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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 11:07 PM
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hey Dj, what grille is that? sweet truck btw.
 
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 12:25 AM
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Damn...and thats a 4x4? that gives me hope to lower mine, heheh.
 
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 02:46 AM
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i like the look of the flame outline
 
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 03:58 AM
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The billet grille is from Stillen, but make sure if you order one specify that it's for the grille for composite headlights, recessed lights use a different billet grille, learned that the hard way!
 
Old Jul 27, 2006 | 07:03 PM
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do you happen to know the part number? i dont see it on the site.
 
Old Jul 28, 2006 | 03:39 AM
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If you are talking to me...I'm assuming you're talking about the 4X4 front lowering kit? Check the link below!
 
Old Jul 28, 2006 | 03:47 AM
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or you might be talking about the Billet grille...I don't know the part number, give them a call or do what I did, get it on Ebay for half the price you'd pay online! Make sure it's for composites headlights, the grilles are different!
 
Old Aug 15, 2006 | 12:50 PM
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hold up, now i have a question - i have a 92 s-10 blazer 4x4 - are you telling me i do not have any springs up front? because i just got a price quote on some new ones at Autozone.
 
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You have springs, just not leaf springs or coil springs. The torsion bars are a torsional spring. The bars are fixed to the lower A-arm on the front and into the frame on the rear. Where leaf springs resist bending and coil springs well...resist compression or extension, torsion bars resist twisting.
 
Old Aug 15, 2006 | 02:51 PM
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correct me if im wrong--but 2wd s10's seem to be coil spring IFS and 4x4's all seem to be torsion springs--the twisting of the torsion bars (you can't miss them they are big bars that go through the lower a arm near the frame and attach to the frame in a bout the middle of the truck) acts as a spring due to the resilience in the metal.

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