Schni's Blue 1983 K10

[JacobSchni]

The guy I bought the bumper from also gave me a bunch of original paperwork for a 83 for free.

[JacobSchni]

Also picked up some nice tail light covers and a dash bezel for $14 from a junkyard.

[JacobSchni]

anyone ever restore a dash bezel? how would you go about it? what kind of paint?

[silverbear]

Originally Posted by JacobSchni

anyone ever restore a dash bezel? how would you go about it? what kind of paint?

I bought silver carbon fiber look vinyl to redo my bezel. Cost about $6 for enough of the self adhesive to do the bezel and the passenger side to match. It fact I still have enough to do the door panels.

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[77K10Silverado]

Jamming truck man! Following for sure. Love the color and the rallies like mine!

[JacobSchni]

I removed my bumper guards and polished them as good as I could. Any ideas on how to fix the top carriage bolts spun hole and the bottom bolt that's snapped off? The bottom one i would think you could drill/mill out, but not sure what bolt will fit though such a tight space.

[JacobSchni]

carriage bolt hole


snapped bottom bolt

[77K10Silverado]

What size lift is on this truck?

[JacobSchni]

4in

[Zach079xxx]

That looks GREAT! How'd you go about doing this? Was it awful putting it on & where'd you get this? That wrap looks fantastic

Originally Posted by silverbear

I bought silver carbon fiber look vinyl to redo my bezel. Cost about $6 for enough of the self adhesive to do the bezel and the passenger side to match. It fact I still have enough to do the door panels.

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[gmachinz]

Wow....I can't believe you cut up a nice Silverado bezel just for the radio-the 88-91 Suburban bezels are easy to find and are already setup for the 1.5 DIN opening. Heck, I even have about 5 or 6 of them. The wrap does look good though-nice job.

[silverbear]

My bezel was already cut out for the single din radio buy the PO. I bought the vinyl on ebay (m2-racing is the name of the store). They have several styles and colors and different pre cut sizes. Putting it on was pretty easy but like all other interior work make sure you clean it real good before attaching the vinyl.

I used a xacto knife and a plastic scrapper. Since the surface is flat you shouldn't need a heat gun. After cleaning I laid the vinyl on the bezel and used the plastic scrapper to work it into shape and the carefully trimmed off the areas needed. There are multiple videos on Youtube that show how to cover items with the vinyl.

[Zach079xxx]

Did you apply the vinyl then cutout around everything?

Originally Posted by silverbear

My bezel was already cut out for the single din radio buy the PO. I bought the vinyl on ebay (m2-racing is the name of the store). They have several styles and colors and different pre cut sizes. Putting it on was pretty easy but like all other interior work make sure you clean it real good before attaching the vinyl.

I used a xacto knife and a plastic scrapper. Since the surface is flat you shouldn't need a heat gun. After cleaning I laid the vinyl on the bezel and used the plastic scrapper to work it into shape and the carefully trimmed off the areas needed. There are multiple videos on Youtube that show how to cover items with the vinyl.

[silverbear]

Originally Posted by Zach079xxx

Did you apply the vinyl then cutout around everything?

Yes I did. Now keep in mind that I was covering the original brushed aluminum look plastic. If you don't have that piece, the rough texture of the bare bezel will not finish out the same.
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[silverbear]

Originally Posted by JacobSchni

4in

With that lift and the 35" tires, do you have plenty of clearance in the front?
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[Zach079xxx]

That's what I have. Might give it a shot, looks really good on yours.

Originally Posted by silverbear

Yes I did. Now keep in mind that I was covering the original brushed aluminum look plastic. If you don't have that piece, the rough texture of the bare bezel will not finish out the same.
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[JacobSchni]

yea i have no problems with clearance, but i have not done enough offroading to know the full travel.

[JacobSchni]

blasted and painted my bumper, bumper brackets, and bumper guards.

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I also got my new door locks in. Really easy, just take out a couple screws from door panel, remove window handle clip, unclip door panel from door. then remobe a tab keeping in the lock. the rest you can see from there

[JacobSchni]

Ill be putting in all new door window gaskets, ill try to take pictures. planning on redoing the whole vent window. either gonna acid dip or sand blast

[y5mgisi]

After that rust repair was the whole thing painted? Or just blended? Looks really good!

[JacobSchni]

I only blasted the back side. i painted with vht epoxy paint and then top coated with a silver paint