2000 blazer lift help!!!!

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01-14-2009, 09:04 AM

greenjimmy

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RE: 2000 blazer lift help!!!!

yup, i already have the shackles and now i am just waiting on the wheels and tires. i am going with soft 8 16" with a 5" backspacing. and i am going with 265/75r16 cooper st.

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01-15-2009, 04:09 PM

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RE: 2000 blazer lift help!!!!

so if i get a 2" BL an 31" tires on a stock blazer..will it have good clearance??
like will there be much rubbing

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01-15-2009, 08:41 PM

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RE: 2000 blazer lift help!!!!

I was told before that cranking to torsion bar to lift ur ride height created front end ware, or is that why u stated 1.5" max? If I purchased a 2" body kit plus the shackles and cranked the torsion bar 1.5", how much would the ride quality change? So with the 2" BL and 2" SL i should be able to run on 31 x 10.5's without needing to regear or trim right?

And the tires i mentioned before are 33 x 10.5's and are buried under a ton of snow.

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01-16-2009, 05:56 AM

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RE: 2000 blazer lift help!!!!

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I was told before that cranking to torsion bar to lift ur ride height created front end ware, or is that why u stated 1.5" max? If I purchased a 2" body kit plus the shackles and cranked the torsion bar 1.5", how much would the ride quality change? So with the 2" BL and 2" SL i should be able to run on 31 x 10.5's without needing to regear or trim right?

And the tires i mentioned before are 33 x 10.5's and are buried under a ton of snow.

It is true that cranking the torsion bars will create ware if you max out the torsion bars. You can safely go up to 1.5" in the front. But remember you have to get a wheel alignment after you crank the tosion bars. If you plan on running 31's, you don't need to regear the truck but anything higher I would highly recommend upgrading them to 4.10's.

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01-16-2009, 01:04 PM

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RE: 2000 blazer lift help!!!!

If i were to used 2" shackles on the back and crank the T-Bar 1.5" would it not slope to the front quite a bit?

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01-16-2009, 02:23 PM

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RE: 2000 blazer lift help!!!!

yes, that is correct.

with the the 2"sl and 2"bl, u should be able to clear 32 with minner triming. 33 with more trimming. there are a few ppl running 33 with that kind of lift on here. depending on what size tire you are running, plus the lift you are adding, you will probably get 4" of total lift in the front.