square to round headlight conversion

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rayman

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I APOLOGIZE IF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN ASKED. I just bought an '85 K10 GMC stepside. I love the truck but the dual square headlights, not so much. I really like the 70's round headlights. I've been to LMC truck and Brothers websites but didn't learn too much. I know the hoods and fenders are a little different. Can this be done without too much modification?
 

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It's easier than going from old to new from what I understand. Only the bumper will be a problem as the front frame horns are different.
 

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It's easier than going from old to new from what I understand. Only the bumper will be a problem as the front frame horns are different.

The bumper is easy, you simply bolt the older bumper right to the later frame mounts. The outer brackets need to be the correct ones, or do like I did and cut up the later ones.

The wiper pivots need swapped for the earlier shorter ones.

The core support mounts are in the wrong spot, they either need cut off/replaced, or modified.

Besides that stuff, everything swaps.
 

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