New to the forum, not new to owning a blazer
 

Hey y'all. Just happened to find this site while looking for ideas for my '95 Blazer 4x4 with 125k miles, and she is very well loved.

I picked her up back in the summer of '06 and have been slowly workin on fixing her up and makin her look all nice and purdy. So far I have added new exterior lighting, along with new tires, flomaster exhaust, and a K&N FIPK. I'm not sure what else I should do to her but any suggestions would be appreciated.

I am currently in the process of re-painting the black trim and painted the front air dam that used to be a faded redish-pink.

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RE: New to the forum, not new to owning a blazer
 

She's a beautiful truck. Welcome.

RE: New to the forum, not new to owning a blazer
 

Welcome to the forum... very nice truck!!

RE: New to the forum, not new to owning a blazer
 

Welcome. Nice truck.

RE: New to the forum, not new to owning a blazer
 

Hey I also own a 96 chevy blazer and i'v been having a huge problem with the abs system and the brake light mulfunctioning switch. Make sure you check it to see if you here any humming sounds , that means it is going bad. Also nice ride!!! It looks really good!!!!

RE: New to the forum, not new to owning a blazer
 

Actually my anti-lock brakes sensor pooped out on me last year and because of the expense and difficulty in replacing it I decided to let it be. I honestly don't like anti locks, but then again I am used to and know how to brake without them, how to pump them... So in a way i'm almost happy that they don't work because i didn't like them because they really didn't seem to want to stop me when i needed to stop, especially on the icy roads we get up here.

RE: New to the forum, not new to owning a blazer
 

I think antilock brakes feel like they aren't doing the job, but they actually are since they are "pumping the pedal" and much quicker than you or I could. This allows for better steering, even with the brakes on full and hard.

Just my thoughts.

RE: New to the forum, not new to owning a blazer
 

ABS prevents manual modulation, allowing less fine control. Depending on conditions, or intended vehicle behavior, ABS gets in the way. On icy roads however, I don't think a human beats ABS ABS knows exactly when your rubber's breaking loose and can respond to it far more quickly, with a lot less likelihood of lockup because it can adjust brake pressure to each wheel independently. Try THAT with your foot pedal alone.

RE: New to the forum, not new to owning a blazer
 

i tend to disagree, well at least with how the ABS worked on my blazer. I honestly think it pumped so fast that it wasn't engaging the brakes enough to stop me. And at least where i'm at icy roads 9 months out of the year, i'd rather not have ABS. But i realize that is just my opinion. With my ABS i would come down the street to my house and even if i was going say about 10-15 mph i would put the brakes on and not stop until i was at the bottom of the hill in the winter. Once the ABS quit on me I could stop that thing almost instantly, with the exact same road conditions. Maybe I couldn't get it stopped before with ABS because the sensor was goofed up because my antilocks before they quit would come on very randomly, and i don't mean when you go over a bump or are on loose gravel, they would go off on perfect smooth roads even though there was excellent traction and no need for them to come on.