another idea stuck in my head

Id say go for it if everything will work and thats what you like!

 

what you will have to do is cut the ends off the fenders and weld the front of the 86s onto the 96s so you keep the body lines on the 96 matching other than that its all bolt on

 

the body lines should all match up, the front fender will just have a different groove in the flare than the rear does, i like the idea but i'm looking at around $500+ to do it with all new sheet metal and trying to find a donor clip with out any major rot will be a chore

 

yeah, it would bolt up, like evan pointed out the groove around the wheel wells would look funny since your rear would be flared out and the front grooved in. You find a good donor make sure its a LWB and just pull the bed off it too, and everything will match up. I would suggest the 87+ taillights though, they look alot better.

 

$500 doesn't sound too bad. What would you be looking at for just new fenders?

 

fresh new fenders are $100 a piece for both years and living in the rust belt, donor parts are hard to come by

just realized i forgot the headlights and markers

buying from lmc

right fender - $100
left fender - $100
hood - $150


ebay

L and R headlight bezel - $45
headlights - $40
turn signals - $40
fender markers - $20
grill - $70

so about $565 plus shipping

or the other option is 3" fiberglass fenders for $300 a pair, but that probably wouldn't look to good w/o a lift and tires, but they wouldn't rust lol

 

gonna need a radiator support too, the mounting points for the trim, headlights and such are wrong.

 

som' b*tch, the price keeps going up, ok maybe it won't quite be worth it, good idea though, lets put it this way, if the front end ever gets wrecked i'll let the insurance company pay for it lol