My 1996 Blazer Rebuild... 56k Beware...
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Joined: May 2009
Posts: 364
From: Iowa
Got the Rims the other day and went ahead and put the tires on. These things are huge. I put them on the blazer just to see how it would look and I couldn't even turn the wheel a 1/4 turn because of the amount of rubbing. Here's a teaser picture. But I did get my CB antenna mounted with a temp 4 foot antenna until I can get a whip. The Plan is tomorrow to order a 3 inch Body lift. And Fab up my own bumper brackets. This way I don't have to cut the fenders very much if at all. Sorry about the dark picture. All I could do at the time.
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 67
Got the Bumpers put back on this past week and had to park the blazer because of a Broken Oil cooler line. I'll get some pictures up this weekend. All that is left is to make some new brackets for the brush guard. So far Here are the thing that need adjusted with a 3 inch Body Lift on a 2nd Gen.
-Air Intake Needs Adjusted so that it can fit and not pop off due to the body and air intake box raising up 3 inches.
-Oil filter Needs Dropped a few inches.
-Bottom Fan Shroud Needs Removed.
Other than those 3 things, I haven't found any issues with the 3 inch body lift. On a Fun note, the blazer is AMAZING mudding. I don't know if I mentioned it but I had my 4x4 Actuator fail yet again so I just did the homemade Posi-Lock. Works great. I'll get everything up as soon as I get a free chance this weekend.
-Air Intake Needs Adjusted so that it can fit and not pop off due to the body and air intake box raising up 3 inches.
-Oil filter Needs Dropped a few inches.
-Bottom Fan Shroud Needs Removed.
Other than those 3 things, I haven't found any issues with the 3 inch body lift. On a Fun note, the blazer is AMAZING mudding. I don't know if I mentioned it but I had my 4x4 Actuator fail yet again so I just did the homemade Posi-Lock. Works great. I'll get everything up as soon as I get a free chance this weekend.
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 13
From: Splendora TX
HOLY COW...just went through this entire thread....what a rough life for this Blazer..glad you kept it alive cuz it looks BAD A$$!! Im not into the whole off road thing...i have a 99 2wd ls but reading/watching this transformation makes me want to ask the powers that be (wife) if i can pick up a 4wd blazer...good job nice project...looks like the deer won't stand a chance now
