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Moose1's Build______2008 Chevy TB LT

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by moose1 » Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:34 pm

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2008 Chevy Trailblazer LT


Drivetrain:

4.2L I6
3.73 4wd
Centric premium rotors all the way around upgrade to EXT's up front

Suspension Mods:

Radflo coilovers adjusted to 3-1/16
Skyjacker C25R
Bilstein 5125
Massive adj. panhard bar


Exterior Mods:

BFG KO2 275/70R17
1.5" adapters to 6x139.7
17x8 4,5 bs Black Rock steelies
Bumper cover delete(help from the wife made this an easy choice).
bbumper trimed and painted


Engine Mods:

none


Interior Mods:

none

Recovery:

Red Wings

Electrical Mods:

none
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moose1
Off-Roader
 
Posts: 133
Joined: Sun Feb 22, 2015 4:49 pm
Location: MI, laingsburg
Name: kevin
Vehicle Year: 2008
Vehicle: Chevrolet TrailBlazer
DriveTrain: 4WD

by moose1 » Sat Aug 08, 2015 11:34 pm

My mission is to keep DD caracteristics so my wife can handle it in the winter, but gain off-road abilities for hunting, fishing and camping. i started looking into lifting the TB over a year ago and took my time reading and researching. It took some time but decided to save up and go for broke..
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I have a good buddy with a lift and after a few adult beverages talked him into helping me install the lift. Replaced brakes and rotors all the way around, installed the lift, flipped uca's in about 6 hrs.. One mistake i made was to adjust the radflos after everything was back together.gave up on it and here is where it sat first day.
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I ended up having to unbolt the UBJ and tie the uca out of the way(much easier), to get them up to the 3" target.
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. Thought i would use the stock rims 18x8's but the offset would have limited my tire size even with spacers. So i ended up getting adapters to 6x5.5, 17x8 steel wheels and 275/70r17.
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moose1
Off-Roader
 
Posts: 133
Joined: Sun Feb 22, 2015 4:49 pm
Location: MI, laingsburg
Name: kevin
Vehicle Year: 2008
Vehicle: Chevrolet TrailBlazer
DriveTrain: 4WD


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