Installed grille by myself like this...ingenious or redneck? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

roll_the_dice · 09-17-2020, 09:03 PM

OK, so I was trying to rack my brain for a few days to be able to install the grille by myself without dropping it since the grille support was already installed. In my sleep last night I came up with this idea...I could zip tie the grille to the support to hold it roughly in place while I put the bolts in.

So is this ingenious or redneck or something else??

Here are a few pictures...With zip ties and after the install. You can see that the zip ties held it pretty straight and was an easy install.

**VictoriaHardware** · 09-17-2020, 09:17 PM

This would be redneck if you stopped after the zip ties

**cwcarpenter98** · 09-18-2020, 12:24 AM

Dang, I wish I thought of that last time I had my grille off. Probably going to use this idea next time

oem4me · 09-18-2020, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by VictoriaHardware

This would be redneck if you stopped after the zip ties

Ha Ha!

I frequently work alone, and have concluded that almost anything can be done single handedly. The job may require some thought (and/or zip ties), but that's half the fun.

**Corts60** · 09-18-2020, 09:41 AM

Perfect. Adapting and overcoming is half the fun as mentioned above. I swap out entire engines by myself all the time. Having the right tools helps tremendously though.

**pdxhall** · 09-18-2020, 11:47 AM

Great idea. Being a lone builder I'm also interested in any ideas to help make a job easy for one.

Johns 66 · 09-18-2020, 11:52 AM

If Street Outlaws didnt have a car named Ziptie that would be your trucks name...lol....I love it....thats how things get done...and yeah its redneck but thats way ok.....we do have redneck truck..lol

roll_the_dice · 09-18-2020, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VictoriaHardware

This would be redneck if you stopped after the zip ties

HAHA so true!

I might need a couple more on the bottom to hold it better, but maybe not.

Quote:

Originally Posted by oem4me

Ha Ha!

I frequently work alone, and have concluded that almost anything can be done single handedly. The job may require some thought (and/or zip ties), but that's half the fun.

Exactly...I got a lot of pleasure out of doing it by myself and I didn't want to wait on my wife to get home to hold it...this was super easy...way easier than I thought it would be and I didn't have to say "hold it higher, no that's too much..down a little and to the left." haha

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Originally Posted by pdxhall

Great idea. Being a lone builder I'm also interested in any ideas to help make a job easy for one.

Thanks... That's why I posted it actually...if it helps someone then I'm all for it. I would do it again in a heartbeat. Hopefully I remember it for the next build.

**The Rocknrod** · 09-18-2020, 03:15 PM

Heck I wasn't sure how to do that alone. That's a great idea and I will probably need to use that myself. Thanks.

forestb · 09-18-2020, 04:01 PM

Perfect zip tie moment Friburger and Dulcich would be proud.

Lokin4AReason · 10-11-2020, 12:53 AM

Hey , if it works . . . It works

09-17-2020, 09:03 PM	#1
roll_the_dice Registered User Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Manlius, NY Posts: 1,698	Installed grille by myself like this...ingenious or redneck? OK, so I was trying to rack my brain for a few days to be able to install the grille by myself without dropping it since the grille support was already installed. In my sleep last night I came up with this idea...I could zip tie the grille to the support to hold it roughly in place while I put the bolts in. So is this ingenious or redneck or something else?? Here are a few pictures...With zip ties and after the install. You can see that the zip ties held it pretty straight and was an easy install. Attached Images __________________ 1965 C10 LWB Stepside 1964 GMC 1 Ton Dually Instagram #notaratrodnotashowtruck

09-17-2020, 09:17 PM	#2
VictoriaHardware Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Southeast Michigan Posts: 792	Re: Installed grille by myself like this...ingenious or redneck? This would be redneck if you stopped after the zip ties

09-18-2020, 12:24 AM	#3
cwcarpenter98 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Hickory Flat, GA Posts: 4,491	Re: Installed grille by myself like this...ingenious or redneck? Dang, I wish I thought of that last time I had my grille off. Probably going to use this idea next time __________________ Christian Carpenter 1963 C10 - Frankentruck 283, Muncie 3 speed with overdrive Overdrive wiring here 1963-ish truck bed trailer - Half-Wit 1981 C10 - Penny 305, th350 --> Soon to be 350, Saginaw 4 speed 1995 Dodge Dakota Sport "I'll put it simple: if you're going hard enough left, you'll find yourself turning right." - Doc Hudson

09-18-2020, 09:41 AM	#5
Corts60 Just here to tinker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Holland, MI Posts: 3,697	Re: Installed grille by myself like this...ingenious or redneck? Perfect. Adapting and overcoming is half the fun as mentioned above. I swap out entire engines by myself all the time. Having the right tools helps tremendously though. __________________ 78 C10 SWB Diesel #1 (wrecked)http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...1978+silverado 78 C10 SWB Diesel #2 (sold)http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=650751 60 GMC Suburban (sold)http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=445526 60 GMC 1000 (sold)http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=298235 67 GMC 1500 (sold) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=803695 73 Chevy C20(Daily)http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=852767 86 Suburban(summer unit) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=810697 88 Suburban 4x4(sold)

09-18-2020, 11:47 AM	#6
pdxhall Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 2,084	Re: Installed grille by myself like this...ingenious or redneck? Great idea. Being a lone builder I'm also interested in any ideas to help make a job easy for one. __________________ Sanity'66 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=515110 Long bed, Fleetside, Small back window I've Done So Much, With So Little, For So Long, That Now I Can Do Anything With Nothing.

09-18-2020, 11:52 AM	#7
Johns 66 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Talladega Alabama Posts: 860	Re: Installed grille by myself like this...ingenious or redneck? If Street Outlaws didnt have a car named Ziptie that would be your trucks name...lol....I love it....thats how things get done...and yeah its redneck but thats way ok.....we do have redneck truck..lol __________________ Former Decorated Combat Marine...Semper Fi!! Instagram jorourke322 Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=734699 2019 GMC AT4

09-18-2020, 03:15 PM	#9
The Rocknrod Moderator Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: China Spring, TX Posts: 7,280	Re: Installed grille by myself like this...ingenious or redneck? Heck I wasn't sure how to do that alone. That's a great idea and I will probably need to use that myself. Thanks. __________________ Master Chief, US Navy, Retired 1964 C10 Step-side Short Bed - In Progress 2009 2500HD Duramax LTZ 1948 GMC Panel 1956 Big Window Stepside 1953 5 Window Chevy Stepside 1932 Coupe New Seat Foam for Bench Seats?

09-18-2020, 04:01 PM	#10
forestb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 3,619	Re: Installed grille by myself like this...ingenious or redneck? Perfect zip tie moment Friburger and Dulcich would be proud.

10-11-2020, 12:53 AM	#11
Lokin4AReason Registered User Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: somewhere . . . Posts: 974	Re: Installed grille by myself like this...ingenious or redneck? Hey , if it works . . . It works __________________ dont want to hear excuses, i want to hear solution(s)

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