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2016DenaliGuy Enthusiast

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1 hour ago, M1ck3y said:

Do you know what the weight difference is? Notice any performance benefit because of the colder airflow or is it purely aesthetic with your truck.

I do not know the weight difference.  I believe the HD is steel and the 1500 is aluminum so I'm sure there is a difference. I can tell you that I had the stronger springs from the 2500 installed and the hood pops up very easily.

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14GMC14
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Just finished my HD hood install on my 2016 GMC And I would like to share the part numbers and information for anyone that would like to do the same. This should be the same for 2014 and up. For Silve

JoeTrahnier
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Okay, who's gunna do it on a Silverado next??     Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

JohnnyCruz
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Picked it up last Friday, I think it looks great. Went in a 2015 and came out a 2018.....

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ScikoticBoss New Member

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Has anyone done this on the 2019/2020 Trail Boss? Looking to see if the 2500HD hood from 2020 will be a direct swap of hood, minus the springs and few other parts?

flyingfool Senior Enthusiast

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this would be cool if you could figure out  how to make an airbox to pull cold air from the intake in the hood,,  like the old lt1 cars did

ScikoticBoss New Member

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On 9/19/2020 at 9:03 AM, flyingfool said:

this would be cool if you could figure out  how to make an airbox to pull cold air from the intake in the hood,,  like the old lt1 cars did

Actually one of the guys earlier in this thread did make it work with his CAI he had. He retrofitted his CAI box to work with the seal on the hood.

tmo Enthusiast

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Actually one of the guys earlier in this thread did make it work with his CAI he had. He retrofitted his CAI box to work with the seal on the hood.

I thought the factory ducting worked with our engines?
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Phantom_ss13 Enthusiast

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On 9/12/2020 at 1:55 PM, 2016DenaliGuy said:

I did this swap as well.

 

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Where did you get the parts?

2016DenaliGuy Enthusiast

2016DenaliGuy

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5 minutes ago, Phantom_ss13 said:

Where did you get the parts?

They body shop that did the work ordered them all through a local GMC dealer.  All in it was not cheap.  I'm not sure how the OP got it all for $800. Hood and all the parts and 3 stage paint and everything was around $2k.  I got lucky on it b/c the hood was damaged anyway so I just paid the difference of replacing the stock hood with the HD.

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Why did you have to change the hood springs? Would the HD hood just bolt right on to the existing 1500 body? I want to do this soooo bad but I don't want to get all the extras if it isn't completely necessary 

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On 3/21/2017 at 4:08 PM, TheGovernment said:

Ok, so I got my good painted (I'm a painter)

And it seems there is some weird thing going on with the part numbers. We ordered new HD springs, the ones listed in the beginning won't fit. The HD hood hinges are longer and the bolt holes are spaced a farther apart than 1500s. It we got in 2 sets with the same part number that are different.... Pretty dumb on Gm's part.

I still haven't got the air box.

Also keep in mind it's not a perfect fit, the HD grills have a slightly different shape at the grill. It's just slight and not really noticeable but it's there if you are looking.

Either way, thanks to the op, it looks great on our trucks, I had lots of people stoping by to take a peek lol

 

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See post above on difference in Springs.

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Why did you have to change the hood springs? Would the HD hood just bolt right on to the existing 1500 body? I want to do this soooo bad but I don't want to get all the extras if it isn't completely necessary 

The HD hood is heavier and the 1500 springs won’t lift it or keep it up.
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They body shop that did the work ordered them all through a local GMC dealer.  All in it was not cheap.  I'm not sure how the OP got it all for $800. Hood and all the parts and 3 stage paint and everything was around $2k.  I got lucky on it b/c the hood was damaged anyway so I just paid the difference of replacing the stock hood with the HD.

He bought all of his parts from GM direct and did the work himself. He also paid $400 to paint the hood.


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Found a hood from a 18 off gmparts site.. gmwolesaledirect.com

not sure if it will fit 84456262. Roughly 500$  
any ideas?  

 

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