I have a 2005 Chevy Tahoe Im wanting to convert the front end to either an 06 Silverado "cat eye" style front end or the Cadillac escalade front end... Any info on the swap i may need? Places to purchase the parts from? any info will be helpful Thanks and I appreciate it.
proguy1598@yahoo.com

 

heres me 2004 "cat eye conversion"



all parts needed are.. fenders,hood,grill, healight brackets,headlights and parking lights, bumper brackets and the bumper and bumper valances n all that stuff. you need the brackets that bolt on to the end of the frame(your going to have to cut your present ones off) and you also need the brackets that go on the back of the bumper it self...the 2 bracket will then bolt up to each other. and the headlights, parking lights and grill ALL clip into the headlight brackets.


i think the place with the best deals on body panels is certifit.com
thats where a got most of my parts. i had to order the bumper brackets from lmctrucks.com

in all it was a VERY is swap. it took me less than 4 hours from start to finish..however im stuck on how to put my ss bumper cover on..i have a new thread post in this section about it.

 

looks good man... wish i would find someone with info on the 08 escalade swap to myh 05 tahoe

If i could find one i would also buy an 06 style Silverado or the HD version fenders, hood, headlights, the panels that bolt to the core support, blinkers, and the grill.

Would consider the SS front end also

 

an 08 escalade swap would take a TON of custom fabrication, bolikes2skate gave you a completle list of the parts you will need to do a 03-07 silverado front clip swap

 

I know and I appreciate the help.... but im more interested in doing the 08 escalade swap...! any info here would be helpful.. thanks

 

Just my opinion but I think it would look goofy. That big *** front end on a tahoe of your year. Now a HD front end would look nice

 

Well to each their own i guess.... the HD would look good. But I dont like the 06 style escalade at all.... and next step is the 08, Im not really asking if it would look goofy in your eyes since you dont make the payments on it

Any information pertaining to the install of the 08 escalade parts to the 05 tahoe is what answers im looking for.. Thanks for the opinion though! Its prolly why you drive a FORD haha just my personal opinion right?

 

I don't drive a ford. Read my sig.

FYI don't expect this conversion to be a simple bolt in. Custom fabbing is gonna have to be done.

 

heres what a 07+ swap will look like...
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v4...episode1HQ.flv

 

wow... i've looked into it and you would need lots of custom fabwork to update to the 07+ front end. it took a pretty good bit of work to get my front to fit...