Any chance that anyone here on the forum have ever looked into this, or is even in Indonesia themselves?

Been trying to research on the Opel made Blazer that was made up to 2012 in Indonesia, and the language difference is becoming an issue lol translators only work so well when most people online type in abbreviations, no matter the language

I'm trying to find out how similar the suspensions are between the US Blazer with the 5x4.75 lug pattern and the Indonesian Opel Blazer with the 6x5.5 lug pattern (full size GM lug pattern!). If the suspension is all the same accept for the hub bearing assembly and brake rotor, I would only ASSUME that the only difference is the # of lugs in the flange on the hub bearing, and the brake rotor of course having the 6 lug holes instead of 5. If so, and if I could manage to get a set of the Opel hubs and brake rotors, it would literally be a direct bolt on 6 lug conversion for the front. And since the rear is already narrower than the front on a 4x4, I would just use a set of conversion adapters in the rear to convert it to 6 lug and stance the rear a little wider to even out the track width.

Thoughts?

 

Very common for the US auto manufacturers to ship the dies overseas after production ends here. Takes a while to get it all set up once everything is there, so they end up calling it a different model year vehicle. For example, a 2010 Opel Blazer might be a 2005 Chevrolet Blazer with a few minor changes. I doubt if GM would share any part numbers, but it can't hurt to ask.

 

Yeah I don't think I'll get any info right from GM lol

I joined a group on Facebook of a large crowd of Blazer enthusiasts over in Indonesia, surprised at just how popular they are there! Trying to get some info from some users in the group, but like I mentioned, communication is difficult lol. So far I've only managed to obtain a photo of the front suspension with the wheel taken off on a 2wd :P Everthing looks identical accept for the 6 lugs though!

 

Seems like the Indonesian Blazers were assembled with a mix of American and Brazilian parts. The 6-lug bolt pattern was also used in the earlier Brazilian Blazers but changed to 5-lug when the 2.2L engine changed from TBI to MPFI.