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Old 08-22-2008, 10:49 PM
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Yea I want to leave them long until I set where I want the bumpstops. Just haven't got that far yet.
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Is that stock?
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No those are coil buckets off the ford explorer, then I welded a piece of .095 tubing to let the coils slide down when he flexes and to add a bumpstop on the bottom so he can drop more than he stuffs. The blazer was factory IFS so it doesn't have the room for upward travel that a jeep has, unless we notch the frame. Looks factory don't it?
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Ya I completely forgot about the IFS issue, very interesting jon.
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Pulled the blazer out of the paint bay and flexed it with the fork lift. Here's some pics.




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Not bad, Jon. Lookin' better all the time!
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That max flex?
Old 08-25-2008, 09:54 PM
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No the bolts aren't all tight on the arms so we just took it up to see if the arms worked free. Got it mostly finished now here's a few pics of it on it's new rubber, 35/10.50's tsl radials.



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Looks great
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that does look great.
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Thanks guy's but my buddy Morris has done most of the work, not me. I'm just showing off his hard work.
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I'm jealous..... lol
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Looks goooooood.

Can I have it?
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Thats the way the Blazers should have come from the factory.Haha if they did I would probably own one now as I like the body style.
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I like it and I usually think the smaller Blazers sux. I have not been a fan since they have been introduced but that looks killer. Does it have enough power to turn those big ol meats?


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