Hi, I'm Randall and I have a 2001 Chevy Blazer 4x4 automatic V6! I look forward to meeting everyone 😎

 

Welcome! Looks like it's in decent shape, any big plans for it?

 

I'm gonna turn it into the ultimate off-road rig. I wanna see about putting 35's on it. my blazer has about 96,000 miles on it. I'm the 3rd owner. Anyways, I'm lookin for ideas of what I could do with my blazer

 

Most people would do a SAS(solid axle swap), and take out the stock IFS. You won't have a problem getting 35s under then.

There's tons of build threads, few of 2 door SAS's, and four door for that matter...

My 4 door will get one when it retires from dd and I got a place to do the work myself lol.

Edit: don't forget to start a build thread of your own to show it off!

 

Welcome to the forum. I agree with DonL. If you want to run 35s, you'll want to run a solid front axle. Even if you can lift the IFS enough to clear 35s, it really isn't strong enough to do any serious offroading with them.

 

The only off-roading I normally do is something with gravel roads and that's about it. I won't be doing anything extreme because I'd like to keep my blazer lookin nice. so, how do I go about running a solid front axle?

 

Best thing to start with is reading other people's build threads. Then, it's a matter of picking a front axle (the Jeep Dana 30 is pretty popular for light-duty use), a suspension type (leaf springs, radius arms 3 or 4-link with coilovers, etc.), then collect parts and start fabbing. You need to be a decent welder and have some fabrication skills since your life will literally depend on your work, but it's not really a super difficult or expensive job.

 

Welcome to the Blazer Forum.

Please open a thread in the builds section for an in depth discussion on the off-road transform as per the "New Member" section which is for introduction only.