Originally Posted by lazyboyjake

So I've been on this site for a while, and I love it. I've had two blazers so far, the first was a 2000 brown Blazer that my family inherited, which my brother now drives, and now my 2001 Blazer which is blue and I've actually put some work into. And I don't have pictures for everything I've done, so please bear with me on that.

So I started with this
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The first couple things I added to it was a beautiful stache and a nice new radio that I had installed in the brown Blazer. For the sound system I have a Memphis PR12 in a sealed box ran by a Sony 1000w amp. I have Memphis 6x9's in the back and Kenwood 6.5's in the doors along with a Kenwood deck. For it being in a sealed box, it actually hit's really hard.
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Then the bad happened, after having her for about a month I was going home and she started to over heat. At one point she actually cut off on me and I had to let her sit for a little while till she would start back up. I took her to my dad's friend's house and on the way there she had lost a lot of power. *Please note, at this point I was not much of a mechanic, just oil/brake changes and a few repairs to body damage. No real engine work.* I got there and within seconds of hearing it he could tell a rod was knocking. I only live a few, if that, miles from his house so he told me it was safe to drive home and park it. So she sat there for a few weeks until I was out for summer break and my dad could take time off work so we could repair it.

Unfortunately I don't have picture of us taking the engine out, but we did and sent it off to somewhere to have it rebuilt. We had her parked in the woods for almost all summer so I took some time and played around with plastidip.
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I did all of the badges along with the bowtie.

Near the end of the summer we got the engine back and was able to put it back in before school had started back.
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Once she was running again, and I found time, I played around with some more plastidip and did the entire grille.

Next up were some nerf bars.
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Then I decided to go black on my rims, and my now ex-gf got me a bull bar for my birthday.
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I got a 20" LED bar to put on the bull bar and also some halo projector headlights that came with black blinkers.
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I also tried out this on my bowtie to make it stand out against the black grille. I don't have a picture of it on the truck, but I like it.
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And my most recent endeavor was putting 2" lift shackles on the rear. For everyone saying "Do a shackle lift. It's easy." Screw you. It was a pain in the @ss to do! My dad and I spent two days burning and cutting those stupid bushings out! But nevertheless, we got it and done and it looks good. *Also the tire in this pic is a little smaller than the other ones, so it makes the lift look bigger, but I promise it was only 2"*
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So that was all the fun I've had with my baby. She's had a few hiccups here and there but all-in-all she's done me proud. I'll hopefully be getting the front raised some time in the near future. It's 2wd so I'm probably going to just install a spacer underneath each coil spring. Then it's on to bigger tires, and maybe new wheels. Then who knows from there. maybe a light bar on top and a roof rack, I don't know. Thanks for letting me eat up a little of your time, hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have!