My 87 K5 Blazer project

[NCTyphoonKid]

I think this is my favorite picture from yesterday

[NCTyphoonKid]

The K5 and the Typhoon together

[Shaun1162]

Wow, sweet score for $1500! After all the cleaning and buffing you did that thing looks mint!

[tvblazer78]

Stop with the pics of the phoon!! Your killing me! I kick myself every time I see one for selling mine! Looks like you have painted the lower trim on it? Thats what we did painted it all the same and it looked sweet!

Nice rides man..

[NCTyphoonKid]

Got my K5 emblems put on and got my tailgate straps so now I can sit on my tailgate. I still need a exhaust,the grille trim and a few other things. I'm very happy with it and I've been driving it alot lately and I enjoy it.

[NCTyphoonKid]

Originally Posted by tvblazer78

Stop with the pics of the phoon!! Your killing me! I kick myself every time I see one for selling mine! Looks like you have painted the lower trim on it? Thats what we did painted it all the same and it looked sweet!

Nice rides man..

Haha nah it has never been painted everything on it is factory except for the grille letters I painted them black and gold to match better. It came from the factory with painted cladding.

[tvblazer78]

Originally Posted by NCTyphoonKid

Haha nah it has never been painted everything on it is factory except for the grille letters I painted them black and gold to match better. It came from the factory with painted cladding.

Very cool...

[NCTyphoonKid]

Got to really test out the 4x4 tonight my buddy got his Silverado stuck and I was a last resort so I had to go pull him out and I must say the K5 did a really good job and I'm VERY proud of it.

[NCTyphoonKid]

Got some stuff at Autofair for the K5. I got some new 4x4 center cap decals and two Chevy truck license plates.

[68Timber]

Just a heads up, that body-color stripe in the grill is factory. So when you painted it black, it looks like you scored a grill out of the junk yard off a black truck. At least to those of us old enough to remember them new.

If you don't like the body-color stripe, I'd try a silver just because it'd match the headlight bezels. And if it doesn't match good, you can paint the headlight bezels at the same time.

You've brought the truck around well - nice work!

[NCTyphoonKid]

Originally Posted by BRUISER

Just a heads up, that body-color stripe in the grill is factory. So when you painted it black, it looks like you scored a grill out of the junk yard off a black truck. At least to those of us old enough to remember them new.

If you don't like the body-color stripe, I'd try a silver just because it'd match the headlight bezels. And if it doesn't match good, you can paint the headlight bezels at the same time.

You've brought the truck around well - nice work!

Thanks I know it was suppost to be red but it looked bad with how it was before. Now that I've brought the paint back out I'm debating repainting it red or should I paint it silver?

[tobiahr]

I vote for silver and match the bezels.

[NCTyphoonKid]

[NCTyphoonKid]

This week hopefully tomorrow ill be repainting the grill and bezels. If i go to the junkyard this weekend im gonna try and find some factory tow hooks. Im also thinking about putting the factory bumperettes on the bumper
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[blakeduren]

I think there are some tow hooks in the FOR SALE section.

Also...I think the bumperettes get in the way of the tow hooks by a little bit.

[J Lee]

Looks good man! Much better with out the steps.

Jeff

[motornut]

I think it looks higher up now

[NCTyphoonKid]

Thanks guys I agree it does look better without the steps and it does look higher too. Hard to believe a few weeks ago ol' red looked like this and was just another truck http://greensboro.craigslist.org/cto/2270897781.html

[d-666]

you've done a real good job! looks fantastic!

[68Timber]

Originally Posted by NCTyphoonKid

Those dual front receiver hitches and your location makes me think this could have been a surf casters truck and might have spent a lot of time parked on the beach.

The body looks good, how does the undercarriage look?

[68Timber]

Originally Posted by NCTyphoonKid

Thanks I know it was suppost to be red but it looked bad with how it was before. Now that I've brought the paint back out I'm debating repainting it red or should I paint it silver?

Nice work polishing the truck out. If the previous owner could see it I think he might want it back.

I'd vote red, just to keep it stock looking. But if you want to use silver, try this: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/VHT-SP186/

A little pricey, but I keep a few cans around for anything I need to paint silver. It works well.

[NCTyphoonKid]

Originally Posted by BRUISER

Those dual front receiver hitches and your location makes me think this could have been a surf casters truck and might have spent a lot of time parked on the beach.

The body looks good, how does the undercarriage look?

The undercarriage is in great shape theres hardly any rust on it.

[NCTyphoonKid]

I think I'm going to paint the trim on the grille back to the original red for originality. I'm also wanting to put a dual exhaust on it I haven't decided where I want it to come out yet probably on both sides of the hitch with chrome tips.

[NCTyphoonKid]

I hate aftermarket cd players someone has butchered all of my radio wiring in my truck. So I guess I'll have to go to the junkyard to find the factory connectors for it or see about this cd player I have I haven't decided yet. Does anybody have any wiring diagrams for the radio?

[NCTyphoonKid]

Well tried my hardest with this aftermarket radio but I give up lol so this weekend probably Friday I'm going to go to the junkyard and get the factory wiring and put a factory radio I have out of a Suburban in it and be done with it.