Ceiling mounted grab handle mounting points

[saltdog]

I'm looking to add ceiling mounted grab handles like these https://www.ebay.com/itm/297085982446 to my 83 Suburban which does not have any. Does anybody have photos of the mount points in the ceiling. Presume I'll need to weld something up there.

 

[Ricko1966]

Find where you want to put them as long as it's double wall construction you could use rivnut plusnuts pull out strength is 1200lbs in a 1/4 plusnut .

 

[saltdog]

@Ricko1966 - Plusnuts are definitely good for this! But its been over 20 years since I've had the headliner out so not sure what's up there to mount Plusnuts into. Figured I'd need to add some metal first so was hoping someone has pics

 

[xm20k]

The headliner should just be mounted in over the steel inner panel that most trucks have as a ceiling when there is no headliner unless they changed it at some point, never owned one that had a soft headliner.

 

[saltdog]

@xm20k-Suburbans don't have steel inner panels like pickups do

 

[saltdog]

Well it turns out the answer is here! https://www.gmsquarebody.com/threads/ideas-for-missing-headliner.39665/

 

[xm20k]

@xm20k-Suburbans don't have steel inner panels like pickups do

Seems they don't, didn't know that I've only owned C series trucks. They do however appear to have a double walled outer perimeter that could possibly be used to attach rivnuts too to mount the handles.

 

[Ricko1966]

Seems they don't, didn't know that I've only owned C series trucks. They do however appear to have a double walled outer perimeter that could possibly be used to attach rivnuts too to mount the handles.

That's what I thought as well.

 

[WFO]

I don't think door pulls would hold up to the weight of someone pulling themself up into a cab.
They usually fail by just shutting the door.

 

[Camar068]

wasn't there a post about pillar column grips/pull bars?

 

[lht205]

I’m not sure about the front, my suburban didn’t have pulls but behind the headliner but in my 88 there are built in mounting points that you won’t see unless the headliner is out.

 

[saltdog]

Thanks @lht205 , I was hoping the mount points would be there when I yank the headliner