A few months ago, I picked up this 2002 Chevrolet Blazer Xtreme. I bought it for $1500 and it was a run and drive with 203k miles, but clearly needed some long overdue TLC.. These pictures are from the day I brought it home. Things to note on day 1 were, 1. Bad belt/pulley squeel in the engine bay. 2. Significant oil drip presumably from the oil pan/rear main seal. 3. Radio was essentially not working at all.

I did have a few notes from the previous owner... heater core was leaking and ruined the carpet, he also paid a mechanic to professionally replace the head gaskets and the valvetrain. The biggest positive notes for me was that the AC was functioning, and the front valance was completely unscathed.

 

Stripping the interior... Th carpet was pretty bad.

 

So the rear hatch area had some rust corrosion. My only guess is because the truck spent a portion of its life in Daytona beach, and it is probably beach salt. Overall the truck is fairly clean, and externally has no rust present. I think these areas were just soaked in water/coolant in the carpet and it slowly corroded the metal. Now i know that the proper fix would be to cut these panels out and weld in new metal, but I opted to wire wheel away the rot, 3 coats of self etching primer, 3 coats of paint, and 2 coats of clear. I think they came out solid enough to last me a few years. I will eventually cut up panels from the junkyard, and fix it properly if it resurfaces.

 

A small patch of rust in the front passenger corner of the cab area. I might need to check the seam sealer in the cowl area, because my guess is the water came in from there.

 

Ordered a full set of door, tailgate drip rails and rear glass seals from LMC Truck, as well as new tailgate, and rear hatch struts and support cables. Vacuumed and cleaned out the floor boards in preparation for sound deadening.

LMC Truck seals. Doing a full refresh on the blazer. Tired of dealing with water leaks.

 

Looks like a fun project. Good luck!

The old car-electronics installer in me looks at that stripped interior and thinks it's a perfect time to apply a good layer of sound deadening.

 

Replaced the driver side door pins and roller pin with a set of Endurapin tool steel bushings, pins, and roller pin. Same deal here, 3 coats of primer, 3 coats of paint and 2 coats of clear coat. Turned out really nicely, and all of the moving parts self-clear the paint right back off. Then i applied some white lithium grease for an easy closing, squeak free door. The passenger side had been replaced previously and is solid.




I know that I painted right over the roller, but it self clearances when you open it a few times and then just apply a coat of white lithium grease spray.

 

I have had great luck with this stuff in the past. Its Kilmat from Amazon. This type of coverage is approximately 2.5 boxes of the large case of material. So, yeah I did add around 50 lbs to the truck, but let's be honest the 4.3 in stock form is not winning any speed competitions...

I also pulled this headliner from a nicely optioned 2 door blazer at the junkyard. I am kicking myself for not pulling the wiring harness and mounting hardware for this overhead console. If anyone has a harness for sale, and the mounting hardware, I would be happy to purchase it for a fair price! I would love to having a working mileage display and compass display.

 

I actually did just that! New school audio guy here. I think the s10 suffers from alot of road noise and this elminates alot of that and makes for a very quiet ride. It also helps alot with the Bass of course!

 

HA! Nice work. That should make a huge difference in reducing road noise, and making the Blazer more comfortable to drive..