hello everyone i am new to the forum and i just picked up a 97 blazer 4x4 last week and i love it!!

my question to the experts is regarding a push bar (or brush bar?). Its the whole bar that covers the lights and grill. i know someone who used to have a 98 and he took his bar off and said he would sell it to me cheap, now my question is;

how hard is is to modify a push bar for a 98 to fit my 97. i have a picture that i can post as well for reference.

thanks in advance!

Eric


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It is the same frontend

 

thats what i thought, but why is there always different listings. like when i look them up on manufactures web sites they have one bar for 95-97 and the other one for 98 +

 

I talked to a rep at Westinabout their Bull Bars(which are for 98+ Blazers), He said that the 98+ blazers have two holes in the bracket that surrounds the front body mount and they use them to make the mounting kit a bolt-on. He told me that I maybe able to drills holes in my pre-98 and use the kit, but he said he couldn't guarantee it would fit. Just my $.02, guess it depends on how much you are willing to do to make it work.

 

ppffttt drilling a couple of holes doesnt bother me at all lol, as long as after its still fits right

 

please let me know if it works for you. I just didnt want to spend $200+ on a bull bar and not know for sure it would work. post pics of how it mounts when you get done if you can, I am very interested in this.

 

well i just picked it up... we will see if it fits in any way lol

 

ok so it seems that on a brush guard for a 97 there is also brackets that you attach above your bumper as well as blow to the frame. on the 98 bar they only mount from the bottom. if someone has a 95-97 bar on their car and can post close up pics of the bottom and top brackets i can get a better idea what i would need to do. if it tuns out to be too much to do, then i guess i got a 98 bar for sale

 

can some one tell me if i need other brackets to attach this to a 2000 jimmy?? it doesnt seem like it mounts up to the frame, do i need another bracket to mount this too?? all i got was the bar and 6 bolts. thanks

 

If your has the "High & Wide package with the fender flares and all of that then you frame is wider that a stock S10/Jimmy... If that is a Westin bar, you need part #WES40-0365 which they don't cross fit from the Blazer to the Jimmy... Probably because of the openings in the lower bumper.

My Blazer happens to be a 95 two-door(non-ZR2/High&Wide) and Westin doesn't even list a fit for my year, which is the same for the '96 and '97 years. But '98 on and they make a kit. What's the difference..? Two holes in the body mount pad.

I lined my Bull Bar up and market it, and took a drill to it and, Viola, it fits!

What you have for yours though, is a brush guard. You might have to do some hacking!




1995 Chevy Blazer with Westin Bull Bar in Black