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trailburner's 2005 Trailblazer LS build

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by trailburner » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:50 pm

As it appears now, a month after i bought it. it just turned 101,000 miles.
Update at 116,000 miles: rt rear hatch trim and drivers door experienced some minor trail damage.
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2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer LS

U 805K Dark Gray Metalic

Drivetrain:
-stock
-LL8 4.2 I-6
-automatic trans
-selectable 4x4
-GU6 3.42 non locking differentials

Suspension modifications:
-3" Liftmeister lift. Bilstein struts up front. Rancho 5000 rear shocks.
-replaced upper and lower balljoints
-replaced stabilizer links front and rear
-"Mall ready" ....although rated for it, I never go to the mall.

Exterior modifications:
-removed plastic door guards (falling off)

Engine:
-cold air intake with k&n filter
-current codes needing addressed:po410, po495, po526
-replaced entire fuel pump sending unit assembly

Exhaust modifications:
-3" center in/out flowmaster delta 40 series
-Custom 3" exhaust resized to fit 2 3/4" stock blazer pipe with stock exhaust exit location
-5" stainless tip

Interior modifications:
-Bible in the glove box
-heavy duty rubber floor mats

Recovery/Emergancy equipment: I keep a few essentials in the blazer but I have two large wheeled camping gear bags with survival/camping/bug out/emergency equipment packed in them. I use the bags to make switching back and forth from the blazer to my Z71 Silverado a lot easier.

-2 20' 3000 pound (working load, 9000 pound breaking point each) tow straps
-standard front tow hooks
-"harbor freight" survival knife
-3 pound sledge hammer
-machete
-folding saw
-20' coiled air hose with valve stem connection and air chuck
-hand crank weather radio
-4 U.S. Military M.R.E.'s
-glow sticks
-black electrical tape
-military duct tape
-bellsouth 22 channel frs 2 way radio w/2 to 5 mile range depending on terrain (it's a walkie talkie)
-bushnell 12x25 compact binulars
-3-D battery powered 500 lumen focusing flashlight
-20' jumper cables
-firearm lock box


Tires/wheels:
-LT245-75-16 Mastercraft courser axt
-stock aluminum 16x7 wheels (plastidip soon???)


Electrical modifications:
-jvc stereo
-1000 amp duralast gold battery (battery box & rusted bracket DELETE!)
-dealer installed rust inhibiters (junk)

ABS disabled (turned psycho so I pulled the fuse)
Last edited by trailburner on Tue Dec 02, 2014 12:25 am, edited 13 times in total.
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Location: OH
Name: L.T.
Vehicle Year: 2005
Vehicle: Chevrolet TrailBlazer
DriveTrain: 4WD

by trailburner » Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:52 pm

I found a muffler for my tb!
One i already had but forgot about..... tucked away under a bunch of truck parts in one of my sheds.
it's a 40 series flowmaster, not the original loud rumbley model. it's a delta 40 series. about 10 years old.
Installed August of 2013. Sounds very healthy.
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here's what this one looks like inside aside from mine being center in/out.
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by trailburner » Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:15 pm

peeled off the door moldings because they were comin' unglued. looks cleaner. i cleaned off the glue with acetone, then waxed it with turtle wax ice. (synthetic liquid polish)
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i also used acetone to remove the glue strip left behind from the all to common lost bowtie center. i think it looks good, maybe even better than original. deffinately better than the nasty glue strip that plagues every trailblazer i've ever seen.
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by trailburner » Tue Jun 10, 2014 3:56 am

I've been away from the forum for quite a while but I have done a little work on my blazer.
New exhaust.
New tires.
Cold air intake with k&n filter.
3" Liftmeister lift.
New suspension parts.

Photos to come soon.
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by trailburner » Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:53 pm

LIFTED!
Photos to come soon.
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