Front Clip Interchange?

shortbus57

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Have a olds wagon and would like to convert front clip to malibu due to me not liking the grille in olds! Will any year interchange to a malibu,.If so is it a bolt up process or major fab job..Thanks
 

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t5montecarlo

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A Malibu front clip will physically fit, but the body lines on the doors are not the same and the curve at the top of the door is a bit different. A Buick front clip will have the correct body lines, but not sure about the curve at the top of the door.
 

shortbus57

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thanks for info,..could you just chanhe the front header panel(where headlights are)to a dual headlight malibu??
 

shortbus57

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Well looks like im gonna leave it alone then!! Thanks for all your info and help!! :)
 

LS6 Tommy

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t5montecarlo said:
A Malibu front clip will physically fit, but the body lines on the doors are not the same and the curve at the top of the door is a bit different. A Buick front clip will have the correct body lines, but not sure about the curve at the top of the door.


As far as being a direct "bolt-on" swap, Malibu front clips only fit on Malibus. The frame is longer on the other A/G bodies so the bumpers end up sticking out too far. Guys get away with it by collapsing the front shock bumpers...

Tommy
 

LS6 Tommy

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Yup. The Malibu A/G body has it's own frame. The others are all known as "A/G Specials". The front sheet metal is longer, hence the longer front frame rails.

Tommy
 

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