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Here starts the next phase in my "car guy" career. This will be the second fully commited build I've done. Im in a completely different place than I was when I first got my 94, so now I have a chance to do things differently than I did before, which means this new truck will be better than the 94 ever was. I'm very excited to bring whoever is left here along with me again. No more rambling, here is my new project: MiniSuv.
This is a 2004 Blazer, 2 door, 2 wheel drive. Dark green metallic, pewter interior, automatic, SOUTHERN truck with 153.000 miles. Emphasis on the southern. I swear, I will never buy another canadian vehicle thats not a beater. For how clean this truck is compared to my 94 on a good day, there was no way I could continue with a rusty truck. For anyone in the rust belt who has had the chance to work on a southern vehicle of any kind, you know what im talking about. It ruins your standards for whats acceptable, and OK.
Thanks to the friends Ive met from here, because without them this would not have happened. This truck lived its life in Florida, before being brought up to Ohio, where it lived for a few years. It was found on facebook marketplace, shared to a group of our friends, and then my brain started turning. It was the right place, at the right time, for the right price. Tyler (tytotheler), Tyler (turbotyler) and our other friend Ian, went and looked at this truck for me to let me know I wasnt buying a pile. It all checked out, and they purchased the blazer for me, and drove it back to their place to wait for me to pick it up. This started the journey back to Niagara, Canada. Here's a photo reel of its journey from the previous owners house, to Tylers house, to our friend Nick's house who is just across the border in Niagara Falls, NY, waiting for me to sort out the import paperwork. At this point, I had bought this truck sight unseen.
Pic from the original ad.
Picked up and headed to Tylers.
Tyler was kind enough to put a tinted rear window, and remove the hitch
Same height as a ZR2 blazer, what was GM thinking?
After a few weeks, It was finally time to take the trip from Ontario down to Ohio to pick up the blazer. It had crappy tires on it, so I brought my spare set of ZQ8's with some fresh 245/50's, to swap over when I got there. I planned to drive this turd home! Mounted them up, did some sight seeing and hit the road back to Niagara Falls NY where the blazer would sit for a few days, because the Import office is only open during the way, so we had to take a day off work.
The wheel gap is just hilarious.
Got back to Nicks late so no pictures from the night, so he took some the next day! His sonoma, and 94 s10 are sitting with it.
A few days later, it was Morgans graduation, so we had the day off work. Hopped across the border bright and early to bring the blazer back to Canada. With minimal BS we got back over the border, paid my tax and we were clear! Took it right to work, to do my safety inspection, so I could get it registered for the first time in Ontario. Taller than my moms 4x4 Jimmy.
I drove it like this for probably a week, and since I had bought all of the lowering components before I even received the truck, (as we all do) I got busy and did what any logical person would do, dump it on its nuts! Used Belltech parts aside from DJM coil springs. Knuckles, leaf springs, SP shocks, JTR rear blocks and setback plates.
Cleaned up really easy with a wire wheel, and parts of the frame are even still black from the factory! Unreal.
Hit everything with duplicolor bed coating, great stuff.
Fresh 5/6 drop. The front dropped about 5.5" and the rear dropped about 6, but it was sitting directly on the frame. That just wouldnt do, so I had to notch, and raise the rear up an inch due to the fact it dropped even more after the notch. When you go this low, you have to turn your brake hoses around on the caliper, and also move the hose bracket when you do your notch like this.
This is a 2004 Blazer, 2 door, 2 wheel drive. Dark green metallic, pewter interior, automatic, SOUTHERN truck with 153.000 miles. Emphasis on the southern. I swear, I will never buy another canadian vehicle thats not a beater. For how clean this truck is compared to my 94 on a good day, there was no way I could continue with a rusty truck. For anyone in the rust belt who has had the chance to work on a southern vehicle of any kind, you know what im talking about. It ruins your standards for whats acceptable, and OK.
Thanks to the friends Ive met from here, because without them this would not have happened. This truck lived its life in Florida, before being brought up to Ohio, where it lived for a few years. It was found on facebook marketplace, shared to a group of our friends, and then my brain started turning. It was the right place, at the right time, for the right price. Tyler (tytotheler), Tyler (turbotyler) and our other friend Ian, went and looked at this truck for me to let me know I wasnt buying a pile. It all checked out, and they purchased the blazer for me, and drove it back to their place to wait for me to pick it up. This started the journey back to Niagara, Canada. Here's a photo reel of its journey from the previous owners house, to Tylers house, to our friend Nick's house who is just across the border in Niagara Falls, NY, waiting for me to sort out the import paperwork. At this point, I had bought this truck sight unseen.
Pic from the original ad.
Picked up and headed to Tylers.
Tyler was kind enough to put a tinted rear window, and remove the hitch
Same height as a ZR2 blazer, what was GM thinking?
After a few weeks, It was finally time to take the trip from Ontario down to Ohio to pick up the blazer. It had crappy tires on it, so I brought my spare set of ZQ8's with some fresh 245/50's, to swap over when I got there. I planned to drive this turd home! Mounted them up, did some sight seeing and hit the road back to Niagara Falls NY where the blazer would sit for a few days, because the Import office is only open during the way, so we had to take a day off work.
The wheel gap is just hilarious.
Got back to Nicks late so no pictures from the night, so he took some the next day! His sonoma, and 94 s10 are sitting with it.
A few days later, it was Morgans graduation, so we had the day off work. Hopped across the border bright and early to bring the blazer back to Canada. With minimal BS we got back over the border, paid my tax and we were clear! Took it right to work, to do my safety inspection, so I could get it registered for the first time in Ontario. Taller than my moms 4x4 Jimmy.
I drove it like this for probably a week, and since I had bought all of the lowering components before I even received the truck, (as we all do) I got busy and did what any logical person would do, dump it on its nuts! Used Belltech parts aside from DJM coil springs. Knuckles, leaf springs, SP shocks, JTR rear blocks and setback plates.
Cleaned up really easy with a wire wheel, and parts of the frame are even still black from the factory! Unreal.
Hit everything with duplicolor bed coating, great stuff.
Fresh 5/6 drop. The front dropped about 5.5" and the rear dropped about 6, but it was sitting directly on the frame. That just wouldnt do, so I had to notch, and raise the rear up an inch due to the fact it dropped even more after the notch. When you go this low, you have to turn your brake hoses around on the caliper, and also move the hose bracket when you do your notch like this.
