Hi, just picked up a 99 blazer 4x4 last august and found your forums today. im planning quite a few mods for my truck so im excited to explore the community here and see what other people have done to theirs!!

 

Put you're seatbelt on........... There is a ton of info to be found here!



Aaron

 

Welcome from New York.

 

Glad to welcome a fellow Canuck. Hope you enjoy the forum and find everything you want. Check out the Build section for tons of great ideas of what other's are doing.

 

Welcome fellow BC'er. Where in BC are you from. Vancouver for me. I just joined up with a 91 4dr Jimmy I just got the other day. I'm in the same boat as you, planning a few mods, etc.

 

Welcome!

 

nanaimo, vancouver island. i bought my blazer when i was over in van last summer. darylls best buys in surrey. guys a douche and his vehicles are crap but im almost finished all the repairs it needed so its almost brand new again!!!

 

Did you end up getting the 4 door or the 2 door? My pops lives out in Surrey not too, too far from where you got your truck.
My Jimmy won't ever be brand new, however I am working on a few little things to get it going. The size of the truck is perfect, lot's of space, on a relatively small platform (when compared to explorers and the 4 runner) and it has the size of engine I was looking for as well. My dad was selling and happened to mention that to me, I asked what size engine it was and he said a 2.8 and I was sold. I won't be towing anything, just filling it with camping gear/fishing gear and want to head down the rough roads. He said deactivation ditches are no problem because of the relatively short wheel base. Just what I wanted to hear!
I needs rear brakes done, and during the front brakes my bro and I found that the caliper mount was stripped. I'll need to replace that, however a guy who comes into my work once in a while said I might just needs the bracket and not the whole mount unit. He's a mechanic, so I'll give his suggestion a shot, that or I'll hit a pick a part and get the piece I need.

My plan is to clear up all the rust on the truck, replace the tires, windshield and eventually begin replacing the engine. It's got about 310k on it, so I don't expect it last forever. Haven't planned a lift for it yet, however when it gets new tires, they will be 31's, which I am pretty sure will fit the truck. Any good places to fish out in Nanaimo?

 

i got the 4 door ls 4x4 version blazer. one thing id recommend for you is to be careful when 4xing, i dinged the bottom pretty hard a couple times and ended up with some problems because the skid plate doesnt cover some of the more expensive parts to replace underneath. a friend of mine has a 95 blazer with a 4" suspension lift and i think im gonna go for that before i take it out in the bush again. as for fishing i dont really know lake or river wise but we have some great spots to fish or crab off the coast of the island if you have access to a boat