02 BEAST build
#21
to grimm, the stereo is amazing, i recently added a subwoofer by splicing it into the speaker wire and it sounds great with it as well, more than enough power to power just about any speakers i could find and great sound quality, now for a major updates, finally some cool stuff for anyone that cares or is watching so first
1. i decided the rough country lift was not worth it seeing as it can put extra wear on my parts and this is still my daily highway driver that i want decent gas mileage on, so to compensate and still look cool i went with a add a leaf kit to beef up the rear suspension







so i did the rear suspension and it was easy as pie if anyone was wondering it took no more than an hour however those stupid shocks took me easily 4 hour 8 if you consider all of the time spent trying to figure our how to get it off. whoever owned my truck before me had obviously replaced them but used 1/2 bolts which stripped out the holes holding them in forcing me to grind them off and then air hammer the bolt clean off and replace it with my own hardware
next i added a flag for MERICA day


then i went ham with the front, sorry not many pictures here but i replaced all 4 ball joints, the tie rods, and sway bar links, and cranked my Tbars about 1.5

then a kayak trip cause why not

then i decided ok now time to go compare my ***** to fellow blazer drivers so here is me next to a red blazer


and then i went fun and got some nice 265/70/r15 AT2 grabber tires, essentially 30 inch tall tires that are 10 inches wide with some sweet tread






1. i decided the rough country lift was not worth it seeing as it can put extra wear on my parts and this is still my daily highway driver that i want decent gas mileage on, so to compensate and still look cool i went with a add a leaf kit to beef up the rear suspension







so i did the rear suspension and it was easy as pie if anyone was wondering it took no more than an hour however those stupid shocks took me easily 4 hour 8 if you consider all of the time spent trying to figure our how to get it off. whoever owned my truck before me had obviously replaced them but used 1/2 bolts which stripped out the holes holding them in forcing me to grind them off and then air hammer the bolt clean off and replace it with my own hardware
next i added a flag for MERICA day


then i went ham with the front, sorry not many pictures here but i replaced all 4 ball joints, the tie rods, and sway bar links, and cranked my Tbars about 1.5

then a kayak trip cause why not

then i decided ok now time to go compare my ***** to fellow blazer drivers so here is me next to a red blazer


and then i went fun and got some nice 265/70/r15 AT2 grabber tires, essentially 30 inch tall tires that are 10 inches wide with some sweet tread






#22
bump so more people can see it
#23
havent been able to do very much since going to college, but did go on an adventure and got this couch for my friend
#24
fun build! looks great!
#25
So I am back for the summer and i got some more stuff done, mainly a 2 inch shackle installed, an amplifier for the subwoofer i have, and a 40 series flowmaster and exhaust tip installed ill post pics as i get them on to my computer
#26
here are a few of the before pics




and after the shackle lift





and the old parts





and after the shackle lift





and the old parts

#27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Gn...ature=youtu.be
new exhaust, I had a muffler shop install a 40 Series turbo FlowMaster Muffler, custom pipe, and stainless steal dual tip
new exhaust, I had a muffler shop install a 40 Series turbo FlowMaster Muffler, custom pipe, and stainless steal dual tip
Last edited by Mrthelaxer; 06-09-2014 at 12:17 AM.
#28
here are some pics of me next to a stock blazer to give reference to its new stance and you can see the new exhaust tip too


#29
The exhaust sounds really good. I have super 44 and it sounds similar.
#30
So I went home for a weekend and in my boredom decided to do some more electrical work. I decided to get rid of the cd holder in the center console and replace it with my power converter and a new switch panel for all of the extra electronics.
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I also decided to finally upgrade the front tweeters in the dash and replaced them with some more powerful 6x4 pioneer speakers.


I also put some LED lights in the foot well that are a soft blue color and look really cool at night. I'll snap a picture when I go out and its dark.
At this point I am sorta running out of new projects for the blazer while keeping it as a daily driver. I think I am gonna do the big 3 for the battery, probably remount the brush guard so its mounting points are higher, and maybe look into getting a winch, but until I can get a new car to drive everyday I have sorta run out of big projects to do.
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I also decided to finally upgrade the front tweeters in the dash and replaced them with some more powerful 6x4 pioneer speakers.


I also put some LED lights in the foot well that are a soft blue color and look really cool at night. I'll snap a picture when I go out and its dark.
At this point I am sorta running out of new projects for the blazer while keeping it as a daily driver. I think I am gonna do the big 3 for the battery, probably remount the brush guard so its mounting points are higher, and maybe look into getting a winch, but until I can get a new car to drive everyday I have sorta run out of big projects to do.





