let's see.... i would say: these___these___these___ or these would be good examples of decent tires, made by a low-but-recognizable name brand. The geolanders are decent, but they are P tires, not LT... etc **Edit: he stated never beaten up or off roading so i guess P's would be fine...

also those might fall into that category...

hope that clarified my opinion of tires...

**EDIT: your tires are passenger tires. here you still over paid assuming 71118 zip and s&h instead of price matching through sears...

 

My truck now has 349,000kms (~215,000 miles I think), and still purrs like a kitten. Previous owner had the trans rebuilt at 200,000kms, so that was one demon gone. I did the oil lines, fuel pump, alternator (didn't REALLY need it, but was cheap enough to do anyways), and just last weekend did the tierods/pitman arm/idler arm. Seems that these engines when maintained properly will last. My pops has a 95 astro with a 4.3 with 729,000kms and it still drives better than my mom's 2005 venture... lol

Do yourself a favour if you are going to replace the steering components yourself.... Set aside a day to do it (won't take that long, but with frustration it might LOL). Get an impact wrench, it will save yer **** on the pita bolts. Also, to do the pitman arm, you WILL have to drop the steering gear. It is a pain to do, but do able, just mark how the pitman arm was on the gear. It is keyed, but four equal keys, so mark one to keep it aligned.

Get a pitman arm puller, a tie rod separator (puller to keep the tierods, fork will destroy the boots), and some coffee... Took me 5 hours to do everything, but I had to take everything down again because I forgot to put in a damn cotter pin, so really about 2 hours with the proper tools.

If you need more help, post up while it's still fresh in my memory lol

 

Well thanks guys. I did my pitman arm and idler arm Monday afternoon. It only took about 2 hours. Not as easy as other trucks I have done but not hard at all. I also replaced:

Belt
Air Filter
Fuel Filter
Wiper blades
O2 sensor
cleaned up the throttle body inside

Gonna do the front brakes, shocks, change engine and tranny oil and filters this weekend along with an alignment and new tires.

After that I should be set for a while and riding good.

 

OK well I got everything done and here is what all I did:
Changed the engine oil + filter
changed transmission oil + filter
new serpentine belt
new air filter
new fuel filter
fixed rear window actuator
Idler arm
Pitman arm
Both Lower ball joints
Front brake pads
Alignment
New 235/75/15 Cooper Discover ATR tires 50,000 mile warranty
New wipers all 3

 

Forgot I also replaced:
All 4 shocks
and front sway bar end/bushings

 

My first Blazer was a '90 and my friend totalled it at a little over 240,000 miles. My second was a '94 - and I really loved that one. My ex-wife totalled that one at 210,000 miles. Now I'm driving a '99 Trailblazer (yes it's an s10 trailblazer, not the big one) and I just passed 200,000 miles and this one has been the most reliable one by far. I've had to do A/C work, and I go through alot of belt tensioners, but that's it. The trans started slipping at 190k because I'd never changed the fluid or filter. Once I changed it everything was fine again.

 

I took a '95 S10 to 295K and the transmission quit because my dad rebuilt the engine w/o rebuilding the tranny, got a rebuild tranny which took it to just over 3 and quit. The motor was in really awesome shape even with that many miles and the body didn't have a speck of rust. If I we could have afforded a new transmission, that's what I would be driving now. Cars will last as long as you take care of them.