Still waiting on door pins to fix the passenger side. Got the sway bar links swapped out. Ones been broken for a while.

TTX which is a mevotech heavy duty brand. Have had good luck with them so far, same brand as the lower bjs on the blazer.


Before

After. Zinc plated bolt/washers/spacer

Notice some uneven wear on the drivers tire, so will be doing bj and tie rods next

 

Thermostat and waterpump are new, hoses are clean, rads clear, fluids clean.

 

Haven't done much...

just ordered a brand new xtreme front lip for the kit. Will be ordering ball joints and tie rods in a bit. Got new in box front shocks a while back that will be getting put on, so will have to get rears as well. Got some pieces to re do the rear wheel wells, and will need to do the rockers again, might try welding new pieces on, it'll be covered by the xtreme kit anyways.

 

Got something done on the sonoma. Drivers side is done. Still want to get tie roads, and thinking about pitman and idler arms...

Xtreme front lip should be arriving next week, so going to start looking into removing rust and adding patches. Welding will be beginners practice, so happy that the skirts and flares will cover the ugliness lol.

 

It arrived!!! Almost tempted to leave work lol. But can't.



Also noticed that my ujoints aren't as complicated as I was lead to believe, and can do them myself. As its not the one with a ball... but in the end I have to change 1 of 4 ujoints on the sonoma. Might just do all 4 as they are stock.

 

So after some trimming of the fog light pods, and a lot of fighting with bolts holding the stock lip I had on.... a test fit is done, and lots of work to do.

Going to have to remove the steel bumper from the truck, will sand and paint while I'm at it, and then screw the new lip on, while using a heat gun to curv it to shape. You can kinda tell what I mean by the pic.


Stock

Ebay xtreme lip

Can anyone tell what im going to run into next? Hint: it has to do with the fog light holes/air scoops lol

 

LOL - good one.

Good luck with the heating and bending

 

I'm going to half to weld some metal onto the fram for the brush guard, and cut the holes out of the bumper. They will end up in the middle of the gap between the liscense plate and fog lights. Not a big fan of all the cutting, but going to take my time and make it look good... hopefully...

Got the roof rack off the blazer, and placed on the cap for pics. Need washer and to drill holes, add silicone, and use original hardware. Almost as easy as mounting it on the blazer lol.

 

Got the ypipe put ordered and put on. I like it a lot. Was 1080 all in.



Next on thw list, is to do the center bearing support, and a ujoint.

 

One step closer to getting the driveshafts back in. VERY happy the blazer doesn't have a driveshaft like this!





2wd 2 piece driveshaft...