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71 Charger Hideaway Grille Swap to Standard Grille #1254423
06/20/12 05:10 PM
06/20/12 05:10 PM
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WyleECoyote Offline OP
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I want to rid my 71 Charger 500 of the hideaway headlights and go back to the standard grille.

To change to the standard grille, is it a simple swap or are there complications and differences? Brackets required? What will I run into?

Thanks for inputs!


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Re: 71 Charger Hideaway Grille Swap to Standard Grille [Re: WyleECoyote] #1254424
06/20/12 05:53 PM
06/20/12 05:53 PM
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Its a pretty straight forward swap. You will need the three U shaped standard grill brackets for each side. The attachment hardware is the same as the small hideaway brackets. The top support is the same. If you want to remove the remote hood release you will also need a manual one and the release lever.

Re: 71 Charger Hideaway Grille Swap to Standard Grille [Re: T2R9] #1254425
06/20/12 08:21 PM
06/20/12 08:21 PM
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Quote:

Its a pretty straight forward swap. You will need the three U shaped standard grill brackets for each side. The attachment hardware is the same as the small hideaway brackets. The top support is the same. If you want to remove the remote hood release you will also need a manual one and the release lever.




yup, pretty straight forward conversion, may even make your frontend ligher. Save that SE grill as they are hard to find and very pricy.

Re: 71 Charger Hideaway Grille Swap to Standard Grille [Re: migsBIG] #1254426
06/23/12 03:06 PM
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You will also need to obtain the correct headlamp mounts as the hide aways are about 3/4" shorter and will leave an ugly gap between your grille headlamp openings and the headlamp bulb.







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