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Hello From Flagstaff

by BrendatheBlazer » Wed May 22, 2013 9:03 am

Hey my name is Shane and I live in Flagstaff and Phoenix, AZ. I have had my 2003 Trailblazer Lt for about a year now. In that time I have gotten the blazer up to spec from the misabuse of the last owner. I have also converted it to full Synthetic and added a custom speaker system(I love loud noises :D ) . Since I got the blazer, I have been lurking on this website and I thought it was about time that I got an account.

My to do list for the blazer...
remove front bumper(already lost some clips so its already loose)
remove running boards(I know... super easy...)
Replace my shocks and struts to ones that will be more friendly to a lift
2" lift from bds
oil and radiator skid from mdb
front bumper from mdb
wheel spacers
33 or 34 in tires for clearance
roof rack


My end goal is to turn it into an expedition vehicle, that is decently comfortable while I am working in the city, but can take some serious trails when I am out exploring.
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Re: Hello From Flagstaff

by navigator » Wed May 22, 2013 9:05 am

welcome Shane, BTW, I don't think BDS makes a 3" lift.
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Re: Hello From Flagstaff

by BrendatheBlazer » Wed May 22, 2013 9:20 am

navigator wrote:welcome Shane, BTW, I don't think BDS makes a 3" lift.

Woops early morning mistake. Fixed it above. 2" is right
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Re: Hello From Flagstaff

by jonbo2002 » Wed May 22, 2013 9:22 am

Welcome, might want to think of the radiator skid too easy to destroy the radiator with how low it sits
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Re: Hello From Flagstaff

by Cable810 » Wed May 22, 2013 9:34 am

Welcome!!
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Re: Hello From Flagstaff

by v7guy » Wed May 22, 2013 10:11 am

howdy
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Re: Hello From Flagstaff

by Trail X » Wed May 22, 2013 11:10 am

Ah Arizona! Wish I had your surroundings.

I hope to see many trip threads from you!
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Re: Hello From Flagstaff

by mikekey » Wed May 22, 2013 11:34 am

Welcome to the site.
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Re: Hello From Flagstaff

by Diacom » Wed May 22, 2013 8:55 pm

Welcome to the Site
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Re: Hello From Flagstaff

by djthumper » Wed May 22, 2013 9:19 pm

Welcome!
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Re: Hello From Flagstaff

by JMHinAZ » Thu May 23, 2013 1:28 am

Welcome Shane, I didn't see any other TB's at the Overlanders expo. Did you make it over last weekend by chance?
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Re: Hello From Flagstaff

by NC_IslandRunner » Thu May 23, 2013 9:42 am

Welcome!
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Re: Hello From Flagstaff

by BrendatheBlazer » Thu May 23, 2013 11:39 am

JMHinAZ wrote:Welcome Shane, I didn't see any other TB's at the Overlanders expo. Did you make it over last weekend by chance?

Unfortunately I did not know about that at all because I had already started working in Phoenix for the summer. That looks incredible I wish I had known about it sooner!

I just looked at your build, I am living in Gilbert at the moment. Good to see another TB with pretty much all the the things I want done on mine already surviving in Phoenix. If you have any free time ever I would love to take a look at your TB and grab a beer

JamesDowning wrote:Ah Arizona! Wish I had your surroundings.

I hope to see many trip threads from you!

Best place to go to school in my opinion, I hope to be posting many trips during the weekends!
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Re: Hello From Flagstaff

by KE7WOX » Thu May 23, 2013 8:36 pm

Definitely some great trails and roads around the state. I drove 60 or so miles around Seligman and Ash Fork yesterday, ranging from 40 MPH, graded roads to 25 MPH, wide but rocky and rutted roads. My back is killing me now, unfortunately no pictures of the roads.
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Hello From Flagstaff

by Bcchevy » Thu May 23, 2013 9:46 pm

Welcome!
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Re: Hello From Flagstaff

by ErikSS » Thu May 23, 2013 10:25 pm

Welcome. I'm newly lifted. LOVE IT! You won't regret it. I went with MarkMC (theLiftMiester) for my lift parts and I'm Very satisfied.
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Re: Hello From Flagstaff

by 87chevy » Fri May 24, 2013 10:19 am

Welcome
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