my new 720

[rockstar 620]

so i just got the truck i wanted and 1981 datsun 720.

 

definitely wanna lower it all the wway down... any suggestions??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[wayno]

You have the good bumper as far as I am concerned, I think it is the best 720 bumper of all the years. It would look even better if you could find a chrome grill, If I can remember tomarrow I will take a oic. of my frontend. What do you think of the plastic things on the hood? I like silver.

[rockstar 620]

yea im probly gna repiant the grill and see first, i hate the things on the hood lol i have a hood off a 85 that ima paint black and throw it on.. what year its urs??

 

also have a 85 front valance..u think id look good ?? it comes out more i like it better...

[datzenmike]

The '85 has the diamond pattern and a large NISSAN emblem on it in the middle.I'm partial to it.

[rockstar 620]

u talking bout the grill??

[datzenmike]

u talking bout the grill??

 

Yeah, aren't you??

 

i have a hood off a 85 that ima paint black and throw it on..

 

 

i hate the things on the hood lol

 

No! The hood louvers were specific only to the '81 and '82 and a couple of months into the '83 model year. If you change it, your truck will be less distinctive. Keep them.

[rockstar 620]

i was talkin about the front lower valance off a 85

 

and ima keep the 81 hood i just wanna see how it will look with one without em.

[rockstar 620]

i dont think the 85- 86 grill will fit, i have one too but its bigger.

[lil89ram50]

all the grille's should swap

[rockstar 620]

the one i have seems to be longer at the bottom.

 

 

 

if u look at the pic of my truck on where the grill ends at the bottom then theres a piece of metal

[datzenmike]

Four different hoods were used on the 720 1980, 1981-1982, 1983-1984 and 1985-1986.

 

 

all the grille's should swap

 

I'm not sure of that. The marker lights, grills, front valances headlight pots and bumpers are interchangeable between '83-'86 trucks. The '80-'82 side marker lamps, grills, bumpers and valance are interchangeable between these years.

 

Doors, windshields, side window glass front fenders swap all years.

[rockstar 620]

 

 

 

 

theres sum pics

[lil89ram50]

ok i see the difference now, you could probably cut the bottom portion off, its hard to tell from the pics if its possible

[rockstar 620]

i think its possible to cut it..which i mite do soon..lol it mite give the truck a better look

[lil89ram50]

you could try to use some bllack plastic restorer on the grille and it would look a lot better on there! back to black by McGuires works pretty well :)

 

also some diferent rims, with smaller tires, and a 3/4 drop woud be nice! maybe a slight tint job? i normally dont like tint on older vehicles, but i think yours would pull it off very well.

[rockstar 620]

ima try it...i got the 16 inch silverados already lined up with 195/55s on em, its got tint already but its old so ima take it off i gta replace the rear window as well for a one piece and then get light tint all the way around.

 

ima work on the suspension over the weekend..ill reindex the bars and proly get sum blocks..ima try to go monoleaf first..

[wayno]

All the frontend sheet metal is interchangable, you have to use the sheet metal year of the grill and bumper, and side markers you want to use for it to look proper. If going from a 1980-83ish grill to the 1984 grill, you will need to lower the headlight buckets to the lower set of holes, they are about 1 inch lower, both sets of holes are in the later models anyway. If you use a 84 bumper on a 81 truck, the bumper will block cooling holes unless you use the 84 sheet metal. These are photos of my 1980 720 with the 1980 hood, chrome grill and shallow bumper. I think this is the best looking frontend combo of all the 720s.

I didn't realize the hood was open till after I published the photos and it is dark now, oh well. :(

[rockstar 620]

i dig it !! :D

 

 

[rockstar 620]

are the fenders the same??

 

i think the 85 720 is the sexiest out of em all !!

[rockstar 620]

 

now this is sick!! is it hard to get the round headlight setup??

[wayno]

are the fenders the same??

 

i think the 85 720 is the sexiest out of em all !!

 

All the fenders are the same, any 720 hood will fit on any 720, the headlights are lower from 83 on, but as I said, the holes for the higher positioned headlights are there in the later models, I don't recall if the holes for the later models(83-86) are in the 80-83 models sheet metal. A lot of things are differant in the 80 model. Silver was a stock color, so you can find replacement panels/body parts in the wrecking yards if you look long enough.

[elmerfudpucker]

I am planning to swap my grill to the diamond one, I have the marker lights too. But if you plan on swaping the rear window, TINT IT FIRST!!! It will come out way cleaner.

[rockstar 620]

yea i have the marker lights as well..and the tints gna have to wait till i sell sum parts..lol

[rockstar 620]

did sum work today got the truck smogged n it passed all on its own:D ..

 

threw the silverados on it n got sum tunes in it..ill have sum pics tomorro.

[rockstar 620]

 

oic time !!