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Trailblazer and Envoy related, but not off-road related...

by HARDTRAILZ » Tue Jul 07, 2015 3:08 pm

Nice!
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they've always worked for me.
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by ErikSS » Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:59 pm

Oak, how much does it weight?
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by Chango » Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:01 pm

Front diff out... Little over 4 hrs. Tomorrow, it should go back in.
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by Trail X » Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:32 am

Drove it, first time in like three weeks. The grass under it had turned yellow... (I feel like there's a "you might be a redneck" joke in there).
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by Docsmudpig » Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:26 pm

Got my new federal m/t 33x11.5 on the other day got a little rubbing over 4inches of flex but nothing a cutoff or knife won't quite. Hopefully my body lift will go in soon so I can flex two tires off the ground without eating the wheel well.
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by tsmith1156 » Thu Jul 09, 2015 4:56 pm

Trail X wrote:Drove it, first time in like three weeks. The grass under it had turned yellow... (I feel like there's a "you might be a redneck" joke in there).


Why haven't you been driving it?
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by tsmith1156 » Thu Jul 09, 2015 5:17 pm

Finally got time to upload some pictures! The bar is from BriteNiteLED. It is a V2 bar which I believe is a 4D bar, it is 20,000 Lumens and very brigh, but I honestly probably would have gotten the lower lumens one if I had to do it over again so the beam would be more projected than focused.
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Trying to get a picture of how bright it is, the beat kind of projects out the further it goes but for right now i have not been able to get a good enough picture to show it.
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The lightbar is a focused beam, this picture was taken in a well lit parking garage, so you can imagine how bright it is.
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by HeavyChevy4200 » Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:05 pm

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Finally lifted it. Bilsteins in the front. BDS out back. Marks 2.5" lift kit.
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by Norcrosski » Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:34 pm

Well pulling the motor trans and transfer out of the wrecked parts tb
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by BC backroader » Sat Jul 11, 2015 10:09 pm

Looks great, HeavyChevy. Are those stock Envoy wheels? I did the same lift/shocks combo on my TB EXT, and really like the stance, and the ride, and especially the extra clearance on rough trails. The skids plates are taking much less of a beating now.
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by HeavyChevy4200 » Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:02 am

BC backroader wrote:Looks great, HeavyChevy. Are those stock Envoy wheels? I did the same lift/shocks combo on my TB EXT, and really like the stance, and the ride, and especially the extra clearance on rough trails. The skids plates are taking much less of a beating now.

Thanks! They're aftermarket wheels. They're MB Gunner 6 18x8.5 machined finish. I really do like the ride. It looks and feels more like an SUV now.
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by jdmser » Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:56 am

Just completed tearing down and rebuilding the front suspension and would say after a 400 mile round trip test drive everything was a success. Torn everything down and replace the control arm bushings with a Prothane kit, flipped and rotated the uca, replaced upper and lower ball joints with moog, replace the Monroes with Bilstein HDs, and replaced the lower strut mount/control arm bushing with moog.

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by Shdwdrgn » Mon Jul 13, 2015 12:45 pm

Sorry to ask, but when you flip the UCAs, aren't you also supposed to swap which side they are on so that the angle of the upper ball joint still lines up? In your last picture, it just looks like that ball joint is sitting at an uncomfortable angle.
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by Norcrosski » Mon Jul 13, 2015 7:06 pm

Well this just happaned thanks to a jack ass flying down the road also that's my buddies truck to pull me out
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by Norcrosski » Mon Jul 13, 2015 7:09 pm

Some more
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by tsmith1156 » Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:35 am

Norcrosski wrote:Some more



I don't think anyone had a good Monday yesterday, I rear ended someone in mine but it was barely anything just a couple scratches on mine and dents and scratches on the other car, but I still got a $90 ticket
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by Trail X » Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:42 am

tsmith1156 wrote:
Trail X wrote:Drove it, first time in like three weeks. The grass under it had turned yellow... (I feel like there's a "you might be a redneck" joke in there).


Why haven't you been driving it?


It was overheating last time I drove it, the exhaust manifold flange is leaking, and there's a new noise that I think its coming from the CV shaft. Just have been letting it rest a bit I guess. :? Haven't had the time to work on it lately.
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by jdmser » Wed Jul 15, 2015 10:42 pm

Shdwdrgn wrote:Sorry to ask, but when you flip the UCAs, aren't you also supposed to swap which side they are on so that the angle of the upper ball joint still lines up? In your last picture, it just looks like that ball joint is sitting at an uncomfortable angle.



They're flipped and swapped side to side. Angle looks pretty close to the picture in the original thread to me.
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by HeavyChevy4200 » Sat Jul 18, 2015 5:18 pm

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by Jrgunn5150 » Sun Jul 19, 2015 2:52 pm

AWD disconnect went in yesterday, passenger side hub and upper ball joint.

Headed out now to do the drivers side.
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