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Old 06-13-2011, 11:24 AM
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I have a 4-door, 2WD, 00' s10 blazer...wanting to put a lift on it...i dont want a body lift, and im not wanting to pay a fortune... please help?
 
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You might want to post up your goals and limits. How high do you want to go or how large of a tire do you want to run? What do you constitute as "a fortune"?

In the meantime, have a read through some of the threads found by searching for "2wd+suspension+lift".
 
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Well, I've only delt with rangers... So I'm not too sure.. But I think a 4" in front and 3 in back would be good.. Would you prefer going bigger or smaller? Or does that sound ok?

And probably 36"s ...
 

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You probably aren't going to fit 36" tires without 5+ inches of lift or massive trimming. And 5" lifts aren't cheap.

Take a look at some of the threads that come up in the search link I provided above. Read up on it!
 
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Old 06-13-2011, 02:06 PM
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Ok. Thanks! And which 5" would you prefer?
 
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Oooh 36"s would be cool, but the Blazers really can't handle that much without heavy modification. Lifting is NOT enough, things will just break. You really don't want to go bigger than 33" with just lifting.

Also, suspension lifts are expensive.
 
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Which lift and size tires do you reccomend? Above a 3 in front and 2 in back?
 
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there´s a 3" suspension lift in fabtech for 2wd blazers, search in this link

Resultados de la Búsqueda de imágenes de Google de http://4wheelonline.com/Images/CategoryImages/Fab-Chevy-S10.jpg

hope it helps
 
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Originally Posted by carlosblazer
there´s a 3" suspension lift in fabtech for 2wd blazers, search in this link

Resultados de la Búsqueda de imágenes de Google de http://4wheelonline.com/Images/CategoryImages/Fab-Chevy-S10.jpg

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that lift for 97 and older with spindles. 98 and newer blazers have hubs on them there is a guy on this forum that converted to the spindles and brake hardware too.

here is the were a guy converted from hub to spindles and some info. too.

https://blazerforum.com/forum/liftin...-blazer-55700/
 

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