zoomad75
K5 Camper guy
Little update. Had a lot of changes happen in my life but I’m coming out the other side ok. Those changes didn’t allow for much time to play with the truck or work on it. But one of the glaring issues coming from the work we did to swap in the new drivetrain was the core support, grille and lights. The plan was to move from the factory 4 headlight Silverado setup and move to the 2 headlight version used on the cheaper Cheyenne trucks. The main thrust behind making the change was the much wider availability of better headlights over the oddball rarely used factory 4 headlight setup.
Unfortunately the core support I had found was not for a 89-91 but for an ‘88. We of course did not discover until we were wrapping up the final assembly. ‘88 headlights mount higher on the core support and as we found the 89-91 single headlight bezels would not fit correctly. Same went for the turn signal/marker light housings. Which is the reason why I’ve been running around without any bezels at all for the last year.
Finding the correct core support was a challenge. But I did last summer and took time to clean it up and paint it. Came out way too glossy and stuff started getting in the way to fix it.
With some help from Larry we reshot it and got the core support installed. Over the last weekend I put the rest of the parts on it to complete the face of the Blazer.
The 89-91 single headlight setup is one of the lesser used and more unique than the more common 4 headlight setup. I really like the look. Plus having much better options for headlights is huge as I like to be able to see at night. The 4 headlight setup even with an aftermarket relay system to get full power to the lights still sucked for light output. Now running bigger lights with projector beam lenses and LED bulbs is way better on light output.
Unfortunately the core support I had found was not for a 89-91 but for an ‘88. We of course did not discover until we were wrapping up the final assembly. ‘88 headlights mount higher on the core support and as we found the 89-91 single headlight bezels would not fit correctly. Same went for the turn signal/marker light housings. Which is the reason why I’ve been running around without any bezels at all for the last year.
Finding the correct core support was a challenge. But I did last summer and took time to clean it up and paint it. Came out way too glossy and stuff started getting in the way to fix it.
With some help from Larry we reshot it and got the core support installed. Over the last weekend I put the rest of the parts on it to complete the face of the Blazer.
The 89-91 single headlight setup is one of the lesser used and more unique than the more common 4 headlight setup. I really like the look. Plus having much better options for headlights is huge as I like to be able to see at night. The 4 headlight setup even with an aftermarket relay system to get full power to the lights still sucked for light output. Now running bigger lights with projector beam lenses and LED bulbs is way better on light output.
