83 s10 blazer
 

disclaimer: if your truck has anything less then 33" tires turnaround now or you will cry



so i have a bone stock 83 with a 2.8 v6 auto stock height no tbar or anything just a set of what i like to call man tires.....

here are the pics for yall

this is about what it looked like when we got it but it had car tires on it

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...30d8b9d91b.jpg

and after i got the 35 12.50 15's on it
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/Photo493.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/Photo489.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/Photo491.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/Photo492.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/Photo511.jpg


http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/Photo513.jpg

comments welcome :)

AHAHA talk about trimming. Nice job, that thing look freakin beastly. You must have rubbing when you articulate.

That is a motivated blazer owner....

Haha I like it man. That's a beautiful truck you got there overall. Any other plans for it though?

-Joe

yes it rubs but very little i am doing a sas on it i have a set of dana 60's for the front and rear a 205 transfer case 700r4 and a marine smallblock chev (350) but i am waiting for my rearend to break before i put it in but hey the factory lsd in the front and the lincoln locked rear works great for now i have ground clearance like a mofo and it ist as top heavy as most blazers caus the fact that it has no lift.

ok some more pics for yall
went to the beach

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/SNC00248.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/SNC00249.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/SNC00273.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/SNC00274.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/SNC00251.jpg

and i need to do some more trimming


http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/SNC00253.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/SNC00252.jpg

looks good. lol a lot more trimming than I had to do...

hell i had to with those 35's

I know you warned me but... :icon_cry:

Nice, all I can say. Not many peolpe have the testicular fortitude to do that much "trimming". Ok hacking cause that's a wee bit more than a trim, heh. Still loving that black/green two tone. It just looks like a bulldog, just short, mean and bow legged. LOL!

Those shots at the beach are awesome. Now that I'm gettin my gears I'll have to get up Hawks nest state park and around the New River Gorge bridge and snap some scenic pics like those. Now that I won't be pedal to the floor in 2nd gear going 10mph trying to get up the mountains out that way.

any problems with rust yet?

nope i made shure i washed it b4 i left

thats good... it looks like your rear fenders could cut a chunk out of your rear tires

sweet **** wanna trade wheels lol. . .a hella of a lotta trimming but dam thing looks good for sure!! How do you like drivin around without your sway bar squierrly?? lol

not bad considering the swaybar is still in there and the wheels are for sale with the 35's i am going bigger and better these days :icon_twisted:

those tires look beasty.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/SNC00274.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/SNC00251.jpg


Where I sure as hell dont see it in there may just be my eyes. . . and no thanks dude it was a joke im already sittin on 35's and there X terrains soon to be some baja claws and than 37's minimum come winter and sas. . . looks cool though :icon_teeth:

One of my friends has a S10 blazer sitting on 33s With the 5"TM lift and a 3" PA body lift.. When he turns the wheel his tires rub against the body mounts by the doors just a little though, I was wondering how you got away with 35s on your truck? Don't your tires hit the body mounts big time?? Did you eliminate the body mount or something?? lol

I'd think you'd almost have to rub the firewall before you'd hit a body mount... But I could be wrong. How far does his wheel/tire stick out past the fender? Most people rub in three places;
The frame, the sway bar, and the back outer edge of the front fender.
Never heard of rubbing a body mount, but I never rule anything out.

BTW hows that bracket that was in the way of your front diff coming out working for ya?

He has a 4.5" backspace rims.. But he also has 13.5" wide tires... So when he takes a sharp corner and hits a bump it hits the body mount.. I was just wondering about those 35s lol

I'm gonna cut it out today, then take it down to a local auto machine shop and have the front ring and pinion gears swapped. I can't have them both done at the same time cause i don't have enough jack stands lol

X2 . . .really I only ever barely hit my frame when im really cranking the tires in turns RARE!!

Idk.. i saw the marks from his tires on the body mounts.. I'm thinking of either putting 33s or 35s thats why i'm wondering..

You could always go with a narrow tire. Like a 33x10.50. The slimmer tire would be lighter and maybe not hurt MPG and power as much, and also wouldn't rub as bad. Plus they could be mounted on factory wheels instead of needing 8 or 10 inch wide wheels for the 12.50 width.

Plus a slimmer tire is better in the mud. Why do you think mud runners run the tall narrow tractor tires? Probley would do better on slick asphalt also.