will the stock size (235/75-15) look alright with a 2in lift?

 

so i went with the trade. theres a few things the Blazer needs (passenger hinge pins, rear tires, alignment, etc). but its gettin me down the road, so i dont complain about the little things. though i did tear the hell outta the oil filter to get it off. the shop that changed the oil last didnt oil the seal before they put it on. so this is what came of it......

i woulda had the oil changed in about 30 minutes. but it took just that to get the damn thing off. so this is the next mornin when i had more light for a picture

 

That used to be a fram filter . Now its a hunk of metal =P

 

I have never seen that much work put into removing a filter.

At least it's easy to access on blazers

 

i went ahead and put a fram on again, just cause its all i had at the time. from now im, im goin with Wix

 

Fram oil filters are junk. I would never use one.

 

well, with as clean as this motor is and with how often i change the oil, the filter doesnt have to work too hard to clean it up. i run Valvoline 10W-30 conventional. and like i said, im stickin with Wix. my dad, stepdad, and grandpas all say Wix is the way to go anyway

 

oops didnt read the second page... Deleted my comment

 

i was told today by some guy that these newer 4.3L didnt last long, and the Blazers were crap. mine has 234k miles on it, and the motor was replaced/tranny was rebuilt at 170k. my cousins '96 half ton pickup has 282k miles on the 4.3 and still runs like new with the stock motor. i told him its all in who drives it and how good it was taken care of. he said it doesnt matter, theyre still crap. i think hes just an idiot and dont know what hes talkin about haha