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Got the front end of the motor assembled.

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I used some high heat paint that was described as Cast Iron. I am pretty happy with the results. The booster was painted and the M/C is still raw. Pretty decent match.

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I had one rusty upper control arm stud. Had a heck of a time trying to find a replacement. GM has discontinued them. ECE had one left in stock. They are extremely easy to deal with, in the future I will use them every time that I can. Once it gets here I can finally finish assembling the suspension.

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I took my seats to a local guy to have him put the covers on as I just don't have the time. I dropped them off tonight at 6:30 and picked them up at 11:30. Excellent turn around. They turned out awesome. Here's a pic with them in place but without the brackets, still gotta paint them. I just couldn't wait to get a feel of what they would look like. The color isn't a perfect match but I like it.

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Looking good!!!!

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Thanks.

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My 10 year old niece is spending the weekend with us, so I did what every good uncle would do, I put her to work;) she's actually having quite a good time.

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I paid her back with a her first ride on a motorcycle, she loved it!

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Another one.

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Seats are back in, I love it. It was well worth the work, and the cost.

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Performed a few changes to the dash as well. The chrome ashtray was a pullout upholder, I never used it, the P.O. saved the original so I put it back in. Got rid of the 80's radio and put a factory AM radio in its place, new dash pad and dash bezel.

Before :

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After :

Not sure why I took such a crappy pic, I'll take a better one tomorrow.

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Updates?? I'm watching this build as its motivation For mine.

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Lookin good!

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Thanks!

Thanks for asking.

Things have been slowly coming together. Ran into a few problems.

When I decided to go with the PB control arms I never factored in the lack of a spring pocket which in turn raises the truck about two inches. More work:waah:

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Before.

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The CPP steering box has also caused me an issue. The reason I decided to go with CPP is that it was supposed to take the stock rag joint. I guess I missed the part where they said stock "style" rag joint. It actually takes a 30X3/4 spline. Which is for a GM car. The easiest solution was to steal a few parts from my DropMember project and buy another u-joint. It brings the cost up to a little over $800. For that kind of money I could've done a rack and pinion conversion! Oh well, live and learn. Here's the finished product. On the plus side, it is cleaner looking.

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Front clip is finally on and the truck is running. I have a small list of things left to do and she'll be ready to cruise.

Adjust suspension
Wheel alignment
Tranny shop to set up the TV cable and install the lockup kit
Replace fuel inlet hose
Re-install hood, bumper and inner fenders
Wash wax and detail entire truck
DRIVE IT LIKE I STOLE IT!

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Tranny shop to set up the TV cable and install the lockup kit


If you havnt purchased one yet.... I would recomend the Lokar brand TV cable.

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[quote=Tom Vogel;6725963][QUOTE=

Tranny shop to set up the TV cable and install the lockup kit


If you havnt purchased one yet.... I would recomend the Lokar brand TV cable.[/quote]

I went with a setup from Bowtie overdrives. It was recommended by another board member. It uses a GM cable with a few custom pieces for the carb. It's pretty slick actually. But thanks for the advice.

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I would assume this is a good thing to help with ground clearance.
I assume you just cut the springs?
A set of air bags would work nicely up front.
(even only up front for now)
So nice to raise it up to change oil, or slip a floor jack under it.
(I know,... more money) Ha

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It's definately a good thing, just something I never thought of that's all. I do plan on cutting them. One full coil should do nicely. I would love to bag it but the truck account is empty. Next winter maybe;)

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Okay, got it ! , one full accuair setup ready for early November.... No problem..

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Haha! I wish. If she gets air it will probably be a little more low tech.

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Well I went ahead and chopped one coil off. I should have gone a half coil first. She's sitting a little lower than before. I like it but now the rake is pretty severe. I do plan on dropping the rear another 1-1/4" and that might pull the front up a hair as well.

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Picking her up from the alignment shop. My alignment guy was quite impressed with the PB control arms. Said he had no issues bringing them in line. Took him about double the time to do the alignment but that had more to do with the lowered stance.

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Picked it up from the tranny shop on Friday. Made it about 1/4 of the way home and the skies opened up. Got pretty soaked. Kinda funny actually, the wife was driving behind me and snapped a pic. Other drivers sure look at you funny:)

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You can get a pair of bags, brackets, fittings, line, and scrhader valves for under 300 if you shop around (I've spent under 250 for all of that new before). That will allow you to set the front where you want it and then be able to raise up for service...

You can do a complete air ride suspension front and rear with paddle valves (or a nicer simple setup like dloe's valves) for around 1000. Since a pair of lowering springs is around 300...that's 700 more for a fully adjustable suspension.... ;) Or just Schraders all around for around 500 or less if you find a deal... So a couple hundred more for a fully adjustable suspension ;)

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And I actually like the rake! Looks good! Didn't noticed you'd already chopped the spring...was thinking you could sell the springs- which maybe someone would want this stance ;)

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Some fresh pics, this one is from the lake lot.

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And one from home.

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Stunning

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very nice stance looks great!

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Thanks!

Thanks!

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I would love to own your blazer!

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Just skimmed threw your thread! Love this thing!

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Haha. Thanks

Thanks a lot. Another month or so and I'll drag it back out and get her ready for the summer.

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I asked the boys in Photoshop thread to slam her for me. What do you think? I am seriously considering parting out my shortbox and using the applicable parts on the Blazer and downsizing my collection. The whole family fits in the Blazer.

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Here's a pic of the Shortbox.

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I say do it! Though it looks good as-is, it will be absolutely stunning slammed. Keeping the back seat is an imperative challenge, though. Did I mention do it? ;)