Thanks Rich! White is my favorite color for vehicles for some reason. Yeah, I'm all about clean looking rides. I'm actually debating on shaving off the black and chrome body trim, but I haven't decided yet. Also been thinking of pulling the front tow hooks off and putting in LED driving lights in the slots.

 

That would look good, if you go with LED driving lights, get good ones, dont cheap out. Look at Philips Daylight 4's
Super nice, great quality, will last an incredible amount of time, great light output as well. You can get them on sonicelectronic for like 80 bucks

 

Yup, those are almost exactly what I was thinking of. Just gotta do some measurements and such to make sure everything would line up and fit correctly.

 

Looking at the dimensions, they should almost fit perfectly in the cutout for the tow hooks.
I cant say this enough (I have built a lot of LED things in my time) You get what you pay for when it comes to LED's. Philips is at the top when it comes to LED manufacturers.

 

So once again, can't wait for the next couple of days where I can work on the TB's and hopefully get the keys off. I've been soaking everything in PB Blaster every night for the last 5 days. Hopefully that will be enough to let me break them loose so I can get the new lowering keys on.

Here's a pic of the kit I bought, ready to go. Not going to install the blocks though until the fronts get done...

 

Once again, I found myself wanting to do something to the truck while I wait for my lowering install... So, I decided to de-badge the rear end. Left side was "Blazer" and the auto dealers decal, right side was "Chevrolet."

Midway through and ending.

Nothing says sexy like a smooth ***-end.... : P

 

Yeah going to be a great truck. Donate the tow hooks to the mud guys. tint your windows and youll have a totally different truck

 

Ok so I got the Blazer lowered today... Well kinda...

I went to make another attempt at the keys today using a 2 jaw puller... I started cranking the puller up to relieve pressure on the key bolts and I noticed that the edges of the TB Xmember were starting to uncurl and bulge where the jaws were holding on... Since the xmember was really rusty and it was making me nervous, I decided to wait on the keys until I can borrow a buddies GM Torsion Bar C-Clamp... I ended up backing the bolts out just about all the way, and it dropped the front 2 inches.

After that, I installed the 4 inch blocks in the rear with only minor problems. The problem being that the factory U-bolts were so rusted that I couldn't get them off... Yay for a stupid powerful impact gun, I just busted them off. Got the new blocks and bolts on and torqued down.

So it sits 2/4 right now, and it ends up my rear is .5" lower then the front. So I either have to get the keys in so I can lower the front more, or change out the rear blocks for 3" blocks. Test drive went pretty good, 4x4 still works fine with no binding or anything. However, I've noticed that around 2500 rpm's there is a slight vibration in the truck. Gunna double check the pinion angle Saturday.

I'll get pictures posted up Saturday afternoon when I have time. It was raining out today, and I had to do a brake job and power steering pump install for some friends, so I wasn't able to take pics yet.

 

Ok so here she is lowered 2/4. She sits .5" lower in the rear then the front at the moment. Since I like where the front is sitting, I think i'm going to swap to 3" blocks in the rear to raise it up some. She's parked on my sloped driveway in these pictures, so it's not like the angle is off THAT much lol.

Also, debating on what size tires to stick on her.

235/65R16 - Same size as my tires now but in a 16" rim.
235/60R16 - Little bit smaller sidewall.
245/55R16 - Typhoon tire size, would lower my truck another inch.

What you guys think?

 

what if you plastidipped the mirrors white?
How did you remove the trim from the headlights, did you just pop it out?