And then eventually this hood
http://www.carolinaclassictrucks.com/GoodHoods-GHG-102.html

Im pretty set on that hood but definitely open for suggestions on the grille and bumper. Oh and also Ill be taking off the front grille guard that was on the hoe when I bought it (the ONLY thing on the hoe when I bought it.) haha
 

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Not a fan of chrome. Can you post a picture of your truck now?

without the valance and grill guard
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with them
truck6-15-10005.jpg
 
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I like how your front end is set up but I like the chrome too. Haha. Plus now I have limo tint all around, a tinted windshield, and blacked out tail lights so I think the chrome would fit well. Here is a pic of how the front end sits now and once I get the bumper raised the grille guard will have to come off becuase its mounted to the frame.

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Also I was thinking about getting the valance painted glossy black but Im not sure how that would look. I might also just leave it off it the setup looks good without it.

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Here is another one I found

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I like your selections for parts but personally I'd go with a different grill. Probably the grill that you can get (not sure from where) that is close to stock but does not have a space for the bowtie. Do you know what I mean?
 
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grill wont work, its for 88-93. that hood is awesome!

Dammit ProComp, you would rain on my parade. Haha. Nice eye though. I didnt even catch that. I literally drool every time I see that hood.... :) I wasnt sure about the grille anyways though, I was just getting opinions. I know what you mean though 07burb, I was thinking the same thing. I like this grille also (with the horizontal bars). And if I got an emblem on it I would paint it black. T-Rex also has some nice grilles. What do you guys think of the grilles that have the bars going across the headlights?

http://www.lmctruck.com/features/csd/CSDCU2.htm
 

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the phantom grills? theres a 2-door Blazer (fullsize) here in town that looks really good.
 

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i dont know raptorform i think the color of your grille with matcing bumpers is the best look going. i agree that the 442 hood would be kick ass and i also want one too.
 

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I stay away with chrome and continue with the blacked out theme. Hood is pure sex! I'm going to buy a OBS pick up for the sole purpose of having that hood on it. Didn't do the caddy clip that hood would have been on!
 

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I'd ditch the grill guard, keep your grill and do the inserts like I did OR swap to a GMC type grill and run the billet in there. I'm not a fan of the emblem in there.

I would color match everything, but I'm also not a fan of chrome. I hate the chrome on my burban...it really bothers me.

That hood is bad ass too!
 
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