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that white kid

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i am planing on turning my slt into a sport but what is all needed for the front bumper obviously the bumper but brackets and bolts etc. i know that i need the color matched rear bumper door handles and mirrors but just not sure on what all i need for the front bumper
 

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If its a 2nd gen the headlights were different too. They had seperate high and low beams. You will have to get an adapter to convert it over. 3rd and 4th gen i know nothing about sorry but im willing to learn lol
 

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I looked into it for the front bumper, I don't remember off hand the brackets but will look for the info I had sorry for no quick response. I trashed the idea after the money upgrade.
 
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ya im to the point to were when i finish the sport conversion ill be done for looks wise other than maybe a 4in lift on top of my bodylift but thats whats on my list now
 

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There's a bumper support behind the bumper you'd need and then the mounts and shouldn't be any surprises beyond that. I wanted to switch to the chrome, but it seems like more work than its worth.
 

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If you lived near me I'd probably trade you the parts... I don't care much for the front sport bumper. Have you thought of painting it to match?
 
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If you lived near me I'd probably trade you the parts... I don't care much for the front sport bumper. Have you thought of painting it to match?

my truck is white and it has the chrome bottom piece then the upper part is black and it doesnt look to good on the white
 
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There's a bumper support behind the bumper you'd need and then the mounts and shouldn't be any surprises beyond that. I wanted to switch to the chrome, but it seems like more work than its worth.

i know what big parts i need for the bumper i just dont know what bolts and clips etc that i would need
 

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for the front bumper, you should be able to just take off the front bumper pad (above the chrome bumper part) and slap on a new entire cover, and screw it in place. that's what i did to my old truck.

the rear, is color matched, pretty straight forward.

and then the headlights for a full conversion, the need to be the quad headlights, not the dual.
 
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but then it would just be like driving around with no muper at all if it were just going to be plastic there or are youi saying keep the chrome on there and put the cover over it?
 

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yes, keep the chrome part, just get rid of that top part.
 

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Yep!! I did it to my last truck. Held on really well.
 
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